Gastro experience at the weekend - 2. station: Iguana Mexican Restaurant

The long weekend's second important station was Budapest's most popular Mexican restaurant, the Iguana Bar&Grill. I can already be called frequenter at this place, I come with mum, my best friend here regularly and I often arrange my meetings to here with my colleagues as well. Sometimes we turn into here only for a chip&salsa, sometimes for lunch but many times we have dinner here.

Iguana is popular not only in my fellowship and among Hungarian guests but a lot of foreign tourists visit it during their stay. It's not for nothing that Iguana won the Best Meeting Point award in 2001. Since then they also bag the award for the best Mexican restaurant every year. Respect!

The restaurant is intimate in the summer and in the winter too. When it's solvable, in the summer I always choose a table outside and in the winter the gallery. The staff is friendly, helpful, in spite of the full restaurant the service is quite fast, they never give grounds for complaint.

On the menu we can find such authentic Mexican foods as quesadilla, burrito, fajita, taco, enchilada; from the drink list we can choose besides the general drinks Mexican coffee, imported beers, premium tequila (made from 100% agave) and the city's probably best margarita cocktail.

Back to the dishes, this time mum's choise was "Poblano csirke a la Mo". A tender breast of chicken is grilled and served with a guisado of roasted green chili, white wine, and cream. Comes with grilled veggies and rice. The chicken was perfectly spicy, the veggies were crunchy, the cream was simply silky and heavenly.

 

In regard to the big heat I ordered a light "Fajita chicken salad". Marinated in fresh garlic, lime and cilantro, with a touch of jalapeno pepper, then sautéed with onions, this chicken breast is just oh-so spicy. Served on a bed of fresh iceberg lettuce with rucola and tomato. The chicken was seasoned according to my taste, the salad was nicely vinegary, super effect.

Iguana Bar & Grill
Address: 1054 Budapest, Zoltán utca 16.
Open: every day 11:30-1:00
Phone: +36 1 331 4352

Tipp: It's worth to reserve a table in the evenings on weekdays, but at the weekends it's obligatory!