El Sarape – Blue Bell, PA

Overall, my dining partner and I had a very good meal. I would put this restaurant on par with Coyote Crossing in Conshohocken. It is not your typical Mexican food. No fajitas. No tacos. No standard Mexican fare. The meals here are almost gourmet, with certain flair.

We started with 2 margaritas, on the rocks. Although I didn’t ask for it, we were given Jose Cuero 1800 tequila. The drinks were excellent, but at $9.00 a piece, a bit painful in the wallet.

For appetizer, we shared the Guacamole Real, which was great with a nice spicy Guacamole and homemade chips.

On the main course, my dining partner enjoyed her Pollo a la Parrilla, which was a basic grilled chicken with Mexican sides. Nothing special, but it was enjoyable.

I had the Camarones Cullian, which was large shrimp, wrapped in bacon and service in a spicy sauce with white rice. My meal was excellent and was certainly a unique dish. This was my first visit to El Sarape and I was expecting the typical Mexican fare, this certainly was not it.

We decided to skip desert and coffee, but I can say that the coffee another table had smelled great, with a hit of a spice, maybe cinnamon.

Overall, a very good meal, I’ll be back..