Hot, Cold, Wet & Hungry- Shrimp Cocktail and Birria de Chivo at Palominos

Thanks for visiting the mmm-yoso!!! food blog. The part usually played by Kirk is being played by Cathy today. Because Kirk and His Missus are on vacation.  In a faraway land.

Hi.  Boy, have we had an odd weather year.   Here it is April and we had cold winds and rain intersperse with some sun all day yesterday.  The Mister was going to be working late, I was hungry and didn't want to cook, so we met at  Palominos.   Again. 
Of course we could not decide on what to eat and while perusing the menu, saw a new addition in the soup category- Birria de Chivo- Goat ... soup.  Usually, this is more of a stew, but the goat factor was there, so I ordered it. 
Soon, the fairly large bowl of meat and broth (I could taste ancho chilis, oregano, cumin, thyme and cinnamon) was brought out, with the appropriate sides of corn tortillas as well as onion, cilantro, lime wedges and red pepper flakes. 
It looked like a lot of meat in the bowl of broth...and this is how much broth was in the bowl. 
The rest was meat.  A nice, gamey, fatty, flavorful goat. Which had been simmered for a long while, with meat falling off the bones.  A rich, deep broth and rich, flavorful meat.  For $6.49, one of the heartiest and heart warming soups we have had here. 
When ordering, I decided  to contrast the warm and meat with cool and seafood, so a shrimp coctele ($9.99) was in order.  There were 30 shrimp in this large serving glass, with lime and tomato juice, cucumber and some onion.  The fresh flavors of this 'broth' as well as the pretty large flavorful shrimp were a nice contrast and compliment to the fatty rich soup broth.  It was a nice break for both of us.  But I had to drive home in this...
and figured the traffic on the freeway would be backed up, so drove around the corners to Starbucks, pulled the old computer out of my car
and had a grande chai latte, no water, with The Mister before he headed back to work and I headed home.  I hope everyone had a warm evening and safe driving.

Palominos #2.  9353 Clairmont Mesa Boulevard, Suite I San Diego 92123 (858) 292-8470

Comments

[Green Turtle]

I like this taco shop too, with their various seafood burritos being some of my favorite items (had the "Del Mar" recently, filled with fish & shrimp, about $5.75 or something like that). The burritos are huge and enough for two meals. Also nice is the free chips and salsa bar. It was much better than my last burrito from Baja Fresh (which was more expensive and less filled).

[Darlene]

LOL! That last photo is so Meta!

[Sandy]

I have yet to try the shrimp coctele, and it sure looks yummy. I haven't been to Palomino's in awhile, mostly because the parking lot at lunch time is such a zoo. In the Mid-morning or mid-afternoon, it's much easier to park.

[Carol]

Ooo, shrimp coctele looks so good. I can't believe it's snowing up in the mountains. Brrrrr

[Cathy]

Hi again,GT. Yes, the burritos are Chernobyl sized. I only did two prior posts andone was about soup...the salsa bar is wonderous and always filled. Palomino's is wonderful.
:) Darlene. You got it.
You are right Sandy...I do avoid the lunch hour, although have managed to find spots on the other (West) side of the Coffee Bean during even crowded times. Get the coctele to go (I think it is even larger/more shrimp in that to go container). It is so refreshing in the summer.
Oh Carol, if I did not know where I was, I'd say it was going to snow here tonight...

[Stephen]

Hi Cathy
Never been there, but after reading this post,
I'm gonna have to make a trip. The soup and the
shrimp cocktail both look yummy

[ed (from Yuma)]

Great looking food. Good birria de Chivo is so wonderful.

The weather out here in the desert was like January too. Some rain and cold winds. Actually not too bad though. It could have been over 100 in other years.

[Cathy]

You can look at my other two posts (linked in the top paragraph) Stephen, to see some of the other soups here, and the salsa bar. This is a very busy, very nice taco shop with some really great food. It is right across Ruffin from the Registrar of Voters. Really good food.
Hi, ed! This is a soup and not a stew, and has wonderful flavor also...must be the common denominator. We have had such an odd weather year so far...