"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> pltrgyst > wrote:
>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote:
>
>>>Mole is pretty frigging boring, IMHO.
>
>>Agreed -- except at Topolobampo. I have no idea what Rick Bayless does,
>>but it's magical.
>
> It is, but there are plenty of other people who can do it well.
> Just off the top of my head, Red Iguana in Salt Lake, and Juan's Place
> in Berkeley. I'm sure there are many many more.
>
> If a Mexican restaurant has boring mole', this is probably a
> sign they are pouring it out of a can or jar produced in a factory,
> and such a restaurant is almost certainly deficient in
> other respects as well.
>
> BTW it is not too difficult to make at home. You can even
> vastly simplify any standard mole' poblano recipe and come up with
> a good result. The key factors of success for a mole' poblano
> are using pasilla chile powder and chocolate of sufficient
> quality, and having these ingredients along with the sugar
> ingredient in a correct ratio to give a pleasing result.
> You may consider a little cinnamon essential too.
>
> Steve


The place I ate the "bland" mole was this:

http://www.gomemphis.com/news/2009/j...dorns-comfort/

And their menu:

http://delimexicana.com/menu2/print/

They had very good food but it was a tad too magazine-like. Mini soft corn
tacos. Heh. I had to eat four of them before I felt like I had eaten
anything. And I'm not someone who eats a lot.

They do shop for fresh ingredients every day, and I like that. But I'm
still not impressed by mole.

Jill