We had a bit of a false start, however, as both of us ordered iced tea. What they brought had been made in the coffee pot (it's a short cut to use the hot water from the coffee maker), and I could distinctly taste the coffee in the tea. I mentioned it to the waiter and he denied it; he brought me a Diet Coke in replacement, though, and I noticed him talking to other staff members about the problem. When Laurent got a refill of tea some time later, he said that they'd made a new batch and it no longer tasted of coffee.
We started with a plate of three pupusas, one queso (cheese, the white Salvadorean kind), one revueltas (mixed cheese and pork), and one loroco (loroco is a flower native to El Salvador, and the buds are chopped and mixed with cheese for the pupusas). I thought the pupusas were quite good. They brought us two tiny containers of chopped up pickled cabbage to go with them, and I thought it lacked the character and "authenticity" of the big shreds of cabbage I usually get at the more ethnic pupeserias.Laurent got a burro for his main course. It was filled with lots of grilled steak, plus rice, black beans, and some lettuce. He liked it and found it quite filling.
I had a pork chimichanga. They grill their chimichangas here instead of deep-frying them. It was topped with guacamole, sour cream, lettuce, and pico de gallo, and little sides of black beans and cilantro rice accompanied the plate. I thought the beans were a little on the bland side, but the cilantro rice was very interesting and vibrant.
Laurent wanted dessert. He got the tres leches cake, it looked yummy, and he liked it a lot. I got a flan.
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