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02. Huevo Ranchero at Mirasol’s Cafe
My office…er, Mirasol’s Cafe has a number of vegetarian options. My personal favorite, since the day it opened is the Huevo Ranchero ($6.50) – Black bean and corn salsa, guacamole, sour cream, cheese and a fried egg. It’s a massive sandwich and so savory that you won’t even notice there isn’t any meat. However, if you need texture you can add the veggie sausage – which, I kid you not, has the texture and flavor of the real deal. I actually prefer it over proper sausage.
Of course, you have to have one of the three “secret” hot sauces – white/mild jalapeño cream, green/medium, orange/habañero blast your face off. With the addition of these sauces and the veggie sausage, you are whisked away to that happy place and will never even realize you didn’t eat any meat.
On occasion – and never often enough – Mirasol’s will have a special called the Costa Rican Tortilla: all vegetarian black beans and rice, queso fresco spread and fried sweet plantains; hot-pressed in a flour tortilla. If it was a regular offering, it would supplant the Huevo Ranchero – it’s that good.
