A sale on a Groupon deal has led me to feast at Los Vida with my wife. The menu was quite set in the deal BUT we were given a few choices along the way.
For starters, we chose the Bean Dip with Totopos - pinto beans, black beans, olive oil and red jalapeño with queso fresco.
It was a decent start to the Mexican feast. Mind you after work... I sometimes feel like I can eat anything. The chips were crunchy but slightly under seasoned for my liking. It paired well with the beans and both servings were quite fair.
Next up was a plate of Patatas Bravas which tasted just like what we had in Barcelona.... good times with good memories! It was a mixture of potatoes with sweet potatoes which added a nice balance to the dish. The brava sauce and garlic folic with chives was so delicious we started dipping other dishes into it just to mop up the sauce.
Next we had the Chicharron De Queso Y Chorizo - house made loose chorizo and fresh paper thin roll of toasted cheese with guacamole. The chicharron was chewy which was disappointing but the chorizo mixture underneath was very flavoursome.
We also got grilled corn on the cob with coriander, butter, lime and chipotle cream with quest fresco. My wife loved the sauce... so much so we practically licked it off the plate. The corn was sweet and juicy as well... though it could have been seasoned a bit more as it was a bit bland without the sauce.
As part of the deal we also got two drinks, and the waitress suggested getting a cocktail as it was the most expensive thing on the menu. I don't know why the Asian in me decided to go value for money and ordered a margarita... but I did (despite my pet hates for cocktails)... It was cucumber and jalapeño favoured... and quite disgusting... just stick with the standard sangria...
For mains I had the Yucatan Blue Eyed Cod - 200g fillet of blue eye cod yucatan style and smokey rogue sauce with latin pickles. To be honest... the mains were the let down of the night. They both were well cooked, looked and tasted fine... but it just lacked that Mexican feel to it. A somewhat fusion dish just to cater for the lack of Mexican mains... There was also a tragic lack of sauce... leaving me with a dry fish to swallow.
My wife got the Beef Fillet - 150g sliced beef fillet served medium rate with butter mole... also lacking in sauce but at least the beef was super tender.
To finish off the meal, we got Churros with chocolate sauce... the dish was completely ruined with the lack of chocolate sauce... and we were left with dry churros... such a shame...
The place is located inside Westfields Pitt Street... offering inside seating (which Iopted against because the lighting was ultra dim) and the seating out front... The service was top notch, quick and polite.
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