And some from Café Iguana...

Nothing much to be said about the stuff here that I haven't already, especially when it's items on menu that I've had before. Just some random phone cam whoreography here.

Another Sunday lunch at Café Iguana ( 2 eggs??)

I'll stop writing about this place after this one since it comprises of most of the Mexican category. It's pretty obvious that I haven't tried much of elsewhere. I thought that it's strange that this huevos verdes which was essentially, pretty much the same thing as their green chile stew with additional two eggs on the top, is only served on the weekends up to 4pm. What's the deal with the two eggs that cannot be made anytime after that?

Burritos, enchiladas and magaritas...

These Tex Mex stuff seem to be my recent craze lately, so you people have little choice but to bear with it since this is my blog. Hahaha! Funny how little of them I've had until recently, which pretty much started from that night at Cha Cha Cha. Now that I'm hung up with Café Iguana, I've decided that doing a late Sunday lunch at this place might be in order since it would be probably the only time I get to look at everything that I'm eating in clear daylight. Back to topic, it's a lunch that I'm doing with my brother, so we wisely stuck to a single order of a starters of an ancho dusted calamari, along with a shredded steak burrito and tuna enchiladas.

calamari

These are fried calamari, generally good for keeping the mouth busy while waiting for the rest of the food to arrive. But these were served just shortly before the rest of the mains did. The calamari here have a soft/soggy batter coating. The ancho dusting was like a dusting of the spice but I didn't quite discern the flavour. The plate came with a salty and garlicky sauce of sorts which turned out to be quite good.

burritos

I didn't realize that their burritos were so large. The word I would used to describe this would be hearty. They were filled with the choice of meat, black beans and cilantro rice. I'm thinking that this may just be the beginnings of me not rejecting cilantro/coriander since the flavour of the in the food here were fairly mild and bearable. In fact, I'm starting to find them quite pleasant. All in all, it was good and as I mentioned earlier, hearty.

tuna enchiladas

The last time I had enchiladas, the skin was softer. This time round, there was more crisp and it did look a little like prata. So more black beans and rice which I'm not complaining about. There's the salty fried black tuna wrapped in the tortilla skins and topped with melted cheese and the tomato/onion things. Pretty damn good and I must say. I enjoyed this.

New York in Mexican

I've been having a bit of fun exploring Tex Mex food lately. This was something called a New York Steak ($21.99) from Café Iguana. It's from a section which is labelled Tequila Grill which featured lime marinated meats that is finished with a spicy tequila glaze. The steak sat on top of a stick of grilled vegetables that's lying on some sweet poblano scalloped potatoes. It turned out that this steak was the medium rare that I requested. The lime marinate did come through in terms of flavour but I couldn't quite make out what the tequila glaze was. I was pretty glad that those marinades weren't too strong which still allowed the flavour of the beef to come through. There was also a decent char on the surface of the meat to ramp up the flavour. Thumbs up here. The faith that I have in this place is growing so that means that I will likely come back again.

Café Iguana, Riverside Point

I'm beginning to understand why this place (30 Merchant Road, #01-03 Riverside Point) is often crowded. Just like Brewerks down the river, the food was fairly affordable and margaritas are at half price up to 9pm and after 12am. Reservations can only be made up to 7 in the evening. It definitely took me a while to start coming by to this place, but I do see myself returning. In conversation with a new Korean acquaintance, it seemed that the standards of the Mexican Food at Cafe Iguana were quite similar to that in Texas. Albeit with less grease. It was also much cheaper over there of course with their proximity to Mexico. Like in Italian food in Italy, Mexico has cuisine that tends to vary in style depending on which part of the country it comes from. Not being the expert, I can't really pinpoint anything. I guess it's probably enough to be generic of Mexican food. Are there any good or better ones around here?

quesadillas ($2.99)

These quesadillas were pretty cheap and freshly baked. There was a crisp on the tortilla skins which were filled with cheese and mushrooms. This made a good drinking snack.

shredded beef mini chimichangas ($7.99)

The mini chimichangas here come with either shredded chicken or beef for the fillings. The initial impression of them were that they look like cut up Old Chang Kee curry puffs with guacamole and sour cream dips. They also reminded me of the kolkatta shingara which I've had at Mustard down in Little India. Thick crispy and fried skins of flour with fillings. They're not too bad and quite filling.

camarones al diablo ($14.99)

Babelfish told me that the name of this camarones al diablo translates to "shrimps to the devil". The devil in the name I presume, came from the sweet spicy sauce. The sauce which the shrimps were sautéed in was supposed to include habanero chile, capsicum, ginger, cumin and lime. Said sauce had a pretty good balance between being sweet and spicy at the same time. Didn't pack a strong heat if you're wondering. On the sides are more...quesadillas. This kinda made the dinner pretty filling with all the flour and cheeses at this point.

green chile stew ($12.99)

For $13, this was pretty good main course. I was initially quite skeptical of the coriander that I remember being mentioned in the rice, but it turns out to be alright. Found this nutty tasting stewed pork with rice and beans (which tasted better than they look) to be pretty good and the portions were actually hefty.