Monday, January 18, 2010
Bites / First Bite Supa Hot at Taco Mamacita
Posted by Nicki Wood on Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Sometimes, the food needs more heat than a commercial hot sauce can pack. That's not a problem at Taco Mamacita, where the chipotle hot sauce will light you up. If you can rate a hot sauce by the words it inspires, this one is between "whew" and "get me some water." To my mouth it was, "holy smokes, this is hot." Which was just about the right amount of heat.
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Cholula has become my favorite over the last couple years. But TM's Mama's Sauce kicks it up ten notches. Perfect smokey heat, tastes great on everything. We were considering smuggling a bottle home in one of our to-go boxes. They need to start selling it.
I have it on good authority that Taco Mamacita is looking to have that sauce produced commercially for retail sales in grocery stores.
So hopefully, no smuggling will be required in the near future.
Plus they also have Cholula on the table, so that's a good thing, too.
"I'm still in search of toasted crushed chili flakes in oil that are on the table at some Asian places. "
Uhmm - is this a statement or a recipe?
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/szechuansaucesseasonings/r/hotchilioil.htm
skip the part about "keeping for one month"
I've been nursing a jar of this stuff going on 5 years. It is rated as a hazmat since it is so effective.
Furthermore, thanks for the link -- the taste would be pretty close, and I definitely think my pot of chiles at the end of the rainbow includes sesame oil. It's mostly dried chiles, with a little oil. It's a spoonable product with toasty warmth rather than searing heat.
I am a big fan of the original Cholula, too. My wife bought me a bottle of the Chipotle Cholula for Christmas. I was a little skeptical as I don't have many chipotle sauces that I like but this one is great. Just hot enough and lots of smokey flavor.
I've got to get over and try Taco Mamacita. Sounds great. Any recommendations on what to order? Any house favorites?
The tortilla soup was stupendous, and I really dislike tortilla soup, so I ordered it on purpose and it knocked me out. Queso fundida was good and spicy -- little rajas of poblano in it. Gyro taco was just great, too. Lamb strips and a cilantro cream, pepperoncini, cukes. I'd recommend any of it.
