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BajaNuts
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I have enjoyed JESSE's recipe for shrimp ceviche
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=40790#pid4413...
and have been using the bag technique for cooking shrimp for shrimp c-cktails and other dishes.
Thank you Jesse for sharing that one simple recipe. I am disappointed I did not get to visit your restaurant on my last trip to La Paz. I WILL visit
on the next trip.
In the mean time, I'm going to use Jesse's shrimp ceviche recipe for a USA Superbowl neighborhood snack food "throwdown" competition!
Jesse, I was going to u2u about this and giving credit where credit is due, so, check your u2u.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
So, how does Chowhound avoid being jobbed by the owners of a restaurant or the occasional irate customer with multiple reviews?
It happens. Look for detail in the reviews and then decide.
Of course a numeric rating system can be skewed..........
Not too fond of the layout of Chowhound. And now that they are going through a major change in format (January 28th), they have decided that they will
not carry many of their old reviews over to the new format. At least, that is how I read it. So, no more archives.
[Edited on 1-23-2010 by Hook] |
Different strokes Hook. I have not experienced the same lame posts in Chowhound that are too often found in Trip Advisor.
End of comments on Trip Advisor by me on this post. Don't want to highjack any further.
Ken
[Edited on 1-23-2010 by tripledigitken]
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Gypsy Jan
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Hook, About Chowhound
It is very much a self-correcting environment with a very good BS monitor due to the people who read and post on the boards.
In my experience, the self-promoters are called out and run off very quickly.
That being said, it is also an invaluable resource and guide for find great food at all price points high-to-low and if you are seeking a certain
ambiance or vibe in a strange city. If you post a question, the board members will go out of their way to answer you.
If you need to find out about a hotel though, you have to go somewhere else on the internet and I don't know of a really good, reliable resource.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
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Bajahowodd
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Amen to That
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
If you have an interest in Food, and you haven't eaten at Tres Virgenes, you have missed one of the best dining experiences in La Paz.
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by audiobaja
Trip Advisor's actual ratings appear to be random to me except that it is clear that if you get people to write more than 3 or 4 reviews, you end up
#1 or #2. We were only 2 behind Jesse and we sell cheesesteaks and chili dogs. That doesn't seem right somehow......... |
That is exactly why people who use Tripadvisor must carefully weigh what they are reading. Over the years, we have used their listing to book hotels
in a number of places. Even hotels that had some negative comments would turn out to be gems. Just based upon the nature of the complaints in the
negative comments. It would be like a reviewer downgrading Jesse's because he didn't have chip and salsa on the table, but completely overlooking the
great steak they had.
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MitchMan
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I have got to chime in here about Jesse's restaurant, Las Tres Virgenes.
I am an ex restaurateur and a cook. My wife and I are both very good cooks and we love to cook and eat and go food shopping. I used to run
restaurants and night clubs. My wife and I have gotten to the point that we do not like to go to restaurants, generally speaking, because 1)anything
restaurants can cook, my wife and I can cook it better and serve it hotter, 2) service is seldom if ever good 3)most restaurants are over-priced,
4) these days, food is seldom prepared well 5) Don't like waiting.
Also, can't find a decent restaurant, anywhere, especially in Mexico. The best restaurant in Mexico was Bogart's in Puerto Vallarta and Anthony's in
Mexico City's pink zone. That's it.....until now.
Three weeks ago my wife and I were in La Paz (happens every other month, I have a home there). We've been meaning to give Jesse's place a try,
finally got around to it on the last day of our stay in La Paz.
It was by far, the best meal at a restaurant that I have had in over 15 years. First of all the inside is clean and rustic and tastefully decorated
and finished, plenty of authentic atmosphere, with nice and pleasant Mexican/Spanish music adding to a perfect atmosphere together with very romantic
hanging lamp lighting from an outside pergola with hanging vines. The tables were well set with table cloths and quality silverware and clean wine
glasses. There were two nice looking 30 something ladies dining at the table next to ours. They even broght a purse rack for the two women to hang
their purses next to their chairs - classy touch, Jesse.
The meal started with a Cadillac Marguerita that we ordered and were prepared promptly and very good tasting (good sized drinks, I might add). Before
we odered our meal, they brought us bread and an unbelievably delicious avacado dipping sauce. The bread was the just about the most delicious bread
that I have ever had apart from the French baguettes I got while in Paris. The bread was fresh baked, warm, had a great crust that was just the right
hardness (not so crispy that you would break a cap), perfect density, chewy, just the perfect amount of salt and sugar (hard to do when making your
own bread). A very reliable sign of a good restaurant is the care and quality given to the bread before the meal. Jesse's restaurant has the best
bread outside of Paris (as good or better than anywhere in Italy that I have had, BTW). My wife and I ate two and a half bowls of it before the
entre. The dipping sauce, a delicate avocado sauce - unbelievable.
Next, I had the cabrilla. It was absolutely perfectly cooked on a Mesquite fire and served hot on a bed of mashed potatoes sprinkled/ garnished with
delicate buttered small lima beans, French style sauteed green beans, julienne carrots and cool half-sliced cherry tomatoes all together with a
delicate sauce. Didn't have to use the salt or pepper shaker, everything was flavored perfectly. Generally, I hate lima beans - but - these were
delicious and provided the perfect side flavor to the plate, the lima beans worked and the cool sliced cherry tomatoes were a great juxtaposition
flavor burst.
Now, my all-time favorite desert is a good creme brulee. Didn't expect to come across creme brulee in La Paz, but was surprised to see it on the
menu. Every thing else was perfect, so we ordered it. Man, it was the best creme brulee I have had since Ruth's Chris Steak House in Irvine, CA.
Actually, Jesse's was a touch better. It was not too sweet, the top crust of torched sugar was warm and the creme brulee was progressively cooler as
it neared the bottom of the bowl, but not too cold, just perfectly "cool". Delicate, light, and not too dense and definitely freshly prepared unlike
the fraudulent creme brulees served in most other places where they are made ahead of time en masse and stored in walk-in refrigerator.
Best restaurant meal in over 15 years anywhere except Paris and equalled the best that I had anywhere in Italy. Can't really compare it to Italy as
the cuisine is quite different, but just the sheer enjoyment of the quality blew my mind.
Jesse, thanks to you and to your charming wife for putting quality first. I can't wait to go back to La Paz this March and I look forward to taking
my entire extended family to your restaurant over the next two years.
[Edited on 2-15-2010 by MitchMan]
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BajaGringo
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Did you say Cadillac Margaritas???
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oldlady
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Probably wanted to make sure you were still with us.
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comitan
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Cadillac Margarita No wonder they enjoyed the meal so much.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
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snowcat5
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I can't agree more with MitchMan- LTV is the best eatery in Southern Baja, hands down! I've had several meals there over the last few years, before
I even new about Nomads. Jesse's food is better than any place in the Cabo- San Jose area. 
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Bajahowodd
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Geez. Before you know it, it's going to be reservation only. 
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JESSE
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I just want to say thanks for the support, but i deserve only part of the credit, my two partners Maria Jose and Geoffrey are a vital part of the
operation. Couldn't ask for better partners.
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winwinstudios
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You have talked me into it. My family will try out this restaurant tonight.
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David K
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It's been over 11 years since the last reply, so I hope Jesse's restaurant is still as great as when we ate there in 2012! My wife had the best prime
rib in her life that evening!
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RFClark
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Good Chinese food in Baja and Baja Sur.
Since we used to drive to SFO for dinner before the city went woke, I think I know good Chinese food.
1) San Felipe: China Inn
2) Santa Rosalia: Comida China
3) Ciudad Constitution: Baja Teriyaki
4) Cerritos: Taste of Asia
5) Los Cabos: Fu Cheng
I’ve also had Chinese Food around the world including China which mostly wasn't what you get here in the US and Vancouver BC which also wasn't what
you get in the US! Generally it was all good!
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JC43
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | | It's been over 11 years since the last reply, so I hope Jesse's restaurant is still as great as when we ate there in 2012! My wife had the best prime
rib in her life that evening! |
This is our experiance: About two years ago we went in, thinking Jesse is still the owener. We had to learn that that is not the case. A Mexican took
over.
The meals are bad: My wife ordered pulpo. It was barely cooked. Very chewy! She did not eat half of it. I had Oxtail, same problem. Chewing-stuff!
O.K., to digest, I ordered a good tequilla. I said to the waiter distinctifly: GOOD TEQUILLA. He brought the shot without the bottle to let me see
what it is. Well, that stuff burned my throat and they wanted me to pay 400 Pesos for the shot. We paid the meal but I denied paying 400 Pesos for the
shot and asked for the manager. He came. I reported the ebarly cooked pulpo and oxtail and I said I am leaving now. He let me go with some stumbeling
words of excuse.
So he knew! Make up your own mind fellow Nomads.
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David K
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Oh bummer... That is a disappointment! I hope JESSE returns to Nomad to tell us the story.
That place was awesome in 2012 and I believe it was frequented by government people who ate there (so it wasn't cheap).
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: Originally posted by JC43 |
This is our experiance: About two years ago we went in, thinking Jesse is still the owener. We had to learn that that is not the case.
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Uncertain this is accurate. fyi:
https://www.facebook.com/chefjesuschavez
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BajaNomad
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https://www.yelp.com/biz/las-tres-v%C3%ADrgenes-la-paz
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g150771-d19250...
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
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David K
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Thanks Doug!
Sad that JC43 had a bad experience!
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