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Thrillist: Best for Puerto Nuevo-style lobster

Thrillist: Best for Puerto Nuevo-style lobster

Just south of Rosarito in Mexico is the lobster village of Puerto Nuevo, where visitors can eat fried or grilled spiny lobster with a side of cold beer, rice, beans, and flour tortillas. Ortega’s is one of the best restaurants in Puerto Nuevo, and luckily for us, it’s opened up shop in San Diego serving exactly the same fare alongside an expanded menu with other Mexican dishes, like its famous queso fundido…

Alaska Airlines: Masterful Melts

Queso Fundido

...That renaissance also includes the Mexican dish queso fundido. At Ortega's, A Mexican Bistro, in San Diego, the queso fundido, made with baked Oaxaca cheese, comes in an oversized skillet, dressed to the nines with chorizo, chiles and cramelized onions, and sprinkled with even more cheese. Diners spoon the melted dish onto flour and corn tortillas...