Hello! Hope everyone had a fun Cinco de Mayo! My night was great! After work, I met Dori and our friend Melissa at a class called the Bar Method. I will be doing a review of the class tomorrow! After class we walked over to Baked by Melissa to try their brand new Chocolate Chip Pancake cupcake!!!
The one on the bottom was the pancake! Yes, it really did taste like pancakes with maple syrup! So good! I also got Cookies N’ Cream and Cookie Dough. Dessert before dinner? Why not??!
After our wonderful treats, we walked on over to a Mexican restaurant called Hecho En Dumbo. It was incredibly packed when we got there. We contemplated leaving but we figured every Mexican restaurant would be full. After a few pushs and shoves, we made our way to the bar.
We celebrated with a few margaritas of course!
The wait for a table was supposed to be an hour. Luckily we met some really nice guys from Colorado and they offered to let us sit with them! They also were nice enough to treat us to EVERYTHING. Just wait till you see the feast we had….
We ordered about 10 different things from the menu! We started with 2 plates of chips and guacamole. Amazing.
The best thing on the table was this:
Queso Fundido de Huitlacoche: Sauteed Huitlacoche Mushroom with fresh Epazote
It was pretty much hot melted cheese in a bowl. It was so great to dip the nachos in there with the guacamole! It was like eating the top layer of a pizza. MMM.
The next dish was called Barbacoa: Lamb Shank Confit stewed with Avocado leaf and served in its own Consomme with Chickpea, Onion, Carrot, and blanched Tomatillo.
I don’t even remember if I tried the lamb! I did try the next dish:
I can’t find it on the menu but it was octopus! It was okay but a little too fishy for me.
Next we got the Burritas de Verduras:Organic red bliss potato, roasted green squash, and chile poblano peppers.
Loved the burritos!
This next dish…definitely did not try it. It was Sopes de Nopal:
Blanched Mexican Cactus in a Chile Pulla Cream Sauce
The thought of eating cactus scared me a bit! It was also a little too creamy for me. I loved the next one: Tacos de Castillo: All natural grilled Steak Short Rib, bone served on side.
I love the whole, “bone served on side” deal. The steak was incredibly juicy and delicious!
Last but not least: Tacos de Cochinita Pibil: Berkshire Pork with Yucatan spices steamed in Banana Leaf over freshly squeezed Sour Orange juice and garnished with pickled red onion.
Everything was amazing! We had such a great time chatting with our new friends! A few more margaritas were consumed 
I made it home after some typical subway adventures. The one I went to was closed so I had to have someone walk me over to an open one! One of these days I will learn my way around the city.
How did you celebrate Cinco De Mayo??
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what a fun cinco! all those dishes look awesome and so different from the usual mexican fare!!
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LOVE having dessert before dinner! It’s neccessary every now and then – my great grandma always told me to do that.
Can’t wait for your Bar Method review!
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I’m so jealous of your festivities!! Mexican food is probably my favorite cuisine, and I didn’t have any of it yesterday
The “Queso Oaxaca” looks especially UNBELIEVABLE. Ahh!!
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The bowl of cheese is queso fundido with mushrooms! Not the cheese plate.
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hahaha you are so LUCKY girl! you found like the only good men in ny and they’re not even from here hahaha. major score for you guys
glad you had such a fun cinco!
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Only you and your adorable friends can meet the nicest people ever and have them treat you to dinner!
Me being the chick that trusts no one I would have been leery… but way to go on scoring the nice company! Did they dig that you were bloggers?
the food looks great. Im in awe of that cheese.
Yesterday was fun. I ordered chinese, cuddled with mickey and made a kick ass lunch for today!
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Missy Reply:
May 6th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Yep they liked that we were bloggers! They were asking all about it!
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margaritas and chips and salsa were def involved!
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What nice gentlemen you met!
I’ve had octopus before and agree that it just tastes fishy.
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nice job meeting the guys from CO and having them pay!! SCORE!! that looks like some real upscale mexican food! the margs look delish too!! i love salted rims
umm i worked, then came home and watched american Idol haha
ahh cactus scares me too!!
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Looks like you had yourself a fancy mexican meal! I had a very low key day and had my favorite burrito place deliver me some food. It was fantastic!
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omg so awesome that they treated you!! did you explain why you were taking pictures?! haha. yummy food and obviously i loveeee the margs!
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Missy Reply:
May 6th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Yep we told them from the start that we were food bloggers!
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hahaha that’s awesome! Now we DEFINITELY need to hang out when I move to the city!!! Although, it scares me that you’ve been living in the city for a while now, and still don’t know how to get around! That is probably my biggest fear.
Some of that looked questionable to me too… I wouldn’t have been able to try it.
I went to a mexican restaurant with some family and friends and enjoyed a couple of margaritas and some yummy chicken fajitas!
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OMG my mouth is watering! looks like such a good time…and score on a free meal!
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That looks like a fun Cinco de Mayo. Olé.
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Golly, I did nothing for Cinco De Mayo, but I wish I had celebrated with you! All of this food looks amazing!!
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I can’t wait to try the new pancake cupcake! What a fantastic idea!
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That looks like so much fun! I would have dominated that cheese mushroom dip…omg!
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smart move…random single guys would definitely not mind company with cute female food bloggers!! It’s only natural
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