A Mexican Style Date/Una Cita a la Mexicana

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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening Hive friends in the foodiesbeehive@foodiesbeehive community, I hope you are having a great weekend.

Today I want to bring you my experience in a place we visited for the first time called "Don Taco ", Mexican food, on a very nice date I had with my wife zupasteleria@zupasteleria 鉂わ笍.

On Friday of this Easter week we decided to do something that we had not done for a long time and that was to go to eat something at the mall. The original plan was to go for ice cream but we left home late and when we arrived the ice cream parlors were already closed so we decided to have dinner and try for the first time the Mexican food here in Antofagasta and we took the opportunity to go to "Don Taco". First we checked the rating on Google and it has 4.4/5.0 stars so it was a good option.

The place is nicely decorated, the atmosphere was nice, vibrant and cheerful colors and excellent music, in fact they had their own DJ which I noticed on my way out 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ.

As for the service, it seemed to me that this is the point that needs to be improved, at least one of the waitresses who served us did not seem very attentive.

As for the food and drinks, we started by ordering a couple of beers whose presentation and temperature were very good, it was "Austral" beer which is mild in flavor and was the right drink for everything we tasted.

As dishes we decided to try two typical dishes such as tacos and enchiladas. I ordered some pork tacos marinated in 12 ingredients that were a little dry and not so good because such a combination of flavors was not particularly to my liking, the tortillas were nice and fresh, all with a mild level of spiciness. In terms of presentation it was very good, with each taco in its separator, accompanied by a guacamole sauce with homemade chips with a perfect crunchiness.

My wife ordered some chicken Enchiladas that were excellent with a very tender and soft chicken bathed in a very spicy melted cheese sauce that really made everything stand out for the best, a wonderful dish. They came in a nice presentation in a cast steel pan to keep them warm, accompanied by perfect home fries. Good thing I still had beer to get over the burning in my mouth after eating so much spicy food because the enchiladas were really delicious and I didn't hesitate to accept one from my wife 馃構馃.

To finish she wanted to try a "Margarita Horchata" which I also tried and I can tell you that it is very tasty, it has a lot of ice chips a little bit bigger than the slushy ice creams apart from having evaporated milk and condensed milk so you could say that finally we did get ice cream but with tequila 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ.

As a conclusion we will definitely go back to "Don Taco" to try other things on the menu that looked interesting. It was a super nice experience, we had a great time and as always I loved going out with my wife and enjoying her pleasant company 鉂わ笍.

Thank you very much for reading and if you want to leave a comment about your experiences with Mexican food or if you have been to a "Don Taco" I will be glad to read it. See you soon and take care of yourselves.

All photos were taken with my Xiaomi RedMi 11 cell phone.
Resource used DeepL translator.

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Buenos d铆as, buenas tardes y buenas noches amigos de Hive en la comunidad de foodiesbeehive@foodiesbeehive, espero se encuentren pasando un fin de semana excelente.

Hoy quiero traerles mi experiencia en un local que visitamos por primera vez llamado "Don Taco", de comida mexicana, en una cita muy linda que tuve con mi esposa zupasteleria@zupasteleria 鉂わ笍.

El viernes de esta semana santa decidimos hacer algo que ten铆amos bastante tiempo sin hacer y eso fue ir a comer algo en el mall. El plan original era ir a comer helado pero salimos tarde de casa y cuando llegamos ya las helader铆as estaban cerradas as铆 que decidimos cenar y probar por primera vez la comida mexicana que hay aqu铆 en Antofagasta y aprovechamos la oportunidad de entrar a "Don Taco". Primero revisamos la calificaci贸n en Google y tiene 4.4/5.0 estrellas por lo que era una buena opci贸n.

El local est谩 muy bien decorado, el ambiente era agradable, colores vibrantes y alegres y excelente m煤sica, de hecho ten铆an su DJ particular del cu谩l me di cuenta ya de salida 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ.

En cuanto a la atenci贸n me pareci贸 que es el punto que tienen que mejorar, al menos una de las mesoneras que nos atendi贸 no se ve铆a muy atenta.

En cuanto a la comida y bebidas, comenzamos pidiendo un par de cervezas cuya presentaci贸n y temperatura estaban muy buenas, fue cerveza "Austral" que es suave de sabor y fue la bebida adecuada para todo lo que probamos.

C贸mo platos decidimos probar dos platos t铆picos como lo son los tacos y las enchiladas. Yo ped铆 unos tacos de cerdo marinado en 12 ingredientes que la verdad estaban algo secos y no tan ricos porque tal combinaci贸n de sabores no era particularmente de mi agrado, las tortillas estaban ricas y frescas, todo con un nivel de picante suave. En cuanto a presentaci贸n estaba muy bien, con cada taco en su separador, acompa帽ado de una salsa de guacamole con unas papas fritas caseras con una crocancia perfecta.

Mi esposa pidi贸 unas Enchiladas de pollo que estaban excelentes con un pollo muy tierno y suave ba帽adas en una salsa de queso fundido muy picante que de verdad hizo que todo resaltara para bien, una maravilla de plato. Vinieron en una linda presentaci贸n en una paila de acero fundido para mantenerlas calientes, acompa帽adas de papas fritas caseras perfectas. Menos mal todav铆a ten铆a cerveza para luego pasar el ardor en mi boca luego de comer tanto picante porque de verdad siendo as铆 de ricas las enchiladas no dude en aceptarle una a mi esposa 馃構馃.

Para finalizar ella quiso probar una "Margarita Horchata" que tambi茅n prob茅 y les puedo decir que es muy rica, trae bastantes trocitos de hielo un poquito m谩s grandes de lo que son los helados granizados aparte de tener leche evaporada y leche condensada as铆 que se podria decir que finalmente si conseguimos helado pero con tequila 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ.

C贸mo conclusi贸n definitivamente si volveremos a ir a "Don Taco" para probar otras cosas del men煤 que se ve铆an interesantes. Fue una experiencia s煤per agradable, la pasamos muy bien y como siempre me encant贸 salir con mi esposa y disfrutar de su grata compa帽铆a 鉂わ笍.

Muchas gracias por leer y si quieres dejar alg煤n comentario sobre tus experiencias con la comida mexicana o si has ido a un "Don Taco" con gusto lo estar茅 leyendo. Hasta pronto y cu铆dense mucho.

Todas las fotos fueron tomadas con mi celular Xiaomi RedMi 11.
Recursos usados traductor DeepL.

A Mexican Style Date/Una Cita a la Mexicana | Ecency