Enchilada Food Coma!

The other night I had dinner at Cilantro on the Upper East Side and went with the chicken and blue corn tortilla enchiladas.  But before I get to that, a quick word on the chips basket.  A few years ago, I started trying to abstain from the chips basket at Mexican restaurants.  Now, there was no real reason for doing this, considering that I usually move through a bread basket like a hot knife through butter. But I quickly found that it wasn't really a problem to watch the chips disappear without partaking.  Until Cilantro.  This is no ordinary chips basket - fresh salsa, deliciously warm and salty chips, and the real winner of the bunch: sweet potato chips, shaped for easy scooping of the salsa.

After I had taken care of the basket, it was main course time.  I love soft corn tortillas, and these blue corn ones were fantastic.  The dish had three or four enchiladas - tough to tell under the thick blanket of cheese.  The green chile sauce was spicy and when it blended in with the cheese, or the nearby rice, it really hit the spot.  The enchiladas were overstuffed with chicken and cheese and each bite was dense and heavy, but that is exactly what I was looking for.[FN1] In the end, I had to leave some of the cheese blanket on the plate, but it was all that remained.  I don't think I made it 15 minutes on the couch that night before I fell into a deep, food-induced sleep.  Perfect.

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FN1: Does anyone really want light Mexican food?