Albuquerque is extra than simply the place Excessive Faculty Musical was presupposed to happen (plot twist: it was filmed in Salt Lake Metropolis) or the place Breaking Dangerous was filmed. Inside the Duke Metropolis, you’ll be able to simply end up on a Southwestern culinary journey, tasting the recent flavors of native produce grown by the Rio Grande or the spicy kick of New Mexico’s well-known pink and inexperienced chiles. Right here’s what it’s essential to attempt:
1. Breakfast Burrito from Twisters
Get a superb begin to your day with a hefty Rio Grande burrito full of carne adovada, egg, potato, pink chile and cheese. You’ll be able to fake you’re consuming at Los Pollos Hermanos, too, as you may acknowledge your Twisters as the situation of the notorious Breaking Bad fast food joint.
2. Sopapilla from Padilla’s Mexican Kitchen
Sopapillas are scorching puffs of fried dough and a traditional New Mexican dessert. You get to drizzle (or drench) them with honey. Padilla’s are the proper mixture of chew and fluffiness with a light-weight crispy exterior. Scrumptious.
3. Brunch from The Grove Cafe & Market
The Grove Cafe & Market is the place you’ll be able to fulfill all of your brunch cravings with mainstays like their croque madame or one in every of their brunch specials like a Pulled Pork Fried Egg Sandwich with native espresso cured pork, housemade BBQ sauce, ranch slaw & a sunny facet egg on toasted brioche. You’ll be able to take pleasure in a cupcake or macaron, too, and be ok with consuming regionally sourced meals.
4. Inexperienced Chile Cheeseburger from Blake’s Lotaburger
Greasy, tacky and spicy with that distinct hotness of roasted hatch inexperienced chile, Blake’s inexperienced chile Lota burger has been named New Mexico’s best green chile cheeseburger and is even a cease on the green chile cheeseburger trail!
5. Tortillas from Golden Pride
There’s little doubt Golden Pride serves up some tasty fried hen, barbecue and burritos, however go for his or her heat, buttery tortillas. Purchase a dozen to take residence and you may take pleasure in them later with your own burrito creation.
6. Bánh Mì from Banh Mi Coda
Arms down essentially the most scrumptious, genuine, and low-cost bánh mì sandwich there’s. Get the traditional or attempt the #10 with Vietnamese lemongrass meatloaf when you’re feeling one thing totally different.
7. Blue Sky Donut from Rebel Donut
It’s simple to get a sugar excessive with Rebel Donut’s Breaking Dangerous impressed donuts. Don’t get too addicted otherwise you may must go on a sugar detox.
8. Imperatore “The Emperor’s Amore” pizza from Amore Neapolitan Pizzeria
This decadent thin-crust pizza from Amore substitutes conventional pink sauce for a mix of three Italian cheeses and cream that includes black and white truffles. Prosciutto di Parma, basil, Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, portobella and crimini mushrooms, and house-made mozzarella high this gem off. Only a style will make you are feeling like royalty, certainly.
9. Ramen from Magokoro Japanese Restaurant
The ramen from Magokoro is nothing like the moment noodle stuff you’re used to in faculty. Served just for dinner, the noodles and toppings are tasty and the broths are flavorful– really cooked “from the center.” However you’ll be able to nonetheless attempt to make your ramen style slightly more gourmet, even when you aren’t in Albuquerque.
10. Tewa Taco from Pueblo Harvest Cafe
The Tewa Taco or “Indian Taco” options all of your conventional taco filling and toppings, however as a substitute of a boring onerous corn taco shell, you get to up your taco sport with a huge piece of Native American fry bread.
