El Huevo Estrellado (Chula Vista)

Here's another mmm-yoso!!! post about food, written by Cathy while Kirk and His Missus are enjoying a little vacation elsewhere. 

As The Mister and I tend to do, driving and stopping and not researching ahead of time lead us to this lovely Taco Shop down the street from the bakery where we ordered our Rosca de Reyes for 2020 (photo of the Rosca at the bottom of this post).  We were at the corner of Broadway and Naples and stopped at the signal light, saw the signage and turned into the parking lot.
 Stepping inside the storefront at the far end, we noticed a second room of tables was available (the 'addition' is new and can accommodate about 30 people) and were told to 'sit anywhere'.  A two sided menu was brought over.
Fresh chips and a good, house made, medium heat salsa was also brought out.
 The Mister immediately honed in on #23, Chile Relleño with shrimp on top ($14.50). (We asked and the menu is served all day).  A wonderful Oaxaca cheese filled mild poblano, dipped in egg white then fried is under the plump, large shrimp and topped with a wonderful garlic-y green salsa. Every bite of this plate was wonderful.
  Since the name of this Taco Shop has 'huevos' in it, I felt the need to try an egg/breakfast dish.  Chilaquiles ($10.99) just sounded right.  There was an option of red, green or mole sauce with the chips and I opted for the red because The Mister had ordered green sauce.  

This was a "proper" plate of chilaquiles- tortillas fried then placed in the sauce (not tortilla chips, which are thin and already fried) with the eggs on the side.  So very good.  The beans and rice were just so much better here than elsewhere.  

We are already planning what we want to order on our next visit. Mary and Jake were here in 2017!

El Huevo Estrellado  1096 Broadway (at Naples) Chula Vista 91911 (619)498-1286 Open Daily 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.

Our Rosca for 2020 was purchased at Sweet bakery Mexico Lindo 
 The Rosca was filled with a wonderful custard/cream and much more interesting to eat this while taking down the Christmas decor on the 12th Night following the holiday.

Sweet Bakery Mexico Lindo 212 Broadway (at E Street) Chula Vista 91911 Open Sun-Thurs 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri-Sat 8-8 

Comments

[caninecologne]

Now I definitely need to try that place. The shrimp on top of the chile relleno looks quite delicious and filling. Mexico Lindo bakery is one of my favorite Mexican bakerys and of all of the rosca varieties at the other CV panaderias, theirs is the best, hands down.

[kat]

the food at both places looked great!

[Cathy]

The chile relleño itself was so good, cc, the shrimp were very large and that sauce! We will be going back to try the mole sauce. I do think Mexico Lindo is probably the best; I've stopped there for cookie snacks many times over the years.

It's fun finding new spots in other parts of the County, Kat. The bakery had a different location for years and this area is a bit more interesting.

[caninecologne]

Mexico Lindo's old location is where Aqui es Texoco is now located (which also used to be Al Pastor). It was a beloved institution. We would always buy our strawberry cakes there and their coconut bread. It was a bummer when they closed for a few years. I'm glad they reopened and are doing well at their new location.

[Cathy]

I liked the old location; so convenient...but I also like what the old location became, cc. They seem to be doing very well; even has a Facebook page which is quite active.