Mardi Gras in the Mountains!

The February 18th weekend was filled with fun and good/bad cuisine!

UNM v. UNLV awesome basketball game! The PIT was rockin and the 'Bos served UNLV
- not so good? the chicken nachos supreme, the chicken was flavored (yick) and the pickled jalapenos were neither pickly or hot, all around fail. The PIT needs to fire Canteen, they make gross food!

Then we grabbed a quick sub from Dion's and headed up to Red River for Mardi Gras in the Mountains
- Timbers Steaks, pretty decent. The potato skins were the highlight of the meal, the steak was a little tough. But the potato skins were the bomb
- Timber Steaks Bar, maybe the best bar like ever. Good selection of micro brews for the hubs and maybe the most shocking scotch menu for me

That is right aged single malt scotch for less than $10! These would normally cost anywhere between $14 - $40+ in Abq or Santa Fe!

It was just what I needed to get me back from my scotch hiatus. If imaginable, I out-scotched myself during my UK trip in 2009. There was a lot of scotch.

We also hung out at The Motherboard which is a hoot,  loved it!

On our way home, Matt noticed....Shock!....Double Shock!...Sopapilla Factory is open on Sunday!!! Whaaa?!

The Sopapilla Factory is located in Pojoaque, in the grocery store/true value parking lot. It is the best red chile in New Mexico hands down, don't come at me with some El Pinto or the Shed BS. I don't want to hear it, I know chile and S.F. is where it's at. Think Tomasitas when it was good. I get the tapaqueno, a flat iron steak which is always cooked perfectly with a cheese enchilada, beans and a corn cake garnish...smothered with red chile. Hubs gets the carne adovada burrito smothered in red. What can I say, we love red chile. If you are ever in Santa Fe, or anywhere North of Albuquerque, it's worth the drive. And try the queso, I love it.