Costa Azul, Tulsa, OK

Sunday in Tulsa, Tony and I went to Costa Azul, a "real" Mexican place in the, shall we say, "ethnic" area of Tulsa. This is one of the places we used to go to a lot back when I lived in Tulsa cause the food is always so good, though it helps to be able to speak at least a little Spanish there. We'd already had a late brunch (what? Tony get out of bed before noon?), we'd just had bubble teas (wow! bubble tea made it to Tulsa!) at the mall, and we were eating dinner rather too early so we could go to a QAF finale watch party, so we kept it fairly light.

I ordered the birria stew, $8 (only available on weekends) and Tony ordered a seven seafood stew, $11, filled with crab legs and shrimp in a rich red tomatillo broth. They were both wonderful, but we ended up taking it home in go-boxes, cause we had gotten so stuffed on nibble food.

We'd made the mistake of ordering a bowl of their delicious white chile con queso and a bowl of guacamole dip for our tortilla chips. The bowls were huge! There had to be at least a half dozen avocados in the bowl, and the guacamole was freshly made, too, since it was still bright green and there was no hint of lime juice to slow the oxidation that makes guacamole turn brown soon after it's made. And you know how much that huge bowl of guacamole cost? $4.50.