Re: [CH] Much! More Bethesda Heat

Jack and Toni (jtblackford@intrepid.net)
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 18:45:13 -0500 

I talked the lab crew into going to Guapos for lunch today, it was pretty 
good, we asked for the special hot sauce and it was nice, not very hot, I 
told our waiter that it was fit only for little girls and he said he would 
make a special batch. The special batch was made for little girls too, it 
made me cry eating it :) Pepper Jack



>Or, "What I had for dinner last Tuesday night."
>
>Was at Guapo's, Wisconsin Avenue, in the center of Bethesda, MD.
>(http://www.guaposrestaurant.com/main.html).
>
>Simply, the best TexMex dinner I've had anywhere East of the
>Mississippi, and in the top three, anytime, anywhere (even without the
>"special" salsa, below).
>--------------------------------------
>Freshly-made tortillas, with salsa.
>
>Tortilla Soup (carrot puree based, con queso, tortillas, cilantro, ...)
>
>Combination Platter:
>     Steak fajitas - excellent
>     Large, butterflied shrimp - mesquite grilled.
>     Semi-boned, mesquite grilled quail.
>     All the normal culinary accouterments you would expect.
>
>---------------------------------------
>Howsoever, what made this meal unique was as follows:
>
>I remarked to my waiter (all were speaking Spanish amongst themselves),
>that:
>
>"The salsa, while freshly made and very tasty, just had no significant
>heat for me, and that for the food to come could he provide something
>for me "muy picante"". There must have been a degree of earnestness in
>my voice, as he replied:
>
>"Si, amigo. I will have something made _specially_ for you."
>
>A little later he came out a freshly-made salsa, having a dark orange
>appearing base.  I selected a large, curved tortilla to act as a
>suitable scoop, filled it with the new salsa and devoured it all with
>one big munch!
>
>For the first eight seconds my entire mouth, upper throat, and lower
>sinuses were filled with the all the wonderful flavors of the salsa --
>including the strongest, slightly fruity flavor of fresh El Grande
>Habanero that I have ever tasted, by at least X5.
>
>At about 10 seconds, it was as if I were a VW bug that crossed paths
>with a very high-speed freight train.
>
>I immediately grabbed my (amber) Dos Eqques, and as I neared finishing
>it, I managed to say (in poor Spanish) "Un mas Dos Eqques, por favor".
>
>Very shortly after this, the sweat broke out, and the endorphins were
>rushing.
>
>The entire base of the salsa was pureed Habaneros.  Many seeds were
>floating about.
>
>The soup came out and, not to loose any momentum, I put three large
>tablespoons in my soup --> better than almost any hot sauce I have had.
>
>The dinner came out:
>
>The salsa juice went into the drawn butter for the mesquite-grilled
>shrimp.  Have you ever had shrimp that "bite back"?
>
>More tablespoons of salsa on the steak fajitas.
>
>--------------------------
>
>I would be pleased to join any CH out there that is coming to the area
>and who would like to try Guapo's.  Perhaps a few of us could have a hot
>dinner there.  Just contact me.
>
>AndyB
>quark@erols.com

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