It is summer months at Sabor which indicates it is all about staying light and refreshing with sweet notes and sometimes just the appropriate amount of money of spice.
Govt Chef Andy Ribelin provided a tasting of his new menu, which he unveiled Wednesday, July 14, at the Southwest-type cafe inside the Hotel Paso del Norte, Autograph Selection, across from the Plaza Theatre Downtown.
Ribelin, who is from El Paso but has also labored and lived in Boulder, Colorado, explained he generally desires to preserve the 4 seasons in brain when he is planning his menus. And his menu this period is a coastal model.
The array of dishes commencing with crisp salads, cool ceviche and tomato gaspacho, must make any El Pasoan forget about about the city’s long warm summer season at minimum for a shorter though.
Ribelin’s hen salad ($12) brings the pleasurable back into salads with a mesquite smoked pulled hen that is blended with sweet corn, black beans, strips of avocado, heirloom tomatoes and puffed quinoa in a butter lettuce and topped with a lime vinagrette.
If you’ve imbibed a minimal far too significantly the evening right before, he invites you to consider the Vuelve A La Vida ceviche ($15). The chef requires this classic preferred to the following stage with scallops, crab meat, shrimp and octopus that has been sous vide for 24 several hours and then grilled with an habanero chile salsa. The serrano peppers, avocado, cilantro and new tomato lime sauce would make it all the extra difficult to share.
Ribelin normally takes favorite Mexican food items this kind of as flautas and tacos and places his individual creative spin, delivering in both equally presentation and flavor.
The Taquitos Bañados ($10) are 6 crispy flautas dipped in a tasty smoky, yet sweet and not too spicy guajillo chile, garlic and tomato puree and topped with an avocado crema, añejo cheese and contemporary oregano.
One more favorite were the shrimp tacos, ($9) which could be modest in size but large in flavor in this corn shell trio. The shrimp, in a lime dressing, are topped with a colorful pink onion and watermelon relish, shredded lettuce and pico de gallo in crunchy tortilla shells.
Vegetarians will appreciate the wild mushroom tacos, topped with a pecan crema, and Mexican queso Oaxaca.
The restaurant gives equally indoor and outside eating in an attractive patio. Satisfied hour is from 5 to 7 p.m. each day, supplying $3 draft beer, $4 home wine and margaritas on the rocks.
On Sunday, there is live country audio carried out by George Hernandez from noon to 3 p.m.
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María Cortés González may possibly be reached at 915-546-6150 [email protected] @EPTMaria on Twitter.
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What: Sabor
Where: inside Lodge Paso del Norte, Autograph Assortment, across from Plaza Theatre, Downtown El Paso.
Hrs: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
Information: 915-516-6382