It’s all about your catering and time-management skills: get everything perfect and you’ll score big.In 2009, James Beard Award-winning food journalists Jane and Michael Stern published a terrific tome entitled 500 Things to Eat Before It’s Too Late. Take customers’ orders, fry the wings, add the sauce, and serve them up in style. Congratsyou’re running Papa’s Wingeria Your task is to serve the best hotwings in Starlight Cityon time, every time. How to play Papa's Wingeria.
Chips and SalsaUnlike on their previous Roadfood books, the Sterns actually rank what they consider the “best of the best” among the foods described. By the same token, as I’ve often railed about on this blog, if we don’t patronize the mom and pop restaurants who prepare these authentic time-tested treasures, all we will be left with is the chain restaurants and their homogeneous cardboard tasting food, superficial flamboyance and saccharin service. He praised the “rebirth of interest in regional food that parallels its diminution because of franchises.”New Mexicans should be duly proud at how well represented our cuisine is among the 500 uniquely American foods celebrated in the book. Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack -.In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Michael Stern was asked if the inclusion of the words “too late” in the book’s title referred to the “death of the small eatery, or the reader’s impending doom from eating too much fried chicken, French fries and fried fish.” He indicated he was referring to “the impending onslaught of the nutrition police who will make all of this stuff illegal one of these days.” He also warned of the loss of “some variety and some local specialties that were once easy to find and are now hard or impossible to find due to chain restaurants.” One of Papa Felipe’s Dining RoomsDespite the onslaught of the ubiquitous national food chain, Stern was optimistic that “Americans have become more conscious about regional food,” which in his experience was once thought to be limited to fried chicken and hot dogs.
The marinading process takes about three hours. Papa Felipe’s uses a blend of chopped green chile from Bueno Foods (a New Mexico institution since 1946) as well as the fat, elongated chiles they use for chile rellenos. The preparation process is the same–marinating chunks of pork in chile. When you stop to think about it, why not green chile carne adovada.
A mural of what appears to be a Mexican village is painted on one wall. The interior features a combination of whitewash and stucco colored walls with faux adobe half-walls separating the main dining room. Green Tamale Pie only at Papa Felipe’sFrom an experiential perspective, Papa Felipe’s has the look and feel of a Mexican restaurant that belies the New Mexico style stucco exterior. Some of the very best items on the menu are those with which Chef Gonzales has taken liberties and those he’s essentially invented. As with several restaurants in the Land of Enchantment, it straddles the sometimes ambiguous demarcation between New Mexican food and Mexican food and in fact, serves cuisine unique to and shared by both (often the sole distinction being the degree of heat).
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The salsa, which is sold online internationally, is also lightly salted. The chips are lightly salted and thin. Big Papa Breakfast BurritoThe wait staff is prompt with complementary chips and salsa. Additionally, Papa Felipe’s offers full-service catering, drop-off catering and pick-up services. Seating is comfortable and plush.A full bar serves a wide variety of domestic and Mexican beers and a selection of house wines as well as what is reputed to be “the meanest margarita in town.” One of the more popular margaritas is named for New Mexico’s legendary Dixon apple.
Both complement the deep-fried mini burritos very well. The guacamole showcases the flavor of fresh avocados seasoned with garlic. The chile con queso is creamy and delicious, thick enough not to run off your chips but not so gloppy that it breaks the brittle chips. Chilaquiles CasseroleThe Botana Crispeante is served with chile con queso and guacamole, both of which are quite good. The Botana Crispeante features of these six bite-sized miniature burritos which might remind you more of miniature egg rolls with unique New Mexico touches. The menu describes this appetizer as “spicy beef, chicken or carne adovada filling (or a combination of the three), crisp fried as a chimipiqueño.” Chimipiqueño appears to be a diminutive version of a chimichanga, a deep-fried burrito.
Papa Felipe’s version is a soul-warming and delicious bowl of hearty goodness with a generous number of meatballs swimming in a savory 16-ounce broth with perfectly prepared carrots, celery, onions, tomatoes and squash. Albondigas made their way to Mexico with the conquistadores where the dish has flourished into iconic status. The fact that they’re quite good is a bonus.28 July 2013: While several Duke City restaurants serve excellent renditions of caldo de res, the hearty, satisfying beef soup, not as many restaurants offer caldo de albondigas, another Mexican comfort food favorite often referred to as “Mexican soul food.” Moorish in origin, Caldo de Albondigas was integrated into Spanish culinary tradition when Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella conquered the region occupied by the Moors.
It’s a winner–truly one of the best 500 things to eat in America and a contender for my carne adovada “hot list.”Speaking of “hot lists,” it wasn’t solely Papa Felipe’s carne adovada which the Sterns rated as among America’s best. Your taste buds might be confused at first bite, but they’ll quickly get over it and will enjoy this dish immensely. The star is definitely the green chile carne adovada which is as tender as any we’ve had in Albuquerque, but with the pronounced flavor and aroma of green chile. Succulent carne adovada is baked in a sweet corn masa with bits of vegetables, green chile and a touch of onion set of with a liberal lacing of melted yellow Cheddar cheese and green chile. Mexican Skillet26 February 2017: As for the green tamale pie which Jane and Michael Stern praised so highly, that praise is well warranted.
Only with a fried egg can this dish be improved upon. This entree includes a flour tortilla and a side of guacamole (among the very best in New Mexico). The casserole is baked to perfection then topped with even more cheese, chile and garnish. This entree is layer upon layer of luscious carne adovada (red), melted yellow Cheddar cheese, spicy green peppers, sweet corn, and tostadas smothered in red chile. One of the best ways is in Papa Felipe’s Chilaquile Casserole, a brimming bowlful of joy (think Beethoven’s Fifth at every bite). About the green tamale pie, they wrote, “Green tamale pie at Papa Felipe’s Mexican Restaurant in Albuquerque broadcasts the palmy essence of New Mexico chiles and is well appointed with Papa’s excellent carne adovada.” Sopaipillas26 February 2017: Traditionalists who love their carne adovada red can have that, too.
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