Birthday @ Casa Latina

I had wanted a big birthday party (yes, my kakis, you know why har) but as the time drew closer, I just wanted a quiet sit down dinner. Guess as you get older, you prefer 'peace'.


 
Hubby asked where I want to go for my birthday. I googled and decided on 'Casa Latina' as the reviews' good and said that this is the most authentic Mexican restaurant you can find in Singapore.

Appetizer : Ceviche Estilo  (Shrimps or fish cooked with tomatoes, onion, coriander and fresh chillies)

We shared this. I liked it. Nice and refreshing.

Chilli Poblano Soup (Made with Poblano pepper, it is often served in Mexican weddings and special occasions)

I liked this too. Not heavy with hints of pepper.

Las Carnitas (Little Meats)  - A fiesta food done in Michoacán-style cooking comprising Pork confit served with corn tortillas and special Mexican sauce.
Hubby had this for his main course. Shredded pork was dry and tough, blah...

Pozole Rojo (Hearty Mexican Stew)  -Traditional pre-Columbian stew made of pork stock, guajillo chillies, red radish, onion, oregano, dry chillies, lime and lettuce. 
I had the stew.  What a let down. It was not awful but it wasn't fantastic. I think they used the same kind of shredded pork in this stew. Blah again...

The most delicious item we liked were the nachos chips which they served with 2 kinds of dip - one the usual salsa dip and another dip which was black in colour - delicious.

Maybe we should have stuck to the common dishes like the Quesadilla and Enchiladas but since the reviews were raving that this is as authentic as you can get, we wanted to try the real Mexican food of cos!

Maybe we are 'suakoos' and this is the real taste but we didn't really like the main course that we had.

CASA LATINA
42 Waterloo Street
Singapore 187951
Email: info@casalatina.com.sg
Tel: 6884 6929

We took a walk to the City Hall MRT station. Along the way, there was this huge bike at the NTUC building and Eugene insisted on sitting on it.

CHIJMES was along the way and we headed there for an ice-cream treat for the kid (hey, I thought it was suppose to be my birthday?)

The kid had most of the chocolate ice-cream. 

Wow, the chocolate ice-cream was so good, it's like eating cold chocolate. That's how thick it was.

Don't know the name of this ice-cream parlour but I think it's the only ice-cream joint there.

As you get more mature (let's not use the word 'old'), you realise that nothing beats having your family with you.

Merry Christmas to Everybody too!