It’s almost impossible to find delicious chilaquiles in this town, unless you are making them at home. I am a chilaquiles lover and I’m always ready with fork in hand to eat a good batch. Sometimes I don’t feel like cooking but still want to satisfy my Mexican breakfast craving with chilaquiles, well my prayers have been answered in spades. La Casita Mexicana makes the most delicious chilaquiles I have ever tasted in my life. They offer a variety of different preparations/sauces to choose from. Everything from a spicy red chile to roasted green chile to a smokey mole sauce. I settled on ordering the “divorciados” half green chile and half red chile. Perfectly crunchy corn tortilla pieces emerged in a bath of two chiles then covered in crumbled queso fresco, red onion, and cilantro. A wall of sour cream divorces the two. These heavenly chilaquiles are accompanied by a homemade corn tortilla quesadilla, and a mound of creamy refried pinto beans topped with a roasted chile de arbol. The deliciousness didn’t stop there. I enjoyed the finest cup of cafe de olla spiced with cinnamon sweetened with piloncillo and swirled with cream. We finished our breakfast perfection with a cactus tuna (prickly pear) flan topped with a gorgeous pomegranate sauce. It was exactly like flan should be dense and similar to custard with a sweetness unlike anything I have ever tried.
I’m thrilled when I say La Casita Mexicana makes the BEST Mexican breakfast in Los Angeles. Not to mention they have a million write ups from respected publications hailing them for their dinner menu, but we’re talking breakfast right now. 🙂 Plain and simple: I advise you to visit as soon as possible. Here are a few photos from an unforgettable breakfast.
All photos taken by: Nicole Presley
La Casita Mexicana
4030 East Gage Ave.
Bell, CA 90201
323. 773.1898
Is that the same place you took us too a few years ago? The one with the wonderfully cozy parking lot out back? If so…………they do have amazing breakfasts!
No… it’s a different place. But I really think you will enjoy this place. 🙂
I’m going to have to try them! Looks delicioso!
Wow, Nicole! This for me would be almuerzo, but now you’ve got me craving Mexican fare for desayuno! Totally different territory for me, but I like it. 😉
They have the best chilaquiles, hands down! The mole ones are delish! My daughter loves, loves platano frito and the ones here are served so perfect with a cinnamon-flavored crema fresca. Yum!
I love their moles but I love more the photo at the very top of this post. Total ambiance!
WOW I LOVE chilaquiles and you are so right, it can be difficult to find a place that makes them as good as mom does. I have heard about La Casita Mexicana but haven’t had the pleasure just yet. After seeing your post I definitley need to head over there and indulge in all that yummines. By the way I am not a huge lover of Flan but I do love tunas so I will have to give it a try as well.
I should stop by there next time I’m in LA!
Great review – there is nothing like really good authentic Mexican food!
I got a chance to sample some of their food at the ELA Meets Napa event this year and I loved their chorizo empanadas with mole. Now I gotta try their chilaquiles. Thanks Nicole!
Please tell them they can franchise in Nashville and I will love them forever…
mm.. que rico!!!
Ahora tengo hambre…:)
Great food and service!