azteca grill

It's been great food all weekend. Not only Watts Grocery which I wrote about yesterday, also last night we made an excellent chicken stew with a sauce made of tomato, raisins and orange peel. It turned out great, definitely a recipe we'll try again. And may I say, cooking a wonderful stew with Georg, on one of the first cool evenings of the season, while listening to John Buzon Trio and pretending we know how to cha-cha, is just about a perfect evening.

Tonight after the show we had dinner at the Azteca Grill near Lakewood with Sylvia. The waitress spoke basic English, and Sylvia, who speaks Spanish fluently, was able to ask her more detailed questions about a few things on the menu. She asked about the sopes, and though I didn't understand the waitress' reply, it sounded like she said they were good. So I ordered sopes al pastor. They were great! It's a thick, handmade (sort of) corn tortilla, with a lip around the edge, topped with a generous amount of meat (al pastor is seasoned pork, not spicy), also cheese, tomatoes and lettuce. Georg had gorditas with lengua (tongue) and Sylvia had tacos with carne asada. We were all very happy with our orders.

I noticed they also had huaraches on the menu, which I've seen on Rick Bayless, and I may order that next time. It's sort of like sopes but larger, shaped a little bit like a shoe (thus the name). The sopes were very filling. I only ate about half of mine and took the rest home.

Now I'm having a cozy evening, watching Ninja Warrior and knitting a sweater. How fantastic that it's finally cool enough to knit, and I also have the time to do it. I hope this sweater turns out! I'm making this cardigan in Cotton-Ease. I'm really enjoying this knitting thing. Now if only it were easier to find reasonably priced yarn that didn't suck.