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La Casita Mexicana

3237731898
4030 Gage Ave, Bell, CA  90201
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Can't think of a better way to start the day than with a platter of chilaquiles at La Casita Mexicana. Here it's fried tortillas with nopales (cactus) or guajillo chiles smothered with one of several sauces: a rojo tomato and cascabel sauce, a verde tomatillo and serrano sauce, a combination of the two (divorciados), a 46-ingredient mole poblano, or red or green pepian sauce made with pumpkin seeds, peanuts and chiles. It's topped with cotija cheese, crema, beans and red onions. (Excellent eggs ranchero and omelets are $7.99 too.) Wash it all down with cinnamon-scented de la olla coffee, sweetened with a little piloncillo (dark sugar).

Betty Hallock, Times Staff Writer, 9/16/09

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    Posted by Raphael Aizan S. on Yelp_small
     

    Well, the food didn't blow my mind or anything, but I like the sensibility. As with all disappointments, I'll nitpick my way through the meal. The...

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    Posted by Carlos A. on Yelp_small
     

    I don't get it. I went to try those world famous Chile Rellanos that Bobby Flay flew all the way out to California to challenge. My Grandmother could have...

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    Posted by DAVID J. on Yelp_small
     

    This restaurant is truly a jewel of mexican food authenticity. My wife and I went a couple of weeks ago and had mole poblano with queso fundido. Now that...

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