La Estancia, Rosarito
La Estancia in Rosarito is located way off Benito Juarez, the main north/south boulevard for the city, north of the old Comercial Mexicana and Calimax
markets.
Faded black writing on a white wall invites you to turn towards the beach for "Hotel El Dorado" and "La Estancia"
The restaurant is a free standing, two-story building on the left , with a rough wood exterior and several water fountains, large and small, made from
rough cut logs, old water pumps and well-weathered iron bouys.
The menu covers all the bases - land and sea (beef, lamb, rabbit, fish, shrimp, lobster, squid, etc.). After only two visits, all I can talk about is
the seafood.
First, they bring chips and salsa and a bowl of escabeche -vinegar marinated nopales, onions and jalapenos.
On the first visit, , for an appetizer, we had queso fundido (melted cheese). Today we had onion rings. The queso fundido was very good. The onion
rings were fresh and sweet, but not spectacular.
We have tried the seafood combo special with vegetables, the seafood combo in garlic sauce, the shrimp in garlic sauce and the mesquite broiled
salmon.
All entrees come with soup and salad, tortillas and baked potato. Everything was prepared with care - I ask for my fish to be cooked rare and that is
what I get. The potatoes are roasted on the charcoal fire (no foil wrap!) and are served with real butter (not margarine) and sour cream.
I should also mention that the service is outstanding, and, on a midweek afternoon, the customers are mostly locals.
On both visits, the check was less than US $35, including a couple of drinks.
“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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