Went to dinner in a largish group at Cala. Standout dishes were the trout tostadas, the abalone tostadas, and maybe the rockfish a la talla. Would go back for either of those again, and maybe try the crab tostadas.
Trout tostadas with chipotle, avocado and fried leeks
Nice bites with a good amount of delicate fresh tasting trout balanced by a lime (?) spiked avocado sauce and some nice oniony leeks.
Abalone tostadas with trout roe and sea beans
Could definitely taste the abalone in this. Nice mix of flavors with the sweet abalone, briny roe, and creamy sauce underneath.
Kampachi aguachile with chayote and pickled red onion
Greenish sauce was citrusy and had some heat. Nice combination of the kampachi with the melon like chayote. Kind of a small portion.
Sopes Playeros with black beans, crema and ricotta salata
Nice texture in the sopes. Crunchy exterior but with some softness inside. Like @sck noted in his report though I thought the filling was not very exciting.
Quesadillas with mushrooms, quelites and toma cheese
More like tacos dorados than quesadillas? Fried so that they were sealed together, with a cheesy center.
Frito mixto with lingcod and squid
This was fine, had kind of a spicy aioli.
Sweet potato with bone marrow salsa negra
This is apparently one of their signature dishes. It was good. Came with some warm tortillas. The sweet potato was quite charred on the outside and had a bit of smokiness. The black colored bone marrow salsa added some more smokiness and fatty meatiness as well.
Whole fried rockfish with cabbage salad and beans
I thought this was ok. The rockfish were fried bones and all, was a bit of work to get through the bones. Some bits of fin and parts of the head were fried enough to eat. Not a super amount of meat.
Rockfish a la talla
Half of this had a smoky reddish adobo sauce, and the other half had a greenish sauce that kind of reminded me of a chimichurri. Came with beans and tortillas. Very good - I liked this better than the whole fried rockfish. Quite tender and flavorful.
Islas flotantes with pomegranate
Meringue on a vanilla cream sauce.
Flan de cajeta
My favorite of the desserts we had, very rich. Wished there were more of it.
Buñuelo with ricotta and strawberries
Crispy fried discs with sweet ripe strawberries.
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