3715 SE Division St & 37th Ave • xicopdx.com • 503.548.6343
Hours: Dinner daily starting at 5pm; Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6:30pm; Lunch to go Wed-Sat
When you go to a Mexican restaurant and hear they have freshly made corn tortillas, what do you think of? Besides incredibly soft, warm and delicious, you probably also imagine the restaurant is making them from masa harina corn flour or other ground up corn, right? At least that’s what I always assumed.
At Xico however, they take tortilla making to a whole new level. This SE Portland restaurant featuring Oaxacan regional Mexican cuisine, starts from the real source, with corn kernels. Like these kind of corn kernels: