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Ate: February 12, 2006 Published: February 12, 2006 $$ Looking back at our past reviews, it occurred to us that we hadn't been up north of Myrtle Beach in a couple of months. It was time to make amends so we didn't even start looking for a place to eat until we entered the North Myrtle Beach city limits. Two weeks of American cuisine had us looking for something else. We found it in a place named Mexico Lindo and from the name of it, I'm pretty sure you can guess what kind of cuisine they serve. The inside of the restaurant was clean, brightly lit and inviting. The requisite chips and salsa arrived quickly, as did our drink orders. The arrived too quickly, in fact, for us to have had a chance to look at the menu and decide what we wanted. That's always a scary moment, because when you have to ask the waiter to come back in a few minutes, you're always afraid that he'll punish you for your indecision by making you wait and wait and wait. Fortunately, no such punishment came our way this evening. The waiter did indeed come back after only a few minutes, and our dining experience continued smoothly. We enjoyed our chips and salsa while observing the growing crowd. It was a low-key Sunday night with an equally low-key crowd - mostly families and couples like us. Moments after we devoured our whole basket of chips and salsa, our meals arrived. As with most restaurants, our dishes were hot and fresh out of the oven. My wife had ordered the mixed fajita, and her skillet of fajita filling was served with the requisite restaurant sizzle. On Mexico Lindo's menu, "mixed" means that the meat is a mixture of beef and chicken. The meat was good, but both of us agreed that the real stars of her dinner were the vegetables and the distinctive sauce. According to my bride, she could taste some Indian-inspired subtleties in it. She's the chef in the family, so I'm going to assume she knows what she's talking about. All I know is that it was full of good flavors. Not seeing anything on the menu labeled "drunken" or "borracho," I had looked for something else that might be a good departure from the standard burrito/enchilada meal. What I got was called chili colorado, sort of a first cousin to fajitas. The beef in this chili dish was in the form of fajita-style strips, as were the onions and peppers. It even came with a few corn tortillas which. Unfortunately, those were the weakest part of the whole meal. They stuck together. They were gummy. I found that just enjoying the chili colorado by itself, without those tortillas, was the way to go. As with my wife's meal, the standout of the dish was the sauce. The chili came served in a wonderful, tangy deep red sauce whose color gives the dish its name. Our bill capped off a nice, low-key night out. The price was very reasonable and in line with the size and atmosphere of the place. Good food, good service and good prices. What more can a diner want? For any Mexican food lovers up in North Myrtle Beach, Mexico Lindo offers a fine meal with its own distinctive accent. |
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