this place..... well i have heard from more than one person that the red iguana is the place to eat in salt lake city. not only does it have the best mexican food in the state, according to some people it is the best place to eat period. now i love mexican food... like it could possibly be my favorite kind of food and i have been to my fair share of mexican restaurants. with that said, i must admit the rumors are true. it is very good. now i can't say that it is my favorite place to eat in all of utah but i definitely recommend it. mostly because when we went there, the service was great, the price is amazing for how good the food is, the portion sizes are decent and hello they have all you can eat chips.
mostly i wanted to try the red iguana because one, i had heard so much about it and wanted to see for myself, and two i once tried to eat here with my family on a monday night and it was an hour wait! even though yourdanos and i were all the way in park city at the outlets we decided to venture across town to give this place a go. we got there at 4:00 and their was only a 20 minute wait. i still couldn't believe it. this place must always be crowded because it was a monday afternoon and there was still a wait. so i guess if you want to eat here don't go during lunch or dinner rush. you will be waiting for at least an hour.
after dinner we grabbed nelsons frozen custard. what was i thinking not snapping a pick of my ice cream. maybe because when i got it, i pounded it down in seconds. if you know me i am a treat person which means i always have room for dessert. even though yourdanos was so full he could barely walk i told him we had to get ice cream because how can you eat dinner and not have a treat after? its the best part.
i ordered one of the mole dishes because i heard they make the best. when i asked the waitress which mole she recommended, she brought out samples of every kind! now that is good service. after dipping my chips in every single one, i decided on the mango mole because i like sweet and spicy combinations. again the rumors were right. this mole dish was yummmmmy, but i don't know if i have had mole before so i don't have anything to compare it to. i guess to the next places i try mole at, beware, my standards are set very high! if i am being completely honest though, i probably won't be able to tell a difference. i don't have a knack for detail. mostly everything is just good to me, i never get too picky.
a sweet young boy waiting outside the restaurant was nice enough to snap a pic for us. i hate asking people to take pictures. from some reason i think it is so awkward.... it is probably not that big of a deal but i hate it haha. maybe its because most of the time they do it all wrong. either they cut out some part of your body, angle it weird, or we plane just don't look good. you don't want to hurt their feelings and so you tell them you love it but you end up having to ask someone else hoping the last people that took your pic don't walk by. awkward.....
however, i can't say this picture was one of those moments. props to the young sweet boy. i think the pic turned out great. he may have cut a feet out a little too much... i kinda liked the shoes i was wearing... haha just kiddin but seriously. besides eating at the red iguana and nelson's frozen custard, we had a really fun day. we went to the outlets in park city, saw great gabby (3D) and watched three more episodes a suits.
