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It seems each trip we focus on one particular dish and last trip it was the Chile Relleno and we were just not satisfied with our efforts. So we plan to extend our search this trip. We tried the Relleno at Casa Denis, Cielito Lindo, Casa Cozumil and another restaurant on the corner of the plaza near Casa Dennis but can not recall the name. All were ok but none outstanding.

Anyone with any suggestions for our up coming trip?
 
I will be watching this thread. I have yet to find a great one. I was hoping to check out some of the food stalls in the central market for lunch on the last trip, but it never happened. Wouldn't surprise me to find some good chile rellenos there.
 
We have seen a new restaurant this year - La Catrina. Anyone have a report on it?
 
La Catrina is a few blocks from my house, so we've been going there the past couple of years. It's good. Although the building looks new, there wasn't anything in that lot before. There's a parking lot out back, a covered outdoor seating area, and air-conditioned indoor seating. They're open for breakfast, lunch, and supper. For those concerned about "authenticity", their target market is locals rather than tourists. They have a wide-ranging menu, but I don't remember if they have chiles rellenos.
 
I can't speak to the chille's but La Mission has been one of my favorite restaurants over the years... I love when they have the mariachis, and they are always willing to do my favorites of Guantanamera, La Bamba and The Cozumel Song :)

Not trying to thread jack, but are there any other great mariachi bands in Cozumel?
 
It seems each trip we focus on one particular dish and last trip it was the Chile Relleno and we were just not satisfied with our efforts. So we plan to extend our search this trip. We tried the Relleno at Casa Denis, Cielito Lindo, Casa Cozumil and another restaurant on the corner of the plaza near Casa Dennis but can not recall the name. All were ok but none outstanding.

Anyone with any suggestions for our up coming trip?

Chile Relleno at Kinta is a little different but is outstanding.

I also love the Chile Relleno at La Choza.
 
I'm also a fan of the Chile Relleno. I had one last month at La Choza and it was soupy mess and hard to eat. We go every trip to La Choza and that was my first bad meal.

However, I second the Kinta recommendation.

We stayed close to Jeanies this past trip and stopped in for lunch and I had one of the better Chile Rellanos on the island. The menu offers it stuffed with either cheese or ground beef, but they had no problem mixing the two and it was great.

Nice view as well!
 
Well, if you consider a chile en nogada a chile relleno (which you must because it certainly is by any "stuffed pepper" definition), then it's worth the effort to track some down. They're seasonal, around Mexico's Independence Day, because the unripe walnuts traditionally used in the sauce are available then along with pomegranates (which were less universally-available not long ago) and because the uncoated poblano chile, white sauce, and pomegranate seeds invoke the Mexican flag. They're stuffed with a meat, nut, and fruit mixture. Maybe best not to let me get started since they're my favorite food - I'll get them from a different place every day in season.

Cielito Lindo has a pretty decent one year-round. The sauce makes concessions to the unobtainability of unripe walnuts most of the year but is still good, and they have a distressing tendency to sprinkle them with guava seeds (which are much worse than they sound in this dish, and have large, rock-hard seeds), but I like them. The biggest problem at Cielito Lindo is that they also usually have chamorro, and how do you pick between that and chile en nogada?!?
 
I'm in love with the Taxi Sitio place for the best fish and shrimp tacos. They also have eggs & chaya tacos (& tortas) for breakfast. Only open until 1:30 or 2pm so you have to go early. On 2 north between 5 & 10.
 

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