Lesley and I went out to eat at La Carta de Oaxaca in September and loved it - it instantly became one of my favorite restaurants in town. Unfortunately we hadn't been back since then, until this Saturday, when we went out to dinner with one of Lesley's coworkers, Eric.

The food is from the state of Oaxaca in the southern region of Mexico, so it's different from the Tex-Mex with which we're so familiar. It's great food though.

We started with the chips and guacamole, which was great. I really liked what I had last time we came, but wanted to try something different. I decided to have the molé negro, which is popular in Oaxaca and is the restaurant's specialty. Lesley had the tacos fritos, which I got to try some of. We were very hungry and the plates are kind of small, so we also got the carne asada platter, which was great. Eric had two orders of the tostadas, which he couldn't quite finish, so I had some of those too. It was a very filling meal and everything I had was great. We already can't wait to go back.