La Lupe and Tony Luke's

Sunday for brunch we went to La Lupe. You know, that mexican place next to that cheesesteak place in the Italian Market? I know, how have we not been there? I don't know. But we hadn't. So we went on Sunday. And now I really don't know how we missed it for so long. We started with chips and guacamole (after the chips and "salsa" they gave us). The salsa is very good but more similar to a mild/medium hot sauce. It is orange and served in a maple syrup pourer thingy. Go figure. The guac was good, nothing spectacular. Very fresh, but a little wet for my taste. And it needed a little salt I think. Then we had a chorizo taco, a carnitas taco and chilaquiles with red sauce and chicken. The tacos were by far the winners of the day. For $2.50 apiece you got a lot of meat. And the meat was awesome. The chorizo was crumbled and fried so it was crispy. And the carnitas tasted like it was just pork. No fancy seasonings needed. Just pork. Somehow at the same time, fall apart tender and crispy. Don't know how they do it was it was awesome. Each was served with cilantro, onions and lime on a soft corn tortilla. Mmmm! Really really tasty. The chilaquiles was good. A lot of food, we actually couldn't finish. The sauce was perfect. It was all very good, but nothing that blew my socks off, especially compared to the tacos. So we will definitely be going back. And getting more tacos. And trying more things.

Monday night, after a trip to Target/Best Buy etc. we decided to pick up dinner at Tony Luke's on the way home. I hadn't been in forever! We decided to try something a little different and got a Chicken Parmesan with Sharp Provolone and an Egg and Potato with Sharp Provolone. And a side of rabe. Mmmmm!!!!! The egg and potato is the stuff that cravings are made out of. It is probably a good thing the place is so damn far away. I have no idea how they manage to completely incorporate the potato into the egg, but whatever the magic, I am all for it. The chicken parm was also very good. Lots of chicken, basic yumminess all around. We put some of the rabe on the sandwiches and it was all really really fantastic (especially that egg and potato!).