The dulceria is also owned by El Ranchero, a taco shop known for their birria and barbacoa (one of three locations)....
Loads of Mexican candies along both walls, plus a cold case with drinks and another one with perishable candies.
I asked the lady if they carried jamoncillo and this was the only kind they had (see below):
Rather than piped fancy shapes, this was a thick rectangular block studded with almonds, resembling fudge.
The other kinds of candy that I bought at El Ranchero Dulceria were Borrachines Almohaditas (which roughly means, "little drunkard's pillows", wtf?). I saw 'dulce de leche' and saw that they were different colors. They also tasted like Filipino pastilyas, except with a major difference...
These were alcohol flavors! Rompope (eggnog), Champagne, Tequila, Ron Mantequilla (Butter rum? Butterscotch?), Whisky, and Chocolate. When I opened the box later at home, a lot of the sugar fell out. The milk candies are rolled in sugar. There are only three colors at the top and the remaining three on the bottom. Red, cream, and green on top. The cream was the champagne flavor. It didn't really taste like champagne to me. It was way too sweet. The red one was whisky and tasted awful. I didn't even want to taste the green. I dug to the bottom to try the chocolate; it did not taste like chocolate either. The best one was the butterscotch flavor.
This is one of my favorite Mexican candies, mazapan (powdered peanut candy), except this version is covered in chocolate!
I liked it, but this would be even more awesome if the chocolate was thicker and of better quality. Ooh, can you image using Guittard, Valhrona, or even Ghirardelli? I like how the chocolate coating keeps the candy together. The original plain is wrapped in plastic and crumbles easily. This one didn't seem crumble that much. This is supersweet so it's something I would just eat once in a blue moon.
In that same strip mall is Teresita's Fruiteria (last seen in our last South Bay Foodcrawl back in December)...you know what that means!
CHAMANGO TIME!
CAB was nice enough to buy a chamango for TC! I had a few sips on the way home. This lasted for several days in and out of the freezer. She got one for herself too!
Those bits of chamoy...oh my gosh, my mouth is watering as I gaze upon this sweet and sour creation. If you haven't had a Chamango yet, come on down!!!
That concludes the South Bay Food Crawl.
The Food Crawl posts can be read in this order:
Asi es Jalisco
Pozoleria Dona Maria
The Search for Jamoncillo plus Kababayan and Oasis
and ending with this post.
Pretty short, eh. Hopefully next time, we will hit up more places. There are so many good places to try in Chula Vista and National City!
2 comments:
I had a great time. Too bad we couldn't find the jamoncillo though. I liked the mazapan but yeah, it was pretty sweet I couldn't eat a whole one in one sitting. CHAMANGO!! lasting 2-3 days?? Uh, ahem, yeah, mine lasted like 2-3 hours, hehe.
i asked my co-worker to get the jamoncillo next time she goes to t.j.
tc likes to freeze her chamango and eat it little by little.
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