Mexicali Blues

When you head to our  Mexican restaurant at the Lake of the Ozarks , you're probably already thinking about what you'll be ordering on your way here. Whether it be our $1 tacos on Taco Tuesday, fajitas, nachos, quesadillas, our famous Mexicali Blues margaritas, or another menu item, we've got one more to add to those thoughts - sopapillas!  Sometimes it's tough to save enough room for dessert when you're faced with a meal full of irresistibly delicious foods, but believe us, it's worth the effort! We highly suggest trying one of our delectable desserts, even if you have to take part of your meal home in a doggy bag to finish later. We featured our amazing fried ice cream in a previous blog, so today we're putting the focus on our savory sopapillas. What is a Sopapilla A sopapilla is a deep-fried pastry which is most often served with powdered sugar and honey or chocolate syrup. They can also be coated with cinnamon and sugar. Here at Mexicali Blues...

The month of July is National Ice Cream Month. You can celebrate that right here at our Lake of the Ozarks Mexican restaurant , but quite possibly in a way that you've never had ice cream before - fried! Yes, that's right, at Mexicali Blues  in Osage Beach we deep-fry this ice-cold treat, but the result is not a gooey mess, but instead a delicious dessert that may become your new favorite.  How Do They Do It? You would naturally assume that if you drop ice cream into a deep-fryer, it's going to melt away into nothing. On the contrary, if done correctly, it's a scrumptious treat that will impress you and your friends, as well as your taste buds.  This is done by using an extremely frozen ball of ice cream (the more solid, the better) and rolling it in cornflake crumbs and cinnamon. The cold temperature helps the ice cream to resist the heat, and the coating turns into a crisp shell surrounding the sweet goodness. The entire thing is dropped for a short...