Wow! Second time here! Fine Mexican Restaurant indeed! Had dinner here before Sharon went into the hospital and we both were impressed with the quality of food and the outstanding service. Had wanted to come back and tried to last Friday night. Crowd out the door! Too late to wait!
Lunch time today was a charm. Christina's is good enought to be busy even at lunch! I looked over their extensive menu (same for lunch and dinner with a few lunch specials listed) and settled on the daily special with a sample shown just inside the front door. The special was the Pechuga Empanizada and Chicken Enchilada served with Frejoles and rice. Flavors were spot-on. The Empanizada was lightly breaded, crisply browned and cut into bite-sized strips with a queso cream sauce topping! Sauce was flavorful without being overpowering and enhanced the chicken breast strip flavor. Great stuff!! The chicken enchilada was well flavored and covered with a little lighter queso. My only complaint about the whole meal was that the chicken wasn't shredded sufficiently and was left in large chunks, which, as happens often with chicken breast that hasn't been tenderized or fully shredded, was a little tough to cut and to chew. That was a relatively minor complaint, however, and did not prevent me from eating it. The refried beans, while flavorful, have suffered from the "healthy" attention by the removing of the bacon fat! Sorry, there are some places where there is NO substitute for that flavor! Refried beans is one of those!! "Would you please pass me the beans and, oh, hand me some of that lard!" Now THAT is what frejoles are all about!!
Both of those minor issues did not detract seriously from an enjoyable meal! Adding to that was the pleasure of having attentive wait persons serving. Both visits, with two different waiters, were top-notch! My waiter at lunch honed in on my somewhat perverted sense of humor and played off it the whole meal! Did he get a well deserved tip? Yup!
It's obvious why Christina's is always busy!
Christina's Carrollton/Plano
3432 Hebron Parkway
972-380-8844
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