better basics
| BY KATHLEEN FURORE | When a new dish is so delicious that the restaurant introducing it dubs it “Facebook videoworthy” and features it in close-up on an 11-second video, you know it must be something special. That’s just the introduction Chicago’s Broken English Taco Pub gave its Esquites Fundido shortly after its November 2020 debut. “In queso you needed something to look forward to this weekend we’ve got something FUNDIDO for you at Broken English Taco Pub,” read the November 13 Facebook post. “Among a few new additions to the menu, we bring you the Esquites Fundido.” The post went on to describe Corporate Executive Chef Frank Valdez’s creative rendition of a Mexican restaurant staple: “roasted corn, sautéed onion, poblano and serrano peppers and a melt-in-your-mouth Mexican cheese blend…”
QUESO FUNDIDO
Inspired takes on a customer favorite
BRINGING NEW QUESO CONCEPTS TO LIFE Just how did Valdez come up with the idea to make what has become a customer favorite at all three Broken English locations by combining esquites with queso fundido? “I would say it was essentially me wanting to make a dish that was vegetarian friendly yet delicious enough for meat eaters to order,” he recalls. “I think at the time, esquites was
Broken English Taco Pub’s Esquites Fundido
SEPT/OCT 2021
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