Rosa Mexicano in Penn QuarterDinner Menu

entradas

  • Guacamole en Molcajete

    Since 1984 we have been serving freshly made guacamole with avocado, jalapeņo, tomato, onion and cilantro (prepared tableside). Each order is served with warm corn tortillas, tortilla chips, salsa pasilla de Oaxaca and salsa de tomatillo y habanero. (serves two)

    12.00

  • Tortillas y Salsas

    Tortilla chips and salsas.

    5.00

  • Sopa de Tortilla

    Pasilla chile soup with grilled chicken, avocado, shredded cheese, crema and crispy tortilla strips.

    7.50

  • Ensalada de la Casa

    Mixed field greens, shredded jicama, carrots, and cherry tomatoes dressed with a pomegranate vinaigrette.

    7.00

  • Ensalada de la Casa

    Mixed field greens, shredded jicama, carrots and cherry tomatoes dressed in a pomegranate vinaigrette.

    6.75

  • Flautas de Pollo

    Three rolled crispy chicken tacos topped with salsa pasilla de Oaxaca, salsa verde and crema.

    9.00

  • Ceviche de Huachinango

    Marinated red snapper and baby shrimp with onions, olives, cucumbers and serrano peppers, served with a tropical cocktail sauce.

    12.00

  • Enchiladitas de Pollo

    Two little enchiladas filled with pulled chicken, chorizo sausage and red beans, topped with Mole de Xico.

    9.75

  • Zarape de Pato

    Roasted pulled duck layered between soft corn tortillas and topped with yellow pepper-habanero cream sauce.

    9.75

  • Empanadas de Jaiba

    Three crispy corn empanadas filled with jumbo lump crab meat, served with seasonal fruit pico de gallo and avocado-tomatillo salsa.

    12.00

  • Quesadilla de Hongos con Huitlacoche

    Grilled flour tortilla filled with a mixture of wild mushrooms, huitlacoche and Chihuahua cheese. Served with salsa verde cruda.

    8.00

  • Queso Fundido

    Melted Chihuahua cheese with crumbled chorizo sausage, cilantro and rajas (slow-cooked Mexican peppers).

    8.50

enchiladas

  • Mole de Xico

    Two soft corn tortillas filled with shredded chipotle beef, topped with Veracruz mole made with raisins, plantains, hazelnuts, pine nuts and mulato, ancho and pasilla chiles.

    18.75

  • Suizas

    Two soft corn tortillas filled with pulled roasted chicken, topped with a creamy tomatillo sauce and queso fresco.

    17.00

  • Ranchera

    Two soft corn tortillas filled with wild mushrooms and spinach, topped with mild Mexican tomato sauce.

    16.50

  • Jaiba

    Two soft corn tortillas filled with jumbo lump crabmeat, topped with a creamy tomatillo sauce and pumpkin seeds.

    22.00

tacos al asador

Served in a cast iron skillet with melted Chihuahua cheese red bean-chorizo chili, house slaw, chile de arbol salsa and freshly made warm corn tortillas.

  • Cabrito

    Slow-baked marinated baby goat topped with sauteed white onions and poblano peppers (not served with cheese).

    15.50

  • Pollo

    Grilled chicken marinated in ancho chiles, garlic, cumin, cloves and cinnamon. Topped with slow cooked peppers.

    17.00

  • Carne Asada

    Grilled skirt steak marinated in guajillo and pasilla chiles, garlic, cumin and black pepper.

    18.75

platillos principales

main dishes

  • Ensalada con Atún

    Avocado leaf-crusted seared rare tuna, served on a crispy black bean tostada over jicama, mango, cabbage slaw with romaine lettuce and tropical fruit salsa.

    21.00

  • Alambre de Camarones

    Grilled shrimp marinated in a garlic vinaigrette over house rice with onions, tomatoes, serrano peppers and roasted tomato-jalapeņo-caper sauce.

    24.00

  • Mariposa de Huachinango

    Simply roasted whole butterflied red snapper, brushed with guajillo chile and served with tomatillo molcajete salsa.

    26.50

  • Salmon en Manchamanteles

    Grilled organic salmon over black beans with zucchini and roasted corn, mole of ancho chiles and tropical fruits.

    23.75

  • Arrachera con Camarones

    Grilled skirt steak and jumbo shrimp stewed in a roasted tomato-chipotle sauce and topped with queso fresco.

    20.50

  • Tablones

    18 oz. of grilled boneless beef short ribs served with a mestiza sauce (tomatillo-tomato-chipotle) and rajas (slow-cooked Mexican peppers).

    25.00

  • Alambre a la Mexicana

    Grilled cubes of beef tenderloin, chorizo sausage, onions, tomatoes and serrano peppers with tomatillo and tomato-chipotle sauces.

    24.00

  • Filete con Hongos

    Grilled filet mignon covered with a wild mushroom-tequila cream sauce.

    26.00

  • Frijoles con Puerco

    Slow cooked pork shoulder baked in pinto beans and guajillo chiles, topped with avocado and pico de gallo.

    16.75

  • Budín de Pollo

    Baked soft corn tortillas filled with pulled chicken, Chihuahua cheese and roasted Mexican peppers, served with poblano cream sauce.

    18.00

  • Chile Ancho Relleno de Verduras

    Two ancho chiles filled with sauteed spinach, wild mushrooms and goat cheese over roasted tomato chipotle sauce.

    17.00

extras

  • Pico de Gallo

    4.00

  • Sweet Potato Fries

    4.00

  • Plátanos Fritos

    Fried plantains

    4.00

  • Red Bean-Chorizo Chili

    4.00