Saturday, January 5, 2008

Ronaldo's Mexican Place

Arkansas is this tiny state next to HUGE Texas and is only 6 hours drive from N.Texas.The best feature of Arkansas is its natural beauty,lending itself to scenic drives, wonderful hikes and thermal baths ( Really hot water erupting from fissures on earth). But the most important item needed for everybody's existence is food. As I was cruising around downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, I saw this Mexican place called Ronaldo's. Dire hunger made us walk towards that restaurant at 4:00 in the afternoon.

The interior of the restaurant was decorated in a typical Mexican and Ecuadorian styles, with splashes of red and orange. The aroma of food, whatever it was, was intoxicating. So we sit and order Quesadilla and Burrito. I am making these names smaller in this post. They were much bigger and complicated on the food menu.

Typically, Quesadillas are stiff and difficult to bite into. But the heaven on platter in front me of soft, filled with goat cheese with Argentinian & Mango sauce on top, Rice ( not the regular Mexican rice) and beans to the side. The pleasure that I felt on eating that dish was incomparable. Likewise the Burrito had grilled vegetables in it, with a smearing of goat cheese and Argentinian sauce. Argentinian sauce adds a little bit of tangy and sour flavor to the dish.

After this wholesome meal, we felt that we did not have spaces in our stomach for dessert. But we felt wrong. We finished off the wonderful meal with fried bananas on rum, cream and ice cream!

I tried looking for links to this restaurant on the internet but it looks like one of those hidden jewels. If you find yourself in Hot Springs, go to Ronaldo's

2 comments:

Unknown said...

You are right that this is a good restaurant in Hot Springs. Actually www.HotSpringsTips.com has a write up on this restaurant at http://hotspringstips.com/Rolandos_Nuevo_Latino_Restaurant.htm

senthil natarajan said...

missing mexican food! have u tried mexican in chennai?