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Milagro
Milagro is a Mexican cantina on Mercer Street that features more contemporary (and pricier) Mexican food than found elsewhere in the city. On the menu are favourites like tortilla soup, chiles rellenos, chicken tacos and fried plantains.
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It's not supposed to be California as it's supposed to be Mexican food. Living 10 months in Mazatlan, Mexico makes me somewhat of an expert on the subject of Mexican food. BTW, I'm not sure as to why that place has fried plantain on it's menu. Mexicans don't eat fried plantain. That is more of a Caribbean culture.
If you must know fried plantains are delicious when covered with sugar or dipped in fresh crema with some cajeta. They are staple foods in the Yucatan and Quintanaroo regions ; which you experts should know is also known as the mexican Caribbean.
Milagro might no tbe the best example of what cheap mexican food is but they are honoring their heritage with tasty food...now if they could only make their margaritas bigger ?
I am still confused about the first post i guess california makes better food than mexico ?
More like living 10 months in Mazatlan, Mexico makes you somewhat of an expert on the subject of Mazatlan's food.
Overview of my experience:
The guac- when they didn't ask how we wanted it, I got suspicious. When it came it was super, super bland. The chips were adequate, but lacked any sort of flavor as well and were pretty greasy.
The drinks- the house margarita- not expecting too much- but the mixer was super sweet and just didn't taste as good as I would have assumed by how much they touted their tequila. Again, I only ordered house, but it tasted like limeade...
The dishes- both of us were pretty disappointed. The concepts were good, but the delivery was just really bland on both of them. I'm not even looking for heat/spice so much as variety of flavor, and perhaps some subtlety. I got neither.
The service was super nice, fast and not bothering us at all when we just wanted to chat for a bit. The decor is fun and the warm. Given the food situation, I won't be trying it again. It was a pretty severe disappointment. My search for good Mexican continues...