351743 Fri Dec 15 21:01:52 -0800 2006 9 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 2103605 My kids and I love good horchata. If it's on the menu, we order it! Many places that serve good to excellent food dispense Horchata that comes from a mix. The best IMNHO is at La Super Rica in Santa Barbara. It tastes as if it has some sweetened condensed milk in their recipe. I prefer casual establishments, taco tables & trucks or taquerias to upscale establishments unless they serve really 'authentic' grub made really well! So Chowhounds, for Horchata in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, who reigns supreme? P.S. I would also appreciate food recs to go with my favorite beverage; especially tacos, tortas, cemitas and more sophisticated dishes such as Chilis en Nogada etc. if really well done! I'm not a fan of Mission Style Burritos, sorry. TIA!!! Fri Dec 15 21:01:52 -0800 2006 10864 sel 1 2104048 One thing to keep in mind, Mexican Horchata and Central American Horchata are completely different beasts. That said, I am partial to La Pinata's Horchata, on Alameda. Don't know if it's mix, or authentic, but I like it. Sweet and uncomplicated. Fri Dec 15 23:19:11 -0800 2006 2103605 13445 Louise 2 2104066 While we're in Alameda, I really like the horchata at Araujo's on Park St. It's housemade, not from a mix, and has just the right amount of cinnamon (I've had some horchata that tasted like someone dissolved handful of Red Hots in it!). Fri Dec 15 23:24:09 -0800 2006 2104048 10159 Ruth Lafler 3 2104162 How is the Chow? Any recs at Araujo's or nearby? Sat Dec 16 00:01:44 -0800 2006 2104066 10864 sel 1 2104061 1) What is ISO, beyond the International Standards Organization? 2) Horchata in Spain is a beverage based on ground chufa nuts (tiger nuts), and completely different... Fri Dec 15 23:22:23 -0800 2006 2103605 49277 jimtak 2 2104077 In Search Of Fri Dec 15 23:29:27 -0800 2006 2104061 10793 Morton the Mousse 3 2104097 ah, so...thanks Fri Dec 15 23:34:40 -0800 2006 2104077 49277 jimtak 1 2104106 I had some fantastic Horchata at a small Mexican place in the funky Mall in Halfmoon bay! The same mall that has the Chai and coffee place right off HI-WAY 1 Its over near the Drug store. Food is good too. Way better than 3 Amigos San Mateo Road/Highway 92 (in strip mall at the corner of Highway 1), Fri Dec 15 23:38:18 -0800 2006 2103605 11631 Mission 1 2104164 Make your own! There's an excellent horchata recipe in Rick Bayless's "Authentic Mexican." My teenage son found the recipe and has many it many times. Sat Dec 16 00:01:47 -0800 2006 2103605 56215 TonySop 2 2104240 I do make my own but have not found a recipe as good as the one that I mentioned in my original post. I'll try the Rick Bayless version soon and report back. I would still like to find an excellent version when I'm out and about. The quest continues! Sat Dec 16 00:30:11 -0800 2006 2104164 10864 sel