Cesar’s Mexican and Greek
Cesar’s Mexican and Greek
Rating: 4
Cost: ~ $9
Location: Albuquerque (North East)
Customized: Yes (with Carne Asada)
This Nacho is a veritable Meat Mountain!
Cesars is a very unique restaurant located in Albuquerque’s North East side. It is a Mexican and Greek restaurant that is open 24 hours. I can’t stress how neat it is to be able to get a Gyro and Torta at 2am after the bars close. Their menu is large and varied, and despite the look of the restaurants exterior, it has one of the cleanest kitchens i have ever seen. The food quality is excellent, but it is also very polarizing. People either love it, or they hate it.
Cesars offers Nachos based on a variety of Meats: Chicken, or Carne Asada. Since I have an affinity for Carne Asada, this is the Nacho of choice for me. This Nacho comes with a liberal portion of Carne Asada and shredded Chedder piled on freshly cooked chips. It also comes with Guacamole, Sour Cream, and pico de gaio. All of these toppings are segregated into different areas of the plate on top of the chips.
Let it be known that these are very different Nachos. Even though I gave them a really High rating, they are definitely not for everyone. The Meat that Cesar’s uses is some of my favorite. It is thin sliced tender steak that is flavorful. I can say with confidence that the meat is everyone’s favorite part of this Nacho. I can’t stress how important that is. The chips are freshly cooked in house, and are very crunchy. The pico de gaio is a very welcome oddity to the standard nacho recipe, and is probably one of the reasons this Nacho will be polarizing. If you order a side of Jalapenos, you get a dish of pickled carrots, and 2 large uncut jalapenos. Pickled carrots are an interesting pairing with Nachos, something that will also be polarizing. There are only two major problems I have with this nacho. The First problem is the guacamole. As excited as I am for the presence of Guacamole at no extra cost, this Guacamole isn’t very good at all. Its over processed, bland, and awkward tasting. Others disagree with me, but I don’t enjoy the flavor of this guacamole much. The other major problem I have with these nachos is that the cheese is very rarely melted throughout. Its common for at least half the chips to have unmelted cheese present. Although both of these are problems, they don’t ruin the nacho. In the end it is a tasty treat I recommend to most people, Especially the late night crowd. If you want Nacho’s at 2am, stay away from taco bell, go to Cesars and get a real Nacho!
