El Meson?

NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 22:44:47 CDT
Organization: Road Runner - Texas
Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu austin.food:33155

ron seeliger wrote:
> sixty ten wrote:
>
>>Anyone been to El Meson? Seems to be a "hidden" central-mexico cuisine
>>dive. Address is 5808 Burleson Rd.  Any comments?
>
>
> I have been to El Meson half a dozen times. It is near where I live and
> has great interior Mexican food. I think the breakfast tacos are
> delicious and I especially liked the papa y queso blanco very much.
>
> I generally get the daily special.  I recommend the chili rellenos and
> also I had some very tasty pork dish, whose name I don't recall right
> now.
>
> My companion really liked the enchilada plate.
>
> Try it soon, but remember it is not open in the evening except on Friday.
>
> Ron Seeliger

Based on recommendations here, my wife & I went tonight for dinner, and it was very good. I was going to try -- I think it was desebrada?-- listed as a shreded beef dish. But when the owner/manager/chef/server mentioned having chiles rellenos en nogada (complete with pomegranate seeds) I said "I'll have that". What a wonderful, complex blend of flavors and textures!

My wife had one of those "very tasty pork dish[es], whose name I don't recall right now".

They had a (pork) pastor dish, a (beef) barbacoa dish, conchinita pibil, and a few things totally unfamiliar to us. This same owner/manager/whatever offered us bite-sized taste samples of some of the things we were curious about (apparently having some dishes already prepared, being stew-like). There was a very good spicy chicken dish with shreded chicken sauteed with Roma tomatoes and onions and chipotles that we might try on the next visit. This was called by a name that was something like "Tangy" -- and it was.

They also had two great salsas as appetizer: one made with fresh roasted Romas, onions, peppers & spices, and the other made from about 5 different kinds of chiles pureed into a smooth salsa.

Good food, but while we were there (admittedly early for a Fri evening meal out), there was only one other patron, a solitary woman also enjoying the chile relleno en nogada.

Two meals and one beer (imported) right at $20. A bargain!

S.