Corazon

So a while back my hubby bought us a coupon from Groupon for this nice, upscale Mexican restaurant downtown. It was our 6-month anniversary gift! Well, time went by and we kept forgetting to redeem the coupon, until we realized it expires this Tuesday. So we decided to go today, without further a due. I'm sort of skeptical about fancy restaurants because I have this image that they're always the type that give you these super tiny servings of food you've never even heard of. But since this was Mexican I figured, "How could you go wrong!" So we gave it the benefit of the doubt and decided we would decide once we tried the food if it was worth it!
So after 15 or 20 minutes driving around the downtown Austin area, we finally found it! The map that came with the coupon was way off. I shall complain to them later, but for now I will share our experience there!
It was wonderful! Not only was the food good, but the service was good as well! I am the type that feels intimidated by places like that so I was hoping this place wasn't like that! And it wasn't at all! It was an old, wooden building that was turned into Corazon at Castle Hill. Definitely not your typical restaurant! I like that. The table setting was so cute too! The seats were leopard and zebra patterns! Unique huh? The appetizer plates were zebra patterns too! Ok, so looking at the menu we realized there were no non-alcoholic beverages! I didn't mind that ;)!
So I ordered a "capirinha" which is this Brazilian drink. I thought it would be sweet because it's made with raw sugar cane liquor but it was a bit bitter. That was due to the lime wedges they throw in there. I wouldn't say it's for those sweet n' fruity alcohol lovers, but I would say that combined with the atmosphere of the restaurant it's very refreshing to the taste buds! I'd have it again!

So for appetizers we ordered thes fried empanadas rellenas de carne! They were good! Now the sauce was interesting! I couldn't pinpoint the ingredients but it definitely had some basil in it and a little cilantro and I'm guessing Mexican crema to sweeten it up a little. It wasn't too spicy, but enough to get your taste buds to feel it! Good flavor!

Now, for the main meal I couldn't decide!! It was between enchiladas de mole or enchiladas suizas...but I finally went for the enchiladas suizas! They were soooo good! It was two enchiladas with beans and rice, but not you're typical Tex-Mex wannabe's! No, they were pretty good! And the chef was not stingy with that chicken let me tell ya! That chicken was sooo good! Yum! I was stuffed by the time I was done!

But then the waiter brought us the DESSERT MENU!!!! Everything had been so good thus far I looked at my husband like we have got to try the desserts!!! So it was between the Mexican flan and the Coconut Cream with caramelized banana on the side and dripped with chocolate sauce! Yeah, that's the one we went for!!! No more than 5 minutes later the waiter brought us our dessert! It was a little small, but it was really good! Not too sweet and not too subtle just enough flavor to satisfy your sweet tooth! I couldn't help but tell my hubby that those chefs back there definitely knew what they were doing!!

You'd think that eating all of this yummy food would have cost a fortune! And it would have had we not bought that coupon to eat $30 worth for $15. You know how much our ticket was at the end of the night?? Only $27!!!!! What a deal! Thank god for Groupon!!

The most enjoyable part of the evening was, of course, sharing it with my wonderful husband. Baby, I love sharing moments like these with you. It makes for unforgettable memories! I had fun! I love you.....