Amarillo by Mid-afternoon

Traveling can be a two-edged sword.  On the one hand traveling itself sucks, getting up crack-of-dawn early to get stuffed like a sausage into a plane and having the disconnect of living out of a suitcase isn't the most fun I can think of for a weekday (although with practice it gets better).  But that other hand can be delicious.  I get to go to some really neat places while out and about.  This week finds me in Amarillo Texas which can arguably be called the beef capital of the US but so far we haven't tried to prove that out.

Jorge's

See if you can spot the pepper

Monday Lunch was at a nice local place called Jorge's which has some of the best fresh salsa.  It has chunks of cracked pepper floating a a moderately pureed tomato, onion and cilantro base which leads to a smooth sweet and spicy combo.  I ordered one of their unique dishes which is a deep fried stuffed avocado.  The heat turns the avocado flesh to a creamy consistency which melds into the chihuahua cheese and ground beef. 

Deep Fried Avocados

Sushi!

Sakura

Monday Dinner was at a sushi place we like called Sakura's.  I always like their katana door handles and big selection of sashimi.  I personally like Unagi and was excited to find that they also had 'White Tuna' which may be called Waloo, Escolar or Butterfish.  IT lives up to this last name with a really light smooth flesh that doesn't have that overpowering fishiness I get from things like Tilapia. 

El Bracero

Salsa Verde

Tuesday Lunch was at El Bracero which has become famous amongst our group for serving this fabulous salsa verde made with tomatillos and served a bit hot both in temperature and spice.  I ordered one of their specials, the Plato Michoacano which has your basic enchilada topped with a double egg over easy.  I added the salsa verde to this pile for a glorious meal. 

Plato Michoacano

Lasagna

For dinner Tuesday we kept it simple and went to Corino's chain Italian and I had the Lasagna having been overwhelmed by the lunch as it was.  Carino's wasn't my favorite of the bunch but that has more to do with competition than lack of quality.  While I'm stuffed, I am looking forward to the next few days since Amarillo is always a food fiesta.