Saturday, April 21, 2012 - Mamasita’s, Benett, Nebraska
This evening, we decided to go back to Mamasita’s in Benett. We had been there once before and enjoyed it, but this time we could blog about it and it would be official.
Benett is located just a few miles Southeast of Lincoln. It took us about 30 minutes to get there from our house, but any of our South Lincoln friends could probably get there in about 15 minutes. Mamasita’s is not very impressive from the outside, but inside, it is much like a typical Mexican restaurant, decorated with sombreros, ponchos and maracas, and sporting mariachi music. We were seated in a booth, and served by the same waitress we had last time.
The kids ordered “Mama’s nachos,” add meat and hold the jalapenos. So basically, they had chips topped with meat and cheese...”Mucho Nachos” as they are called at school. It is not the healthiest of meals, but then again, it’s a Mexican restaurant, and health food does not dominate the menu. Keith ordered enchiladas. I ordered a combination plate, which had a taco, an enchilada and a pork tamale. To me, the sign of an authentic Mexican restaurant is the presence of tamales on the menu. I love them, and they are hard to find at most Mexican chain restaurants.
Everything was very tasty. The taco was nothing to write home about, but the enchilada and tamale were excellent. And one of the best things about Mamasita’s are their homemade chips, which they serve amply with salsa before you even place your order. One could easily fill up on the chips and salsa (though the salsa has absolutely no heat) and not even order a meal.
We finished the meal out with a shared serving of fried ice cream. This is admittedly not my favorite dessert (at any venue), but I still managed to help put a dent in the generous portion of this lovely concoction.
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