Enjoyed by my mother at Mexico City restaurant el Bajío, this dish is called Chiles en Nogada. Nogal means walnut tree, and the dish is made from a poblano chili filled with picadillo, a ground meat and spice mixture, and served with a walnut-based cream sauce and finished with pomegranate seeds. All together it is [...]
One of my favorite Mexican dishes is Chile Rellenos. It is a roasted poblano pepper stuffed with queso Chihuahua or queso Oaxaca and then covered in egg batter or flour and fried. Chile Rellenos normally has a nice amount of heat but without being too hot. The ones pictured were excellent and hard to stop [...]
[ September 24, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Wines of Chile Tasting
September 24th, 2009
Rocky Mountaineer Station
7:00-10:00pm
$65