La Cacerola Catracha

My husband and I decided to try this place out since we'd seen ads for it on Facebook and had never tried Hondurian food. My husband is Mexican and he wasn't even sure what to expect. We were the only guests there when we went in the early afternoon. The restaurant has that hole-in-the-wall atmosphere without the nastiness. It seemed clean and had colorful (but not too overdone) decor that was fun and tropical.The server brought out chips and a bean dip. It was almost like puréed refried black beans with queso fresco sprinkled on top- it's served warm. We thought it was good. I love horchata so that's what I got to drink. It was served in a very cute pottery thing that was almost like a small pot/vase. It wasn't gross, but definitely not what I expected. It tasted like the milk leftover in your bowl after eating Cocoa Puffs. It did not taste like horchata to me. We were intrigued by the passion fruit juice and the cashew juice so we asked for a sample of them. The passion fruit juice was very good, kind of like a mango-pineapple-papaya flavor. Very tropical. The cashew juice was very strange on my pallet. Not gross, but very odd. I honestly can't even describe the taste besides that it was slightly milky but also kinda sweet.Hubby ordered the pork chop meal and loved it. I tried a bite of the meat and thought it was great. It came with fried plantains, which he loves. I ordered the pupusas with chicharron (pork skin) and cheese. They were delicious! Very fresh and hot and super cheesy and filling. The salsa they come with is EXTREMELY spicy. For my son, we ordered something that I can't remember the name of. It was a large flour tortilla (homemade and so good) folded over, with eggs, avocado, refried beans, cheese, and I think some meat on the inside. It was decent but I probably wouldn't order it for myself. Hubby liked it more than I did- maybe I just wasn't in a breakfast mood or didn't care for the combination of foods inside.The downside is that it seemed to take an eternity to get our food. It took at least 30 minutes and only one other table (of two guests) walked in after we ordered. It was clear to us that it was made fresh but I hope they figure out a way to be able to still bring that fresh taste while also getting the food out in a timely manner.We will be back, however, because we both really want to try the beef soup! Give it a shot, the food is pretty good.

Yelp is WRONG -- this place is Honduran, NOT Mexican.Friendly service, but food took a long time to get from kitchen to table. The pupusas were perfect -- absolutely PERFECT. Very authentic, and ever so slightly burned on the edges (i.e., just like I like them).Very tasty rice, too.The curtido had more cumin (comino) in it than I'm accustomed to, but it was very good.I hope to try the mondongo on my next trip.

My wife and I ate here to celebrate my birthday on a Saturday night. There was only one other occupied table when we arrived at 5:30 pm. A few more tables filled up before we left around 7:00 pm.There are two TVs in the dining room. One showed a soccer game, while the other showed a frozen picture. I hope that they figure out what is wrong with the frozen screen. The table that was already seated when we arrived seemed to be intent on watching the soccer game. They were rather loud but not so loud that we felt that we could not carry on a conversation.This was our first time here. We like trying hole-in-the-wall places, and that's what this place feels like to two non-Spanish speaking people. Our server spoke very good, non-accented English and answered any questions that we had. That was good because the menu was entirely in Spanish. They served us complimentary tortilla chips to start off. Instead of a spicy tomato salsa, they came with a warm bean puree that had queso fresco sprinkled on top of it. We ate the chips before we realized that we could have satisfied our craving for spicy food by asking for some hot sauce.I ordered the Honduran fish platter. It came with a pile of chopped, fried bananas; coleslaw with a light lime dressing; some purple pickled onions; and a room temperature bean puree garnished with queso fresco. The fish was a sight to behold. It was fried and served whole. I like crispy skin, and the underside of the fish satisfied my craving. I enjoyed the coleslaw and pickled onions. The fried bananas were just okay. They were too oily for my taste. They came with two dipping sauces. One was a mayo-based white sauce; the other was a red colored sweet and sour sauce. Dipping them in the sauce did not change the fact that the bananas were too oily for me. Other diners might like them, though.My wife ordered the tacos. They were more like what you expect when you order taquitos or flautas at a Tex-Mex restaurant: filling rolled up in a corn tortilla and then deep fried. There was a mix of chicken and beef fillings, and they were garnished with some lettuce, chopped tomato, and chopped onion. She enjoyed it, especially because she likes crunchy things.We were full from dinner, so we did not order any dessert.