Muy Bueno!

I am a sucker for all things Mexican food, so imagine how excited I was when  a new restaurant opened in Columbia MD last week: Xitomate.  They are still in their soft opening stage in that they're working out the kinks between the servers and the kitchen.  A complete menu wasn't even available yet, but you can most likely deduce my thoughts based on the title of this post: Delicious!  The chips and salsa were a little different than what I'm used to; thicker homemade chips and slightly sweet salsa, but I'm sure I could have eaten a whole basket by myself...if they would have come before my meal had come instead of after.  Like I said, still working out the kinks. 

For our meal, we had the Taquitos de Puerco, and a Carne Asada burrito which were both yummy.  The burrito was supposed to come without beans which it didn't and the pico de gallo left something to be desired but the mole that came with them was outstanding!  There was also a bit of a snafu when a poached egg for a soup that was ordered, couldn't be prepared because the kitchen was out of vinegar.  Not entirely sure what happened there but I'm hoping the chefs will eventually learn that vinegar is not really that important when poaching an egg...Anyway, since the servings were a bit smaller than usual restaurant portions (sort of tapas size, I think so you can order small bites to share with the table), we also had room for dessert.  The review I read noted the to die for churros so I knew exactly what we would be getting.  And they were admittedly, to die for.  I'm certain, I could have eaten many, many more plates of those little suckers.

Once they get the kinks worked out, I'm sure they're going to have a crowd pleaser on their hands.  Between the funky decor, the pleasant and helpful staff and the mouth-watering food, they'll most definitely do just fine.  I know I will be going back, if for nothing else than to gorge on churros...

Super cool wall art: You could say I'm a bit of a fan girl when it comes to Dia de los Muertos...

These gorgeous lights were everywhere

My teeny tiny taquitos (Sorry for the lack of churro pictures, I was much too busy gobbling them up...)