Ref: Mexican Food Series
It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed the ‘fine’ attempts at Mexican cooking in Europe. And by ‘fine’ I really mean ‘mediocre’ at best. I was reminded the other day by a friend who was complaining about a Burrito she ordered the previous weekend which contained peas and carrots… peas and carrots… yeah… I don’t know about that. A Burrito stuffed with peas and carrots sounds more like something Serena would make for Grayson to hide vegetable rather than a dining experience. But, this Mexi-Oversight is quite normal here.
However, hearing the story of my friend’s woes made me remember a dining experience of Mexi-Worthy proportions that was quite surprising.
Serena and I had been to Pizzeria Snezana a couple of times… and it seems to be our normal lunch stop whenever we take people to the Kalemegdan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalemegdan) and the restaurant itself is located on the famed Knez Mihailova Street, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knez_Mihailova), so it makes for a pretty fun journey on a Sunday afternoon.
Anyway, as the name “Pizzeria”, might suggest, the restaurant specializes in pizza… and we never deviated from that part of the menu. However, on our last trip I wasn’t feeling the pizza mood and started looking around the menu. Two items caught my eye. 1) a Chicken Quesadilla; and 2) a basket of Chicken Fingers. I had to have them… so the family decided to order both, plus a pizza just in case the items turned out to be suck-a-roo. And when our smorgasbord arrived so did all of my hopes and dreams. The Chicken Quesadilla and Chicken Fingers were fantastic… especially the Chicken Fingers. Delicious!
Serena gives me a hard time regarding my praise for the Quesadilla, “How hard is it to make a Quesadilla? It’s melted cheese between two tortillas.” True… very true… it’s just melted cheese between two tortillas. I will give her that. And honestly, because of the cheap simplicity behind the dish, I’ve never ordered it at a restaurant before… however, when living in a part of the world where peas and carrots are added to Burrito’s and cheese is completely left off the menu, like my experience at the Burrito Bar and Kulin, I believe that screwing up a Quesadilla is very possible... and Pizzeria Snezana certainly DID NOT screw it up. Hmmm… tasty!
DISCLAIMER: I’ve been in Belgrade for a year and a half… I’m not sure how long it’s been since I’ve had real honest to God ‘Mexican’ food or classic American ‘Bar’ Food… I’m not even sure if they exist anymore. This separation may have influenced my review.
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