Ottawa Foodies

The take-away version came with no salad!

I hadn't realised how much I liked their little salad offering. It's not just limp afterthought iceberg, but actual salad.

There were a few bits of avocado, peppers and tomato in the box, but...

Oh, never mind. I'm looking at their on-line menu now, and noting "Served with two of the following: beans, salad, rice." It came with plenty of rice and beans. I see it's the fault of my food-fetching friend.

Moral of the story: GET THE SALAD. I had not realised until FF's commentary below how critical it is to rounding out this particular plate.

And now I have to give them props for the 'few bits of avocado...'

At kmennie's suggestion, I had the vegetarian enchiladas and was not disappointed. It was satisfying and delicious. The black beans were very heavy but the refreshing salad sort of "lubricated" the whole meal and allowed me to eat the entire mess of heavy food without regret.

Anyone who thinks that a meal without meat is unsatisfying should try this dish (with the bean option). ;-)

The 'enchiladas vegetariana' satisfy my cravings for cheese enchiladas, without being nearly so fat-laden and boring as the usual kind. Recommended without reservation.

And again!

Pancho special, I believe. I asked for verde, mole, and plain tomato-what-have-you enchilada sauces; it came out quite nicely. A very chocolate-y molé. Fresh salad, fresh beans and fresh rice, which beats the pants off the sides that've been showing up at the Lone Star lately.

Tacos (well received) in rear.

I'm enjoying their cheese enchiladas more and more these days. Their quality seems a lot more consistent now, too.

Recommended. Highly recommended over Mexicali Rosa's.

I had the enchiladas with mole sauce and wifey had the "enchiladas verdes" (tomatillo sauce). I preferred hers... the sauce had better flavour and more spice. My mole sauce was more plentiful, however, which was useful for moisturizing the rather dry chicken meat in the enchiladas. Each of our plates contained three little rolled-up enchiladas, plus the obligatory tasty beans and boring rice.

Folded rather than rolled, and just one on its lonesome -- for $15.

Azteca is pricy. Note $7.95 lunch specials on card at table, but -- pricy.

Verde sauce was quite good -- deemed 'spicy' on the menu, a very Canadian version thereof, but still not entirely wimpish. Cheese was quite good, and the whole thing was well-proportioned, if that follows; an enchilada with excess filling or insufficient sauce is a lot of unnecessary frustration.

Beans: yum. Rice: afterthought.