As somebody who grew up in Virginia, I’ve fond recollections of summertime seafood. Grilled, fresh-caught fish, crab boils and kilos and kilos of shrimp. One of many downsides of residing in land-locked Colorado is the shortage of recent seafood. However, there’s an area restaurant, Mariscos Altamar (3105 S. Academy Blvd.), that serves a variety of Mexican seafood dishes at their Mission Hint Procuring Heart location.
The menu options a big selection of Mexican seafood ready in quite a lot of kinds, from botana platters of shrimp and oysters to filets of fish, served a la plancha (pan-fried), a la diabla (spicy), or with quite a lot of sauces and flavors. Seafood has a fame for priciness, particularly in a state the place should be shipped or flown in, however for slightly below $30 we had been capable of get two entrees, and the parts had been beneficiant sufficient for the entire household.
The fried tilapia, or mojarra (a saltwater fish akin to tilapia), was served entire, with salad, rice and papas (fried potatoes) and flour tortillas. The fish was pan-fried and completely cooked. The pores and skin was crispy, however the meat was tender, moist and flaky. Consuming entire fish is a little bit of an acquired talent for these used to fillets, so look ahead to bones if it’s your first time. I used the tortillas, rice and the scrumptious inexperienced chile salsa they offered to create make-shift fish tacos.
The fish was pan-fried and completely cooked.
We additionally tried the camarones borrachos or drunken shrimp. The shrimp are sautéed with a mix of spices and chiles and served with a scrumptious, butter-based dipping sauce. The shrimp had been cooked a bit greater than I’m used to, my desire is for a light-weight boil with loads of Outdated Bay, however the flavors greater than made up for it.
Although we took our meals to go, Mariscos Altamar affords indoor eating, and their decor had an exquisite nautical theme. For these not as enamored with seafood, in addition they have a big selection of conventional Mexican staples — tacos, burritos and fajitas — with hen and beef choices.
