April 21, 2017 Lunch – Mary and Tito’s,  Dinner – Oriental Chicken Salad at Debbie and Jeff’s house

Another interesting food day.

I fried two pieces of bacon cut into halves and then added scrambled eggs in the same pan with the fried bacon.  They joined together for an interesting impromptu four sided bacon and egg omelet.

Aaron and I had a meeting at 1:15 so we triangulated at Mary and Tito’s at 12:15.  Mary and Tito’s one of my favorite Mexican restaurants.  It appears unchanged from when it opened in 1963.  The reason why I chose its red. Hili sauce is because it is cooked with ground beef for a more complex meaty flavor.  Today I ordered Chile Rellenos and discovered that the green chili also is cooked with ground beef.

Aaron ordered a very interesting deep fried stuffed sopapilla.  I explained to Aaron the importance of and national recognition that comes with a James Beard award.  After lunch I showed Aaron the restaurant’s 2010 James Beard Award for traditional cuisine.  Mary and Tito’s merits the award, because it has produced consistent,  impeccable New Mexico Cuisine for over fifty years.

My chili Rellenos were of my favored type with a wheat flour and egg batter.

I will go back.

At 6:00 we drove up to Debbie and Jeff’s house at the top of Glenwood Hills with its panoramic view of the city.

We took a bottle of Gruet Chardonnay, a roasted  chicken and a salmon and cream cheese, and caper dip as an appetizer.  Jeff served drinks and then shredded the chicken breasts and Debbie tossed them with the rest of the Oriental salad ingredients, lettuce and slivered almonds.  We drank Kendall Jackson Sauvignon Blanc with the meal.  After dinner Debbie served strawberry short cake with whipped cream for a light heart healthy dinner.

The girls looked cute in their tie dyed dresses.  We enjoyed a back to the 70’s moment after watching the sun set over Mount Taylor and the valley.

We said good night at 10:00, a pretty late night due to the pleasant conversation.

Bon Appetit