Linda and Hugo Montero and their fascinating new restaurant Casa Borrega are celebrating the 204th anniversary of the independence of Mexico today. There's live Mexican music and a special menu of some dishes seen only occasionally around New Orleans. For example, a popular dish in Mexico called chiles en nogada uses chile peppers with the colors of the Mexican flag to make a tripartite dish. Green poblano peppers with picadillo (ground beef, pear, peach and nuts) a white walnut-based cream sauce, and red pomegranate seeds. Then there's menudo, the famous Mexican soup based on tripe. For dessert, bunuelos--think of beignets with an anise-flavored, brown sugar, cinnamon and guava. Of course, there will be many beers and tequila beverages to perk things up.
Casa Borrega
Center City: 1719 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. 504-427-0654.
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