When you live in Washington, DC, it’s hard not to run into one of José Andrés’ restaurants. There are more of his restaurants in Chinatown than there are Starbucks. Oyamel is easily one of my favorite restaurants period.
When we moved to Las Vegas, knew we had to try China Poblano. It’s José’s take on a Mexican Chinese restaurant and is in the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas strip. It’s not fusion but offers both cuisines on the same menu. Had a reservation there for last night for Lauren and I for our second wedding anniversary.
The restaurant is absolutely delicious. Even though putting Chinese and Mexican may not may sense on paper, it absolutely works as a restaurant concepts. Oh and I want to apologize ahead of time for not having more photos of the different courses that Lauren and I ordered.
For cocktails, I tried the green tea margarita (pictured above) and the avocado smash. Both were delicious. The avocado slim kind of reminded me a guacamole cocktail and I love avocado so that excites me.
The chips & salsa tasted exactly like the chips & salsa from Oyamel. It was filled with amazing smokey chipotle flavor and was a good reminder of DC and the many memories there.
We tried the steamed bbq pork buns “When Pigs Fly.” They came highly recommended. They were delicious but felt slightly overrated. Seemed like any other steamed pork bun that you’d get a dim sum restaurant.
Next we tried the Queso Fundido with chorizo. It’s the best cheese dip you’ve ever had over house made soft tortillas.
Last we had the Dan Dan Mian. This was the star of the night for me. It’s wheat noodles, with a spicy pork sauce and peanuts. This reminded me a lot of the sauce on the ricotta ravioli at Range in DC. It was amazing. I loved the way the pork was mixed into the sauce.
All in all it was a fabulous meal. We walked away full and it wasn’t that expensive in the realm of nice meals you can get. I’d highly recommend it.
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