Tonight I ventured outside my kitchen to a local Mexican eatery called La Superior. If you're in North Portland and you want good Mexican food then make your way down Lombard to this little hole in the wall.
When you open the door you immediately enveloped in the smells of slow-roasting meat and fresh salsa. The restaurant is tiny, and lacks outdoor seating, but what's there is comfortable and clean. I ordered a carnitas burrito (sans rice and cilantro, because one doesn't belong inside the burrito and the other is gross) and my friend Jeff ordered a trifecta of enchiladas in mole sauce, both with a frosty bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola.
The service was quick and the food was delicious. The pork of my burrito was perfectly seasoned and moist and tender, and the beans were scrumptious. On Jeff's plate was three enchiladas, one of chicken, one of beef and one of the same pork in my burrito and all three were covered in the richest, most full bodied, mole sauce I've ever tasted. And then there's the Mexican Coke. Since the mid 90's colas made in the US have used high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar as a sweetener, but in Mexico they still use real sugar and glass bottles, and that is a refreshing treat on a warm evening.
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