gutfud – the food, es ist gut

Romanti-Ezer serves up some of my favorite mole in town, but going there is complicated. I don’t live downtown, I don’t work downtown, and by the time I do get downtown, they are usually closed. They open for special times at night, though! But it’s for the drunk crowds, which is not my bag.
Case in point: my last blog entry on Romanti-Ezer was over a year ago, griping about the same business hours.

This leaves the only dependable day for rustling up some of their mole on a Saturday afternoon.  And lo! It was a Saturday afternoon and Mai Tai Guy was nearby and I was nearby, and Bob’s your uncle, etc…we’re off to Romanti-Ezer!

First, of course, are their chips, drizzled with some of that delicious mole sauce and sprinkled with crumbled Oaxacan cheese. Okay, I’m done! Just kidding. I had a taco with birria de chivo, that’s a goat meat stew to gringos like me. Followed by a cheese pupusa, which I made a valiant effort to eat all of, but didn’t have the stomach real estate. I packed the remainder up, and was glad I did because it fed a couple hungry friends less than an hour later.

Mai Tai Guy got the chicken emoladas, the meal I consider the signature Romanti-Ezer dish. Chicken enchiladas smothered in their mole, with rice and beans. Gorgeous. It’s sweet, a little zippy, no burnt chocolate taste.

Good times!

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Romanti-Ezer
701 Chapala St
Santa Barbara, CA 93190