From my seat along the bar at Mita’s, the Carew Tower was looking like something out of old London when I visited the restaurant last week. The sky was misty and gray and the tower's windows glowed with a warm and welcoming light. Mita’s was the perfect refuge on a night like this; not just for its view, but for its comforting decor of mustardy Portuguese tile, dark millwork and dimly lit Moorish chandeliers.
The restaurant wasn’t packed, but there were quite a few customers, many of them looking like actors in town for a shoot or, perhaps, visiting artists. Perhaps not, but all of them had expensive haircuts and cool eyewear.
I came to Mita’s for a bowl of posole verde, one of my favorite dishes, but scanning the menu, I saw something unexpected I couldn’t pass up. Fish tacos. Fish tacos are common. But this version, with beer-battered Oregon rockfish, cabbage, pickled Peruvian sweety drop peppers (like sweet bell peppers, but so much better) had something special to offer: pawpaw mayonnaise.
