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oldjack
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Baja Cactus
I stayed at the Baja Cactus hotel for the first time last week (room #105).... if you have the chance to stay overnight in El Rosario... stay there
$45/night... the room was every bit as good as any 5-star hotel/resort you might stay in... and had the opportunity to meet Antonio(gave him a good
Honduran cigar) and met his family.... parking can be a challenge but the rooms I looked at were outstanding... also met "Gadget" and that guy in the
silver toyota... the town is wanting for dining options....
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Bob H
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Great! Glad you met Antonio - great guy, indeed!
OK, What was the brand name of the cigar???
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thebajarunner
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Antonio is one of the most gracious guys you will ever meet.
As to dining,
methinks that the 'success' of Mama's has stifled any real competition.
And, after dark, good luck finding anything else that is open.
We walked the length of town in April, right after dark,
no luck,
we did come close to getting run over a few times, but no decent food options.
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Gadget
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Ed and Yolanda Lusk down at the south end of town have some great food at their bed and breakfast.
We had 1 dinner at Mama's while down for the week and I had the best Aracherra dinner I have ever had for under $12. We also ate at one of Antonios
employees husbands place on the right side of the market on the corner called "tacos on the corner". Great carne tacos and lots of locals to visit
with. Sometimes you don't have to look very far.
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Bob and Susan
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for us "non-cow" eaters (by marriage ONLY)
Aracherra is called flank steak in the states....
flank steak is long and flat
best known as "London Broil"
usually tougher than T-Bone
The Chinese in Mulege use it in "stir-fry"
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woody with a view
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good food, great people......
mama's is SOOOOO overated....
edit: the painter ran outta "r's"
[Edited on 7-27-2007 by woody in ob]
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Gadget
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Yes, yes I know what Aracherra is. I don't really care if it was a shoe insert they served me. You could cut it with a fork, the flavor was great,
the other fixings on the plate were very good also and the service was fast and friendly.
Everyones had a bad meal at any given eatery at any given time. We needed to eat dinner and they were open. Why do some seem to enjoy bashing this
Icon of the Baja business success that we should enjoy supporting in our travels???
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Bob and Susan
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you think explaining what Aracherra is...is bashing???
read again...ALOT of people don't know...
shoot...i like lamb
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capt. mike
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Bob - lamb is a fav here too.
say....you live in the land of ranchitos....why not befriend a local that can get us either a sheep (do they have those in baja??) well - what about
those mountain sheeps? sheeples??
ok - if it can even be a baby goat - who cares.
but i want to pit one at your place this fall - i do whole pigs here lots a times.
and.....here flank steak and london broil are 2 diff cuts. the flank cooked right is butter tender. the limey broil always is tough.
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Gadget , " Why do some seem to enjoy bashing this Icon of the Baja business success that we should enjoy supporting in our travels??? "
Sure, there are some that seem to get off on bashing almost anything mentioned on this forum. But not the Momads the commented about Momas'
above. I go to Momas' almost every time I've stay at the Cactus. It is nice to check in, take a really well deserved shower and walk over there for
some cold beers and a meal. The people are nice and the beer is cold. But just once I'd like a meal like you had. I did have the arrachera and I
couldn't recommend it. Mostly the opinions given here are exactly that, "opinions". They, for the most part, are to help other travelers have a great
time down here and to inform us of their likes and dislikes. Bashing icons of a Baja business success. If it doesn't deserve support any more why
would you support it? I did have a couple of good meals at Momas' in the early '90's . The folks above are not "BASHERS" they are some of our best
Nomads and informative.
[Edited on 7-27-2007 by Russ]
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Bob and Susan
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mike!!!
first you want to eat that MONSTER!!!
now you want a sheep!!!
you NEED to get out of that HORRIBLE Arizona HEAT!!!
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oldjack
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I was not "bashing" when I said there were challenges finding dinner... I had a great relleno(sp?) meal at Mama's... their prices are higher than
might be expected.... my brother and I also tried the taco stand at the curve... even gave the yound cook a couple of Tecates... good tacos... I enjoy
finding the best "local" place to have traditionally prepared meals... under the "BajaNomad Almanac" it would be useful to have those hinden gems
listed for all to test......
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Hook
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I can agree with the challenge of finding good sit-down dining in ER.
But BC a 5 -star???? Come on. If that's five star, you've never been in a true five star hotel. A Four Seasons would be off the scale.
On an international scale of hotels, BC might be a 1-2.
But the place is great, no doubt. Maybe we can call it a Baja 5 Star!
[Edited on 7-27-2007 by Hook]
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ha!! But Bob....you know i love adventure......... so heck, find me a sheeple
go d**nm it!
the only 5 star resort in mexico is in alamos mainland, Hacienda de los Santos.
I've yet to experience it cause its way expensive out of my league.
the best baja can do is maybe 3.5 estrellas someplace in los cabos area.
if you're using any respected guide like Fodors or conde nasty.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
if you're using any respected guide like Fodors or conde nasty.
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Well, it is Cond Nasty, Fourdoors, and in France the Michelob Guide 
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oldjack
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O.K. let me back away from the five-star reference.... I want the rates to stay like they are... I did not get to see all the rooms... #105 was/is WAY
ABOVE expectations.... I am having a 1-bedroom addition built at my place in Los Barriles and I am having that room copied!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oldjack
O.K. let me back away from the five-star reference.... I want the rates to stay like they are... I did not get to see all the rooms... #105 was/is WAY
ABOVE expectations.... I am having a 1-bedroom addition built at my place in Los Barriles and I am having that room copied!!! |
Many here have read my posts about Mama Espinozas, so I'll keep this short.
Like Oldjack, I too tried to make room 101 my permanent residence, but for all the wrong reasons. I couldn't leave for 72 hours because I got a
horrible case of food poisoning at Mama's from eating crab burritos.  My stay at Baja Cactus was wonderful inspite of the circumstances. I was cared for and Antonio (who was there)& staff took good
care of me. I also appreciated the dim lights  the TV, and the decor is
absolutely the best you could find anywhere.
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Hook
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Ok, so maybe five-star bedside manner........
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OK bashing may be too strong of a word. Perhaps picking on??? And if all the top dogs on this forum had nothing good to say about the place then any
newby who saw alleged seasoned guidance would miss the experience of stopping in and checking the place out. There's alot of history there you know.
Les and I enjoyed watching a load of young surfers pour over every square inch of wall in the place, pointing and laughing with great interest before
they sat down. I bet they thought the food was way better than their usual Taco Bell grinds!
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Bob and Susan
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gadget...you are sooo right
we go to mamas all the time too...
too bad they don't open EARLY for breakfast...
in fact...NO ONE in El Rosario is open EARLY...
the ONLY place for "coffee and a donut" is in SQ at a gas station
where IS "starbucks" when you NEED them
Lencho...
we just had dinner with some friends who had a restruant and arrachera was one of the subjects...boring uh?
arrachera is "flank steak" cut thin...
[Edited on 7-28-2007 by Bob and Susan]
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