Chilangos!

Last weekend Marily and I had just finished spending the morning at the Winter Park Farmer's market (once again!).  After scoring some yummy goodies to be used in our Thanksgiving dinner, we realized we were hungry!  We had heard about Chilangos from another blog when we were searching for authentic Mexican restaurants in Central Florida.  Since we were already in Winter Park, I figured this was a great time to go check it out.  We quickly whipped out the trusty iPhone and Google mapped Chilangos and were on our way.

What really spawned our search for authentic Mexican eateries was an Anthony Bourdain episode about the Outer Buroughs of NY and specifically about a tortilla factory in Brooklyn.  I watched that episode and was like "man I'm tired of this fake Mexican, I want some of the good stuff he's eating!!"  So, that is what prompted our search...and Chilangos was exactly what I was looking for.

Chilangos is a nice, small, family run Mexican restaurant.  We walked up to the counter and place our orders.  I ordered Mexican style tacos three ways: asada, chorizo & lingua (beef tongue).  Mexican style tacos have double torillas and topped with cilantro and onions.  Marily ordered her tacos "Amex" (combining the Mexican style with some of the American style extras).  Her meat choices were asada, tinga de pollo (chicken breast) and chorizo.  There is a salsa bar as well as roasted jalepenos so you can select your own level of heat. 

We both agree that the tacos were fantastic.  I really enjoyed the lingua.  I had tried it once before at Tacos del Rancho, but they didn't even compare.  Chilangos cooks theirs for at least four hours in the pressure cooker and let me tell you, it was more tender then the asada.  The beef tongue has a strong beef flavor, but I loved it.  Marily's favorite, and mine too, was the chorizo.  The flavors were delicious and what you would expect from a good chorizo dish (if you haven't had any, you are missing out). 

Chilangos is a great little Mexican restaurant and makes the top of our list (they recently were voted the #2 Mexican restaurant by the Orlando Sentinel).  If you are looking for some good authentic Mexican food, stop by and check them out.