bajabound2005
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Long Time Since Anyone Reviewed A Restaurant???
Hey, everyone eats! Where are the reviews, folks?
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bajalou
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Georges Resturant - San Felipe - dinner tonight with friends - had the best T Bone that I can remember - tender and flavorful and about the largest
too. Soup, salad, rice and a baked potato. Great meal - and with great firends.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
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David K
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Ditto on George's in San Felipe (just past the El Cortez Hotel).
I think I mentioned in my last trip report that Baja Angel and I had dinner there Dec. 30. She has the filet mignon with garlic shrimp and I has fish
empanezado... it was corbina and excellent, as was Elizabeth's dinner.
She almost stopped talking to me when I didn't take her back there on our way home the following Monday!
[Edited on 1-10-2006 by David K]
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Sharksbaja
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Carmelitas' truck stop & fish taco bus stop
just so. of Mulege
Had to try it. Pompano swings by there on his way fishin' and enjoys something they make.
I felt like I was in a foriegn country with all them (6)truckers. Alone and
hungry I ordered 6 tacos and a burrito. I waited a quite awhile and 7 bites later they were gone. I always get the wrong thing. Hmmmm. No smile even
when I tipped quite well. It must of been my truck!!
Very basic and very well cooked! The salsa was the saving grace. Quite cheap though. scale of 1-10 .... a strong 3.
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Had a few fish tacos at the little bus in El Rosario. Very good with fresh fish. Seabass I believe. Nice hospitable folks and she promptly cooked and
filled the order. I'll stop again.
I rate the place an 8.5
sorry Pompano,wherever the hell you are
[Edited on 1-10-2006 by Sharksbaja]
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Phil C
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My favorite Carmelitas is at Jesus Maria at the Pemex. She has the van, and now added a little room. Been there along time. Great burritos and
tamales,also salsa is good. If her grandaughter Barbara is there ask for a song. She loves to sing.
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Bob and Susan
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She has burritos?
I'll buy those next week!!!
This is THE PLACE for tamales!!!
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David K
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Here is Carmelita (the tamale lady) at Villa Jesus Maria Pemex parking lot... a few years ago (pointing out her Viva Baja sticker)... Photo by Fishin'
Rich.
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elgatoloco
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New Years day we ate breakfast at Del Rio and it sucked.
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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Bajaboy
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I picked up some tamales from Carmelita a few weeks ago. I ate a few there and finished off another three or four at Baja Cactus...sorry Antonio if I
left a mess...best tamales anywhere!
Zac
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Bajaboy
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Also, stopped at loncheria at the turn-off to Agua Verde for breakfast. Very, very good. The family now has a cement patio with covered seating. I
thought the place was there originally for the road workers...looks like it's there for good...check it out if you get a chance.
Zac
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Gypsy Jan
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Tacos Junior (JR)
200 yards south of the Toll Road Pemex on the Free Road, in Rosarito on the ocean side of the road.
Yaqui Tacos shut down for vacation on Christmas Eve, so Tacos JR was our go-to for lunch after errands in town.
Shrimp and pescado tacos are enrobed with a batter that crunches in your mouth. Sweet and delicious.
Smoked marlin tacos are hearty; earthy flavors with a bite from the green olives chopped fine and the melted cheese that rounds out all the flavors.
Add flavors from the red salsa and mayo from the squirt bottles on the table, and the fresh key limes, or, even add some marinated red onions from
the counter to make them more delicious.
And, if you are feeling especially adventurous, the "Atomic Picoso" sauce on the counter next to the marinated red onions will probably make you short
of breath and then you will need to wipe the tears out of your eyes.
“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.\"
—Julius Caesar
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oladulce
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Tried Carmelita's (Mulege) too this summer because of the positive Nomad reviews. We were the only ones in there for breakfast and the service took
longer than we like to spend when we're in a travel mode. Food was ok, and better than some, but every time a big truck drove by on the highway the
dirt from the parking lot blew through the door and into our faces. Maybe Pompano and Bruce's secret is to get stuff "para llevar".
[Edited on 1-12-2006 by oladulce]
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oladulce
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Vista al Mar ?
Hard to find sopa de mariscos much fresher (in Baja ) than this place, and their broth is delicious. It's about 2 miles north of Juncalito, just off
the highway and right on the beach.
Very nice people and a killer view. It can be a little warm midday in the summer even under the palapa, but it's worth sweating for that sopa.
They don't have electricity and close right at sunset .
Someone correct me if I didn't get the name right.
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Phil C
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I'ts our favorite for almejas chocolates. Love the binoculars.....
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Ken Bondy
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Mariscos Sinaloanse
Written by mija Coleen:
Just south of Ensenada, we stopped once again. We couldn't quite gorge ourselves to satisfaction with the Balance bars, macadamia nuts and pistachios
that Pam packed for us, though we tried hard. So we stopped at Mariscos Sinaloaense (Seafood Sinaloa style), a quaint roadside restaurant. It was so
cold we could see our breath on the air. We had almost outrun the storm but of course it caught up while we ate our camarones and pescado cooked in
butter and garlic. We took our first photo of the trip during lunch, and our waiter offered to take another of the three of us. Unfortunately we
didn't get his name, so I'll call him Pedro.
Pedro seemed shocked when he noticed the viewing screen on my digital camera, but took a great picture of us. He told me in Spanish that it was the
first digital camera he had seen. I took two pictures of him with the chef and a waitress, and then popped out the floppy disk and handed it to him.
His jaw literally dropped when he saw the disk come out of the camera. It was a neat moment.
We started to leave, and Pedro stopped us. He said he had a "regalo" for us. He gave each of us a souvenir ceramic ash tray from the restaurant. I
think that's when we all started getting that "Baja feeling." The people of Baja are really beautiful, and moments like that are just as awe inspiring
as the mountains, the sea and the desert.
http://www.coleenbondy.com/personal/travel/baja_escape/maris...
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Oso
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Ken, can you be a bit more specific on the location?
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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bajajudy
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Oladulce
We camped just north of there on the rocky beach. One of those"we have to stop right now" late afternoons. We have adventured south of there,
better beach but too much standing water for my taste. They have not been open either time. Will check it out on our upcoming trip to Guerrero
Negro. I have always been curious about that place. Glad to have some firsthand information.
Provecho
Ken, I too would like more info!
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Ken Bondy
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Now I'm embarassed. The place was really delightful, food and service was excellent, but I didn't keep very good notes, other than the name. As I
recall, it was a fairly large palapa-shaped building, just a few miles south of Ensenada, on the west side of Mex 1 with nothing much else around it.
Here is a link to some photos that Coleen took, this was five years ago in 2001.
http://www.coleenbondy.com/personal/travel/baja_escape/maris...
PS I checked my log of that trip and Mariscos Sinaloaense is exactly 12 miles south of the Las Rosas hotel, which is just north of Ensenada. This
would put the restaurant somewhere around Maneadero, but I don't remember whether it was north or south of Maneadero. Sorry, that's the best I can
do, but the place was worth finding if it's still there.
[Edited on 1-14-2006 by Ken Bondy]
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BornFisher
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Went fishing last week, gave most away, but kept 1 red (about 3#) and 1/2 of a 9# ling. Went in for a few rounds of beer and pool @ Margaritaville in
Puerto Nuevo and took the 2 fillets from the red next door. Gave them one and had the other breaded for a para llevar plate.
Got home and OMG!!! Refried beans, home made lard tortillas, rice and mucho veggies with the fish was AWESOME. They butterflied the fillet so it was
maybe 3/8th inch thick, pure white and wonderful!! Had dinner and breakfast off that plate!
So I can confidently recommend the lobster joint just north of Margaritaville in Puerto---- at least if you bring your own fish!!
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