Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog

For Orange County Restaurant Week, we chose Matador Cantina in Fullerton — Mostly because we’re based here now and it’s the best deal offered by 3 participating restaurants nearby.

There’s ample parking and an entrance in the back — It’s dark, but don’t be intimidated.

Enlarge Menu (above) for a better view — We had one of each, pictured herein.

A Ceviche Tostada (above) and/or Banh Mi Tostada (below) were offered for the First Course.

Second Course included Grilled Fish Tacos…

…and/or Chicken Mole Enchiladas.

I especially liked the Cilantro Lime Rice served with the meals.

All was fantastic and I see why Matador Cantina has been voted Orange County’s Best Mexican Restaurant by some.  Third of this Three-Course Dinner for $20 includes a Chipotle Apple Empanada (above) and/or Cro-Churros (below).  We couldn’t taste the Chipotle as much as we wanted to, but all was good and a great pick for OC Restaurant Week.

The X O (above) goes out to my new husband and dining partner for life, Matt (below).  Hi. 🙂

After this week passes, Matador Cantina will continue to offer Weekly Specials.

See Orange County Restaurant Week’s List of Participating Restaurants — It’s HERE, with respective menus and price listings.  We’ll be dining in Historic Downtown Fullerton this year, as it’s near where we just moved and still part of Orange County.  Matador Cantina, The Cellar and/or Hopscotch shall be our choice for lunch and/or dinner(s) next week.

It wasn’t easy saving these Crispy Fruit as munchies for our cruise,  because I LOVE Freeze Dried Fruit, and admit I did eat Crispy Green’s Crispy Tangerine too quickly to photograph it.

Pictured above is the Crispy Fruit Pineapple aka Freeze Dried Pineapple — It is indeed crispy, like a Chip, and should not be confused with Dried Fruit, generally with a chewy texture.

We were leaving Miami here for Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Maarten, amongst the Virgin Islands, with bon voyage Fresh Apples and its Freeze Dried counter-part pictured below.

The Apples were equally crunchy and crisp, either way — Fresh and/or Freeze Dried.

Crispy Green makes it right, and crispy, which is everything to good Freeze Dried Fruit.

It was then on to planning our first breakfast on the Celebrity Reflection — Sail back for more.