Ralph Rubio shares tips for making fresh tasting Baja style food
Witten by sandy on May 21, 2010 in Light and Healthy, Main Dishes, Uncategorized, Vegetarian Dishes
We have always said that Southwest food can be light and healthy. Now, we have proof. Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill just opened restaurant number 200! The restaurants feature Baja style “beach food” that is packed with fresh ingredients and authentic flavor.
We were invited to join Ralph Rubio (the man behind the fish tacos and founder of Rubio’s) and a group of fellow bloggers for a free lunch at one of the new locations in Utah. Rubio showed off the food he fell in love with as a college student while vacationing on the beaches of Baja, Mexico. That’s when, at a little taco shop in San Felipe, he met his first love, the fish taco. Rubio brought the concept of the fish taco back to California and, after perfecting his own recipe, opened his first restaurant in San Diego in 1983.
- Ralph Rubio shares his Baja style food and tips to keep it healthy
Before sitting down for lunch, Rubio took us on a tour of the kitchen where we saw chiles and fresh vegetables cooking on an open flame grill and stuffed into the healthy, Baja style food that Rubio’s is famous for. The lunch featured some of the greatest hits from the menu as well as some of Rubio’s newer dishes. The fish taco is still the star, but other items have been added to the menu along the way to keep up with customers’ tastes and current trends. With each course, Rubio gave us tips on how he to keeps the authentic flavor in his fresh and healthy food.
