El Rinconcito

After loving Tacos Baja Ensenada's seafood cocktails, J made it his mission to find out where the best campechanas (mixed seafood cocktails) in Los Angeles are. This weekend, we went to El Rinconcito after seeing good reviews and photos of their enormous campechanas.

The meal started with very good warm chips and crazy spicy salsa.

The campechana really was enormous. J was ecstatic, but ultimately decided he likes the version at Baja Ensenada better because it has more lime juice and those gigantic gutted clams. I agree. Plus, the shrimp at Baja Ensenada were bigger.

My entree came with a shrimp soup. Very nice--light and refreshing.

My fish tacos were entirely uninspired. I think I like Rubio's fish tacos better. Besides, what kind of restaurant serves tacos in aluminum fast food envelopes? I took most of this to go, and was annoyed that our server took the plate away to pack for me but didn't pack the best part--the guacamole.

J's seafood soup was must better. We should have just ordered that, but we didn't know it would be enough soup for three normal people. The broth was very rich and sweet, and there were at least five or six different seafood items mounded into a large bowl.