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    El Tejate Restaurant

    205 W Mission Ave,Ste R

    Escondido, CA 92025


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    Featured Items

    • Tlayuda Quesillo

      $20.99
    • Tlayuda Tasajo

      Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado and your choice of meat.
      $22.99
    • Nopales

      $3.99

    Food

    Tlayudas

    • Tlayuda Tasajo

      Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado and your choice of meat.
      $22.99
    • Tlayuda Cecina

      Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
      $22.99
    • Tlayuda Chorizo

      Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
      $22.99
    • Tlayuda Mixta

      Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
      $25.99
    • Tlayuda mole

      $22.99
    • Tlayuda Quesillo

      $20.99

    Cortes de Carne

    • Cecina Especial

      Slice of pork in adobo sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
      $22.99
    • Tasajo Especial

      Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
      $22.99
    • Chorizo Especial

      House made chorizo served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
      $22.99
    • Tasajo a la mexicana

      Tasajo sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
      $22.99
    • Tasajo con hongos

      Tasajo sautéed with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
      $22.99
    • Moronga especial

      $22.99

    Tortas

    • Torta Oaxaqueña

      Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizó, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree
      $17.99
    • Torta Quesillo

      $16.99

    Parilladas

    • Parillada regular

      Family style dish served with molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
      $64.99
    • Parillada Familiar

      Family style dish served with moronga, chicharron, quesadillas, molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
      $95.99
    • 1/2 order botanas

      1/2 order of appetizers
      $32.99
    • 1/2 order carnes

      1/2 order of meats
      $34.99

    Especialidades exóticas

    • Botana de Chapulines

      Grasshopper snack
      $19.99
    • Botana de Gusanos

      Agave worm snack
      $20.99

    Especialidades de la casa

    • Chile relleno

      Choice of chicken or quesllio served with rice, beans, salad, and handmade tortillas
      $23.99
    • Mole negro

      Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
      $22.99
    • Mole rojo

      Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
      $22.99
    • Salsa de Chicharron

      $21.99
    • Salsa De Chorizo

      $21.99
    • Mole de Olla Amarillo

      $22.99

    Tamales

    • Mole rojo tamale en hoja de platano

      Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
      $6.99
    • Mole negro tamale en hoja de platano

      Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
      $6.99

    Enchiladas

    • Enchiladas

      Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black/red mole, or green sauce
      $22.99

    Botanas

    • Botana de Quesadillas

      deep fried quesadillas filled with quesillo and topped with lettuce, cheese, and avocado
      $13.99
    • Botana de Molotes

      Fried corn dough filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean puree, lettuce, cheese, and avocado
      $13.99
    • Botana de Memelitas

      Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and
      $12.99

    Empanadas

    • Empanada de quesillo

      Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo
      $15.99
    • Empanada de mole

      Large handmade corn tortilla filled chicken and your choice of black, red, or yellow mole
      $18.99
    • Empanada de flor de calabaza

      Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and squash blossom
      $18.99
    • Empanada de Huitlacoche

      Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and black corn mushroom
      $18.99
    • Empanada de Champińones

      Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo, sautéed mushroom, onions, and jalapeños
      $18.99

    Tacos

    • Tacos de Chapulines

      Grasshopper taco
      $8.99
    • Tacos

      Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado
      $6.99
    • Taco mixteco

      $7.99

    Burritos

    • Burritos

      Burrito with choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo filled with beans, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo
      $14.99
    • Burrito de pollo

      Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce
      $13.99
    • Burrito Mixteco

      Tasajo burrito filled with beans, quesillo and pico de gallo
      $16.99
    • Burrito de Mole

      Choice of black or red mole filled with chicken and rice
      $16.99
    • Burrito de Camarones

      $18.99

    Mariscos

    • 7 Mares

      Seafood soup
      $25.99
    • Coctel de camarones

      Shrimp cocktail
      $21.99
    • Coctel Campechana

      Shrimp and octopus cocktail
      $24.99
    • Camarones a la mantequilla

      Shrimp sautéed in butter sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
      $24.99
    • Camarones al mojo de ajo

      Shrimp sautéed in butter/garlic sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
      $24.99
    • Camarones a la Valencia

      Shrimp sautéed in our special house hotsauce served with rice, beans,
      $23.99
    • Tostada de camarones

      Shrimp ceviche tostada
      $12.99
    • Mojarra Frita

      Whole fried tilapia served with rice, beans, and side salad
      $21.99
    • Camarones Cucaracha

      Fried head-on shrimp
      $29.99
    • Aguachile verde

      Raw shrimp cooked in lime juice with hot green salsa
      $32.99

    Fajitas

    • Fajitas tasajo

      Tasajo fajitas served with rice and beans
      $22.99
    • fajitas pollo

      Chicken fajitas served with rice and beans
      $21.99
    • Fajitas camarones

      Shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
      $25.99
    • Fajitas mixtas

      Tasajo, chicken, and shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
      $27.99

    Caldos

    • Caldo Tlalpeño

      Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice , chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas
      $17.99
    • Menudo

      $20.99

    Desayunos

    • Huevos Rancheros

      Fried eggs on crispy tortillas covered with spicy sauce and served with rice and beans
      $18.99
    • Huevos revueltos con chorizo

      Scrambled eggs with chorizo served with rice and beans
      $19.99
    • Enfrijoladas

      3 fried tortillas dipped in black bean puree served with rice and choice of quesillo, chorizo, tasajo, cecina or pollo
      $20.99
    • Entomatadas

      3 fried tortillas dipped in our spicy tomato sauce served with beans and rice with your choice of quesillo, cecina, tasajo, chorizo or pollo
      $20.99
    • Chilaquiles

      Red or green chilaquiles served with beans and 2 fried eggs
      $17.99
    • Salsa de huevo

      Eggs topped with our tomato spicy red sauce served with rice and beans
      $17.99
    • Huevos a la mexicana

      $16.99

    Kids Menu

    • Kids chicken nuggets

      Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
      $15.99
    • Kids quesadilla

      Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
      $15.99
    • Kids memelita

      Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
      $15.99
    • Kids pollo asado

      Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
      $15.99
    • Kids bbq chicken wings

      Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
      $15.99

    Sides

    • Aguacate

      $4.99
    • Arroz(rice)

      $3.99+
    • Carnes extra

      $7.99
    • Cebollitas

      $3.99
    • Chiles de agua

      $5.99
    • Chiles toreados

      $3.99
    • Chips

      $3.99
    • Crema

      $2.99
    • French fries

      $6.99
    • Frijoles(beans)

      $3.99+
    • Guacamole

      $12.99
    • Huevos

      $6.99
    • Mole negro

      $6.99+
    • Mole rojo

      $6.99+
    • Nopales

      $3.99
    • Quesillo extra

      $6.99
    • Salsa

      $5.99+
    • Side Chicharron

      $10.99
    • Side Moronga

      $10.99
    • Tortilla Harina

      $2.99
    • Tortillas de maiź

      $2.99
    • Huitlacoche extra

      $6.99
    • Flor de calabaza extra

      $6.99
    • Champiñones extra

      $6.99

    Drinks

    Bebidas calientes

    • Atole blanco

      Hot drink made from corn
      $4.99
    • Atole de panela

      Hot drink made from corn sweetened with brown sugar
      $4.99
    • Champurrado

      Hot drink made from corn with Oaxacan chocolate
      $4.99
    • Chocolate

      Hot Oaxacan chocolate served with sweet bread
      $4.99
    • Café de Olla

      Oaxacan coffee brewed with cinnamon sticks
      $3.99

    Aguas frescas

    • Agua fresca

      Ask waiter for available options
      $3.99+
    • Horchata con nieve de tuna

      Horchata topped with pecans, cantaloupe, and prickly pear ice cream
      $5.99+
    • Agua de chilacayota

      Fresh water made from chilacayota squash
      $4.99+
    • Tejate

      Our house special drink made from the cacao plant
      $5.99+
    • Water bottle

      $1.99
    • Juice

      $2.99+

    Sodas mexicanas

    • Sodas Mexicanas

      $3.99
    • 1/2 liter sodas

      Mexican coke or fanta
      $4.99
    • Coka lata

      $2.00

    Postres

    • Flan

      flan
      $3.99
    • Arroz con leche

      $3.99
    • Gelatina. de leche

      $3.99
    • Gelatina de agua

      $2.99
    • Platanitos fritos

      $6.99
    • Nieves

      $7.99+

    Market

    Meats

    • Cecina

      $16.99
    • Tasajo

      $16.99
    • Chorizo

      $16.99

    Quesillo

    • Quesillo libra

      $15.99

    Moles

    • Mole rojo libra

      $15.99
    • Mole negro libra

      $15.99

    Chocolate

    • Chocolate libra

      $15.99

    Burrito de pollo

    $13.99

    Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce

    Customize your item

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    All hours
    Sunday9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Monday9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Tuesday9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Wednesday9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Thursday9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Friday9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Saturday9:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Restaurant info

    Oaxacan cuisine

    Location

    205 W Mission Ave,Ste R, Escondido, CA 92025

    Directions


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