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Tijuana is quite closed to US boarder, if you start from Los Angeles, it takes about 2 hour drive, pass San Diego to Tijuana. If you say Tijuana is raised by US, it’s right. Many people go there just for fun – which they cannot enjoy in their hometown. From high way 5 to Mexico boarder, Visa is not required till Ensenada. So we got up early and parked at boarder, walked into Mexico.
The scene was totally different after cross boarder. There were pharmacies everywhere. We walked to Avenida Revolucion, which is city center of Tijuana. Hotel Caesar’s is just right here.
First time I heard of this story was from Julia Child’s book and she probably was among those few people who really ate the salad from Caesar Cardini. According to Julia’s book, authentic Caesar salad needs to be prepared at table side and make the dressing step-by-step. I had made the Caesar salad following Julia’s recipe and it was delicious, light and flavorful.
The historical Hotel Caesar’s had been closed and remodeled. The remodeled restaurant was smaller yet looked old. It didn’t look like a place for gourmet. However salsa and tortilla chips were the first surprise. The salsa was mixed with finely minced tomato, lime, jalapeno and onion. It tasted clean and fresh, much better than those “US salsa”.
This kind of Caesar salad, tasted good, he used cheap Kraft parmesan powder but the Romaine lettuce was sweet yet fresh, even the lettuce edged were carefully trimmed.
Chicken a la Florentine, “a la Florentine” was usually done with spinach. The pan-fried chicken breast was tossed with spinach and cream sauce. The chicken was well-done but not dry, it was good for the sauce.
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