What I Ate: August 26, 2009 (Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant)

Lunch: I ate a Reuben Sandwich at Whole Foods Market.

Dinner: I headed over to the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant (301 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX‎ - (512) 476-8300‎) for a margarita and food tasting event. They had freshly made guacamole, appetizers, and a few different tacos (I only tried the beef tenderloin one).

The house guacamole was pretty decently seasoned - but once they mixed in extras like cilantro and fresh chopped tomatoes there wasn't enough saltiness.

The appetizers tended to be too salty. We provided this feedback to their executive chef, Ron Hurley, who suspects the chile spice paste he made was over salted which should be easy to correct. For example, the tortilla wrapped beef tenderloin was pretty good (aside from being too salty). The beef was tender and flavorful, but I wish the tortilla was a little thinner and maybe made of masa instead of wheat flour.

Dinner 2: After working a little more after getting home, I realized I was hungry again (guess I didn't eat all that much). So I boiled some Nong Shim Shin Ramyun instant noodles, poached an egg in the broth (after removing the noodles so they don't get soggy), and sliced some spicy sausage and tossed them over the noodle soup.