an in-depth study of the ancient aztecs

sunday. lunchtime. bellevue. hankering for traditional mexican cuisine. all signs pointed to azteca.


how can you take this disney-mexi-land seriously? suge and i met up with a friend and his growing family here for a little post-christmas get together. though i'm not enamored with azteca in any way, this place is great for families. they have high chairs, booster seats, cribs, all sorts of contraptions for children of all ages.

suge went for the "tres amigos," which was a combo of chile verde, chile colorado, and a chile relleno. he said it was decent...nothing crazy, but not bad. it came on a plate that was so large that it could have been an actual trash can lid.

i wasn't super hungry, so i went with the chile relleno. i didn't know it was supposed to come with beans and rice, but hey, no biggie. the chile relleno was strange. the egg batter was really thick, and it almost had a custard consistency in the center. the chile itself was a little undercooked, so there was some bite back to the flesh. and lastly, the cheese wasn't quite hot enough. my critique should be taken with a grain of salt, though, since i like the cheese to be molten and hot enough to sear human flesh. however, the cheese should have oozed out when i cut it....it was clearly not melted enough.

all in all, i was kind of dreading going to azteca, but it wasn't bad. it was decent. i wouldn't go there again if i had the choice, but that's not to say that azteca doesn't have a time and a place.

Roadside Recovery

Damn, I'm 32 and have never been in a car that has broken down...better yet, never been in a car that broke down on the freeway.



On the way to one of the best weekends I have ever had (aka 7/7/07) me and (who I will now refer to as a close friend) broke down on I-5 north headed to Anacortes to catch the ferry to the islands. We were about 20 miles out of Seattle and broke down on the Mountlake Terrace exit. What happened next will most likely only continue to be funny to me and my friend- so I will keep it short and just say we spent two hours roadside waiting for AAA and a ride. AAA got there before our ride so he offered to take us to the closest restaurant while we waited.



Closest restaurant was Azteca.

I had a beer, chips, salsa, bean dip, and two tacos to go. This all happened in 15 min. I love the chips at Azteca. I love the salsa at Azteca. And my new friend turned me on to the complimentary bean dip they also serve. Who doesnt love ice cold Coors Light after spending two hours on the fuckin freeway? Coors Light is basically an extension of the water family and I was dehydrated. So two tacos, chips, salsa, bean dip and two beers was less than 10 bucks. Good deal.



So back to the story:

We had to get back on the road so we could try to catch the 5:05 ferry. We missed it by 10 min. So we proceeded to the liquor store, drove to the ferry line and began to party until we caught the 8:25 ferry.

I left my house at 12:30pm that day and arrived at our destination about 11pm. Can't say it was all that bad even though I missed out on chillin with my best friend, because I was with her sister so in the end it was still a member of the CarboOverload family.

Thanks for the good weekend fam.