Best chicken mole in SF - where?
Was down in LA and had a great meal at Monte Alban, one of my faves, where they don't just have mole - they have green mole, red mole, black mole etc.
I haven't found mole to rave about here yet. Any recs for delicious mole would be highly appreciated. (Btw, my fave of the monte alban moles is the green because it has a little more of a kick to it than the others do.) Thanks hounds!
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re: ML8000
It is good and complex, but on the too sweet side for my preference (I still get it because there isn't a lot of mole around here). The family runs other places on the peninsula as well. We tend to go to Vive Sol.
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Vive Sol Restaurant
2020 W El Camino Real Mountain, View, CA
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The best mole poblano in the city is at Nopalito. Lots of depth to the flavors, complex. The draw back is that it's $13 for a chicken leg. Granted, a fairly large leg, but it's pricey.
Across the board, they've done a very good job with the interior Mexican dishes there. Still lacking a little heat, but very good.
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catwood10
May 23, 2009 05:04 PM
The mole at La Oaxaqueña is top notch and very reasonably priced. Oaxacan style mole is thick, dark with a deep smoky chocolatey finish. If you go there, try the chicken mole tamales --- made both in the traditional corn husk or, for a large tamal, in a banan leaf
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re: catwood10
Melanie Wong
May 23, 2009 08:32 PM
You're describing mole negro. Does La Oaxaqueña make the other styles (yellow, red, green, coloradito, white)?
http://www.saveur.com/article/Saveur-...
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Melanie Wong
May 23, 2009 01:03 PM
Hounds have found but ONE Oaxacan place in the city limits. That would be the newish La Oaxaqueña on Mission. Haven't heard anything about it since soon after opening, but that's where I would start. Here's the thread,
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/578722On friday, Black Bean (soon to be La Victoria) in Redwood City had coloradito mole. Sigh, but perhaps not for long.
