Food

If there is any one thing that comes to mind when people think about Baja, it might very well be the abundant availability of fresh seafood.  And when it comes to sheer variety of product, Ensenada’s Mercado Negro has them all beat.  In fact, this also happens to be the largest seafood market in all of Baja California. Conveniently situated …

No Need For Fancy Restaurants When You Can Eats Tacos! When you think of Mexico you rarely think of high class fine dining.  However, that doesn’t mean that fantastic culinary experiences are out of the question.  Mexican food in Mexico is far more superior than eating Mexican anywhere else in the world – this may seem like a funny statement, …

Visiting Baja California leaves you with some unforgettable recollections.  From yummy foods, to refreshing drinks, to the cool breezes, we left Baja with memories that would eventually draw us back during our next holiday.  I will hardly forget that chilly, dried and salted machaca, which is common in most restaurants we happen to have had dinner at in Baja.  As …

Potato salad has been in my culinary repertoire for about fifty years and, fortunately, most of my family like my potato salad.  It’s nothing like the stress-laden potato salad my mother made.  When I became a married lady some 48 years ago, I wanted to cook for my family and potato salad is a summer thing.  My mother turned all …

Nothing says “America” quite like the hot dog and likewise nothing says “Mexico” quite like the taco.  I have eaten quite a few of both.  Each is quick, easy, and tasty. When I was teaching junior high English in Minnesota our Spanish teacher would prepare tacos as a treat for her students four times a year.  She would commandeer the …

Located on the Carreterra Libre just over 50 kilometers south of Tijuana, Splash Restaurant & Cantina is situated on a rocky outcropping adjacent to the pounding Baja surf, which originally inspired its name.  Over the years, this establishment has gained a reputation for serving some of the freshest seafood along that section of the coast, as well as being a …

Remember when people cooked things simply because they would taste good?  Nobody ate kale or quinoa; salad was a token small plate of iceberg lettuce inundated with 1000 Island.  We all owned a Betty Crocker cookbook and that’s where we went when we wanted to know what to do with a package of chicken parts. It was the ‘50’s, when …

In the Rosarito restaurant roulette, fortunes change and Lady Luck seems dizzy.  The difficult cement fence south of Calafia, with no safe left or U-turn lanes, leaves too many of our favorite restaurants accessible only with a “sober” leap of faith.  The odds of success are now moving south to the El Campito area with its three notable restaurants.  Although …

To celebrate a friend’s birthday, a group of us gave Kabaco by the Sea a try for breakfast.  I cannot rave enough about the food, presentation, ambience, wonderful service and attention to detail – including from Victor himself. The omelettes had a variety of fillings to chose from which were perfectly prepared with all fresh ingredients.  Each breakfast included a …

Situated on the southwestern shore of the picturesque Punta Banda Estero, La Marina Restaurant at Baja Cove offers patrons a rare view of one of the last virtually unmolested intertidal zones on the Pacific coast.  This vital habitat hosts a plethora of organisms; including numerous invertebrates, Mollusks, Crustaceans and fish species, as well as a wide variety sea birds such …