Yucatan specials at Soquel restaurant Tortilla Flats through Sunday

Soquel restaurant Tortilla Flats started serving a special Yucatan menu today — Thursday, August 16 — and it’s available through Sunday August 19. Tortilla Flats offers a variety of annual events with special menus; during these times the regular restaurant menu is also available with savory dishes like Green Corn Tamales, Tilapia Poblano, and Chile Relleno.

Here is the menu for August 16-19, 2012; not all selections are available each day.

Tikin xic Tacos
Yucatan-style mahi mahi tacos spiced with achiote and orange

Nac cum de mere
Spiced baked fish served in banana leaf with azteca sauce — served with rice and tsi anchek bi bu’uc (black beans)

Camarones Yucatecos
Gulf Prawns marinated in seville orange and served with an achiote sauce of honey and lime

Crepas de Jaiba
Delicious handmade crepes filled with lightly seasoned fresh wild caught crab claw meat, served with spicy ahi limo sauce

Pollo Pibil
Chicken thighs marinated in achiote seasonings and baked, served with black beans and fried plantains

Cochita Pibil
Tender pork baked with annatto seed sauce, steamed in a banana leaf. Served with black beans, butternut squash and fried plantains

Costillas Yucateca
Pork spareribs slow baked in adobo–honey sauce served with black beans, plantains and ton luc (butternut squash and corn)

If you’re a party of six or more, make reservations at (831) 476-1754.

Hours are 11:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. Mon-Fri and 11:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. Sat-Sun.
Location: 4616 Soquel Drive, Soquel

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