Pricey Mexican food.

Entrance:

Very casual, and dark smallish space with 2 rows of tables and a bar. No music that night. They have a pretty large menu including large seafood and vegetarian sections.

Regular (12 oz.) frozen margaritas $10.00 each.
Chocolate (left) and Pineapple flavors.

Mi Nidito boasts over 25 flavors of margaritas, so of course I had to try one! From the swirly shape and the speed at which they were served, I think the frozen margaritas were ready-made like slushees. The two margaritas we ordered were from the flavors section, and were simply flavored syrups topped with the margarita slushee. I was a little sad that my margarita was just a plain margarita on top of syrup. They also have a long list of mixed margaritas which may be more creative. The frozen margarita itself was very strong, and tasted almost like pure Jose Cuervo. The chocolate syrup sweetened and helped the bite (which I don’t like) of the tequila, and the pineapple tasted like a pina colada with some coconut flavors.

Crispy chips and spicy chunky salsa.


Spicy Bean Vegetable Burrito $15.95
Mi Nidito’s incredible shell piled high with garden fresh mixed green crisp lettuce topped with grilled garden fresh vegetables, pinto beans, chick peas, onions, tomatoes, hot & sweet peppers, cilantro, sour cream guacamole & muenster cheese

One big burrito (wheat tortilla?) filled with plain grilled crunchy broccoli, carrots, peppers, zucchini and other veggies, topped with medium spicy salsa. Mexican rice, standard guacamole and sour cream, a cold chickpea cilantro salad, and lots of mushy beans served on the side. The burrito was huge, but filled with tasteless grilled veggies. I would have preferred the rice and beans to be wrapped inside the burrito which would have given some flavor to the veggies and tortilla. Instead, I had to eat everything separately as you can’t fit much on a fork! I also don’t remember much cheese, if there was any at all.

Alaskan King Crab Enchiladas $20.95
Alaskan king crab sauteed with onions, garlic and a white creamy sauce rolled in two corn tortillas topped with green tomatillo sauce, melted cheese & sour cream served with rice, beans and salad

Soft meaty enchiladas topped with lots of melted cheese.

Close up of the crab.

Surprisingly, there was quite a bit of crab meat in the enchiladas. I tried to take a photo of the stringy crab meat here.

An OK but expensive meal.

Receipt:
1 SP/BN/VEG/BU 15.95
1 KG CRB ENCH. 20.95
2 Reg. Frozen 16.00
2 Flavor 0.50 1.00
total+tax= $58.43 (dinner for 2)

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