{"id":13525,"date":"2011-02-18T09:22:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T17:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13525"},"modified":"2011-02-18T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T17:22:26","slug":"mi-cocina-deliciosa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13525","title":{"rendered":"Mi Cocina Deliciosa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lisa: “I had a bad day at work. I’m cranky and hormonal.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael: “I’m tired. I really don’t feel like cooking tonight.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution = DINNER OUT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was sold. I was cranky and hungry and it didn’t take much convincing on Michael’s part to get me to go out. Michael picked Nuestra Cocina<\/a> over on SE Division.<\/p>\n

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I used to drive by the restaurant every day on my way home from work. I’d been wanting to go there for ages. It’s a really cute restaurant, stylishly decorated and typical Portland-hipster.<\/p>\n

We were seated immediately and our waiter, named Michael, was a rockstar. I find that I’m really sensitive to bad service in restaurants and he was a very pleasant reminder that there ARE some good restaurants in Portland that have good service. He was upbeat and friendly and had excellent food and drink recommendations.<\/p>\n

ANTOJITOS Y ENSALADAS<\/p>\n

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\nThe waiter immediately brought warm, freshly made mini tortillas with salsa. They tasted like fresh corn and sun. The waiter recommended the special of the day and it was a winner: pork tamales with tomatillo sauce.<\/p>\n

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\nAmazing! The sauce was spicy too–like clear your sinuses spicy. It made me excited about our upcoming trip to Arizona. Mmm tamales…<\/p>\n

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\nThe waiter’s suggestion for my glass of wine was also a great one. Valserrano Rioja<\/a>. It was full-bodied and bolder than what I would normally order but I thoroughly enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

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\nMichael had a beer. When we go back I want to just order off their tapas menu. I love the idea of sampling several appetizers as a meal.<\/p>\n

After the tortillas and tamales I wasn’t as hungry as I was when I first walked in the door but I still ordered an entree. Luckily it wasn’t oversized.<\/p>\n

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\nMy dinner was GORDITAS RELLENAS: Stuffed tortillas, black beans, avocado, roasted Poblano chiles & cheese and pork.<\/p>\n

Michael’s dinner was: Grilled half chicken in achiote rub with Guajillo mole & braised greens (I think it was Kale).<\/p>\n

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\nMy dinner was great. I LOVED the pork. (Shredded pork seems to be my new favorite thing to order at restaurants). I had a bite of Michael’s chicken and it was perfectly prepared. He marveled at how the chicken also remained piping hot until the very last bite.<\/p>\n

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\nI was stuffed. Pleasantly so. The waiter returned with dessert menus and I said no…but Michael twisted my arm and we go dessert. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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\nCaramel Almond Ice Cream. Oh my god was it fantastic! Two seconds later….<\/p>\n

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\nI firmly believe that ice cream and\/or Mexican food cures all that ails you. So does Chobani. Which was waiting for me when I got home.<\/p>\n

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\nI won a box from Erin <\/a>recently and was so excited to see it arrived!<\/p>\n

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\nI can’t wait to try the new flavors. I’m really excited about the pineapple. Today for my pre-swim snack I brought the Black Cherry. Yum!<\/p>\n

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\nFat Kitty immediately declared it was his box.<\/p>\n

I loved all the comments on yesterday’s post about the Evergood sausages. I think it’s hilarious that the guy chose to respond in such an unprofessional way…and Brie made a good point: who responds representing a company with a ton of ??? and !!! That’s just tacky. Another friend of mine, who is a lawyer, said I should just respond with “Objection. Non-responsive.” That cracked me up!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: Do you have a three day weekend for the holiday? How are you going to spend it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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