#67: Nachos Grande at Nachomama's

Ian Froeb

The nachos at Nachomama's

​The great Tex-Mex restaurant Nachomama's is another place where I have difficulty choosing one favorite dish. I was sorely tempted to choose the beef soft taco platter, but as regular readers might suspect, there will be more than a few tacos before this list is over. So I went with another favorite: the nachos grande.

What makes these nachos so delicious? Proportion. Chips, cheese, beans, chicken (in this case; several other kinds of meat or seafood are available), guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream: Nothing overwhelms anything else, and one chip can support an explosion of flavor rather than collapsing under is weight.

Nachomama's
9643 Manchester Road, Rock Hill
314-961-9110
$9.60 (as shown)

I'm counting down -- in no particular order -- 100 of my favorite dishes in St. Louis. Some are well-known, others obscure. Some are expensive, others dirt cheap. All of them, I guarantee, are delicious. Please do not hesitate to share your own favorites via the comments thread.

Previously:

#68: Pizza with pepperoni, sausage and mushroom at Pizza-a-Go-Go
#69: Bill's "Burger Meister Burger" at Cardwell's at the Plaza
#70: Sake (salmon) nigiri sushi at Nobu's Japanese Restaurant

#71: Massaman curry at Simply Thai
#72: The lunch buffet at Mayuri
#73: Fried chicken (spicy) at Porter's Fried Chicken
#74: Arancini at Lorenzo's Trattoria
#75: Meat shawarma at The Vine Mediterranean Café & Market
#76: The South Side Smoke at sandwich at Stellina Pasta Café
#77: Falafel at Kabob House
#78: A slice with pepperoni at Feraro's Jersey-Style Pizza
#79: Birria at Pueblo Nuevo
#80: Banh mi dac biet at Phuc Loi