I was invited to a very special dinner tonight hosted by the folks behind media naranja, a taco cart restaurant hoping to raise money to fund their project through Kickstarter. I have had the pleasure of personally knowing the people behind media naranja for a while now and was happy to help with producing flyers and business cards and also editing their campaign content. My friend Zack also did a fantastic job at designing the night's menu. I was thrilled to help out and also be a guest at their Kickstarter dinner party held at Nido in Oakland, where they invited a few local bloggers, designers, and friends to try their cooking and support their project.
The food was no doubt amazing and I was able to try some really new and interesting Mexican cuisine. My absolute favorites of the night were the guacamole with pomegranate & pumpkin seeds, charred corn & fried squash blossom taco, and arroz con leche.
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| baja style beer-battered calamari, cabbage slaw, lemon aioli, salsa veracruzana |
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| arroz con leche: vanilla bean rice pudding, strawberries, grapes, dried figs, chopped hazelnuts |
