Momocho @ Ohio City

Mod Mex. Another surprise from Ohio! Quite tasty fancy mexican food...and no I'm not talking about Chevy's or Chipotle....but Momocho. The decor inside was pretty good, and I guess if you're sheltered you'd think "satanic" than cool because there are crosses all over the place. Some in the right position, and others on the side, or upside down (anti-christ, as some would say). Additionally, there were a lot of pictures of individuals that look like Nacho Libre...who are they? Matadors? Masked some thing or other. Anyways, the food was really good, and yes a tad pricey, but I believe worth it. What sucked us in here in the first place is that they have a 3 course dinner for $30 per couple, so what a deal right?!?! Well when we got there, like most prixe fixe meals, the actual menu looked a lot more appetizing. You ready for yummy food pics? always! because i know that this blog keeps you entertained while at work or in class, and keeps your tongue salvilating!

First Floor

Sangria

Guacamole Sampler
[from left to right; Smoked Trout w. Bacon and chile poblano; Blue Crab w. corn and chile chipotle; Goat Cheese w. tomato and chile pobalano]
man...sampling of guacamole! it's a great deal, because each guac for the same size is $8, but for all three it's $18! i was really excited about the blue crab guac, but it wasn't that tasty after all. the best was the smoke trout and goat cheese. i know they sound like a weird mixture, but those ingredients really brought the flavors out. addicting...very

Fresh Chips
ok these chips were really good...fresh corn, freshly fried and lightly salted. better than all the other eateries that provide chips...and even better with guac sampler!

Duck Confit Taquitos
[duck confit, corn, onions]
this dish was simply prepared with the duck confit mucho succulent. so when i read the menu and it said taquito, i was thinking of...well what i know of taquitos..corn tortilla wrapping meat and deep fried. well, i guess taquito here is "make your own taco." which is precisely why it's just a plate of meat, and comes with two different sauces: salsa verde and honey-chipotle mojo. personally i preferred the mojo because the salsa verde didn't taste like anything.

Fresh Flour Tortillas

so when this dish came, and i made my first taquito, i took a bite. the flavors were amazing, and the duck confit was well infused in fat..haha. but for about a few minutes i couldn't figure out what kind of meat it was. i forgot that i ordered duck confit, and when the server came and asked me if i liked the duck confit...in my head i went "oh yea...it tastes like duck, not pork." haha yes...my palate and my brain stopped working for a few minutes.

Pork Chop al Carbon
[grilled pork chop over a bed of huitlecoche "tamale dumplings", corn and all topped with mole coloradito]
panda ordered this dish and it was TASTYYYY!!! the pork chop was cooked perfectly, and was not dry at all, or panda just gave me all the good pieces so i didn't taste anything bad. but honestly the best part of the disk was the "tamale dumplings" that were underneath the pork chop. i still don't know what they were made of, but they were rich, creamy, flavorful...and just really good. at the end instead of wrapping my duck confit in tortilla i just took some duck and some tamale and ate as is.

Creamy Vanilla Flan
so panda and i were really disappointed in this. i think we were both expecting something really creamy, and taste popping. i think we've had really good creme brulee before and was expecting something like that? the chef at momocho can really cook, but hey chef's and pastries chef's don't mix. chef's don't do desserts, and pastries chef's don't "cook"

go for the guac...go for the chips...go for the pork chops, but more importantly the tamales under the pork chops. my fav :)