{"id":21622,"date":"2009-07-11T20:45:23","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T03:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelswithmiranda.uskeba.ca\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2016-09-11T17:39:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T14:39:52","slug":"sanchez-cantina-whitehorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/sanchez-cantina-whitehorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanchez Cantina, Whitehorse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada and the northern US are sorely lacking in good Mexican restaurants. Oh, I had some pretty decent Mexican food in Omak<\/a> and in White Rock,<\/a> but the last time I had a thoroughly satisfying Mexican meal was in Savannah<\/a> back in the spring of 2007. When I noticed a sign for Sanchez Cantina, which claims to be the only authentic Mexican restaurant in the Yukon, I had to go just to see if I would be proven right or wrong about the state of comida Mexicana in Canada.<\/p>\n

I ordered a chicken burrito with rice and beans and a pina colada.<\/p>\n

The burrito was good; filled with vegetables and perfectly seasoned chicken. The rice was pretty bad, tossed with canned vegetables and topped with a fishy tasting pale tomato sauce. The beans were just that, beans, of the black variety. I like black beans well enough, but a little seasoning would have been nice. The plate also had four lone crispy tortilla chips that were very yummy dipped in the bean sauce. All in all, a ho hum meal.<\/p>\n

The pina colada, however, was excellent, the best I’ve ever had. You could taste the pineapple, the coconut, and the rum. I wasn’t too sure at first if I liked the liberal sprinkling of cinnamon over the frothy concoction, but it didn’t take long to win me over since I’m a huge fan of cinnamon.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t go back to Sanchez Cantina, not even for a pina colada, because the service was horrendous. I might as well have been invisible once I received my food. No one ever came to see if I needed anything and after several minutes of trying to flag down a server so I could get the check, I ended up going to the cash and standing there for several minutes while the guy at the cash mixed drinks without even acknowledging my presence.<\/p>\n

When I was was finally able to pay, I did something I’ve only done three times before in my life at a restaurant: I didn’t tip. I’m normally a very good tipper, 20% to 25% is common for me for good to exellent service while bad to okay service gets 15%. It’s so rare for me to tip poorly, much less not at all, that I actually remember when I haven’t: at the Day’s Inn restaurant in New Jersey where I stayed when I visited NYC in 1996, at the restaurant at the Smithsonian in DC in 1997, and at the Royal Oak (Ottawa U Campus) in Ottawa in 1999!<\/p>\n

I cannot recommend Sanchez Cantina. My quest for good Canadian Mexican food continues. Darn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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