Juquila - Los Angeles

Juquila is this kind of neighborhood-finding that you take your friends if you want to hang out, and are well fed without breaking the bank. Not exactly the kind of place you would find on Santa Monica Blvd. this is a restaurant of the working class with prices to fit. For appetizers we tried a few ala-carte dishes. The style for Chile's Rellenos is NOT to have the thick layer of the egg battery. The focus is on filling. The picadillo relleno was loaded with chopped chicken and seasoned with raisins, nuts and served in a pepper sauce with a smokey touch of Chipotle. The weak heart can prefer a milder sauce like those relleno on the cheese. It's not almost so hot, but just as good. Of course we had to order a mole. Having eaten recently in Guelaquetza on the 8th, I can say that it is good and can compete with the best of them. But...Guelaquetza is better. It is a question of individual taste. The mol sauce is both delicious and comparable. Try to order a little extra sauce on the page. My entree of Chilaquiles and Cecina was pretty good for the price. Although I prefer my chilaquiles on the crispy side, the cecina (then, marinated pork steak was tender. Another person in our party has been happy for the Oaxacan combination plate (12.99-ish, which with good stuff determined: chorizo, tazajo (thin cut steak and Quesillo (Oaxacan string cheese black beans and rice). A nice thing in this tiny place is that they have a beer wine license. I tasted my first michelada, best described as **** Mary with beer. It was... different. I don't think I like my food to compete with my drink. I knew I'd come back when I saw the plentiful breakfast menu, loaded with decent spicy dishes to illuminate my fire first in the morning... along with their big paper din Mai's tortillas and a cold beer? Jesus.