Friday, October 19, 2012
Rosa Mexicano shares seasonal recipes from its Fall Harvest Dinner menu with Patch readers.
The Rosa Mexicano Fall Harvest Dinner—designed to highlight seasonal ingredients and local, organic produce from Parker Farms in Oak Grove, VA—is offered only one night (Oct. 24), but here are a few recipes you can make at home, courtesy of the restaurant: *** Spicy Pineapple Salsa (served with roast pork flautas): Cube the pineapple and place in a large saucepan with all of the other ingredients. Simmer for 40 minutes, let cool and serve at room temperature. *** La Abejita ("The Little Bee") *Local honey syrup: Try to stick with Grade A clover, wildflower, orange blossom or other similar sweet, floral honey. Dilute 3 parts honey with 1 part hot water. For every 4 cups of honey, add 1 cup of chopped, dried chipotle chiles. Allow to steep …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Sasha Obama and two of the vice president's granddaughters were among the restaurant-goers in Friendship Heights last Friday night.
Friendship Heights inched up a few notches on the celebrity-spotting scale last Friday, when children of the president and vice president's son paid a visit to Rosa Mexicano for dinner. Hunter Biden (son of Vice President Joseph Biden) and his wife, Kathleen, brought two of their daughters plus Sasha Obama and "an additional little friend" to the upscale Mexican restaurant, according to Caroline Schoen, general manager of Rosa Mexicano's Chevy Chase location (5225 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC). "The whole group enjoyed Rosa Mexicano’s signature tableside Guacamole; and while Hunter and Kathleen ate Enchiladas Suizas and Chicken Tacos, all four of the girls ordered Chicken Quesadillas and Jarritos Grapefruit Soda, [and] finished with …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Sunday, Sept. 16, is Mexico's Independence Day. It's also National Guacamole Day.
Mexico's Independence Day is Sunday, Sept. 16, restaurant Rosa Mexicano is marking the occasion with a special menu. Rosa Mexicano has two D.C. locations 5225 Wisconsin Ave., NW and 575 7th St., NW. The website of the Presidio La Bahia—a preserved historic Spanish mission in Goliad, TX—explains how the war of independence started: In the early nineteenth century, Mexico, with a little influence from the US and France, began talking about a revolt against Spain. Father Miguel Hidalgo from Dolores, Mexico, was a leader of one of the rallying groups. Hidalgo and his officers were planning a revolt for late fall of 1810. The Spanish people found out about the revolt which led the Spanish Government to order the arrest of Hidalgo and his …
Sunday, Sept. 16, is Mexico's Independence Day. It's also National Guacamole Day.
National Guacamole Day and Mexican Independence Day are both on Sunday, Sept. 16, and F restaurant Rosa Mexicano has shared a couple of recipes with Patch readers to help celebrate. Rosa Mexicano has two D.C. locations 5225 Wisconsin Ave., NW and 575 7th St., NW. Guacamole en Molcajete (serves four, courtesy of Rosa Mexicano Restaurants) For chile paste: For the guacamole: To make the chile paste: Grind the onion, cilantro, jalapeño and salt together in a molcajete (the traditional bowl in which guacamole is made and served) until all the ingredients are very finely ground. Alternatively, use a fork to mash all the ingredients into a paste in a wide hardwood bowl. Cut each avocado in half, working the knife blade around the pit. Twist the …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
This month, Rosa Mexicano is selling a special lemon dessert, the proceeds of which will go toward Alex's Lemonade Stand.
Where better to combine a sweet tooth and a helping hand than in aptly-named Friendship Heights? Throughout August, Rosa Mexicano (5225 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC) is offering a special dessert to raise money for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation -- an organization fighting childhood cancer. The "Gelatina de Limonada" (i.e., lemonade Jell-O) combines horchata lemonade "Jell-O" and Meyer lemon-basil marmalade with raspberry-rose granita for "a sweet and refreshing flan-like treat" that "tastes like a creamy raspberry lemonade,” according to the restaurant. Pastry Chef Jai Kendall emailed Patch about the inspiration behind the dessert: I love lemons. There’s nothing better on a hot summer's day than sippin’ on an ice cold, fresh-…
Eva Vieira
1:12 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012
Cupcakes and sopapillas? Does mama Obama know her kids (also hubby endulging himself fries and burgers at Five Guys or Ben Chilli's? ) have been eating high calorie and sugarish food? Maybe the first family should start practicing what they preach to every common children in the country. Just saying... more ›