Jalapeno’s Restaurant

If you are looking for authentic salvadorian and Mexican food, this is the right place!!! Fresh orange juice, amazing orchata, delicious pupusas and really good burritos!!!, they also have breakfast all day!

I only ordered the rice and beans side dishes, so I can only comment on that. They both tasted good, but one or both must have been cooked in chicken stock. I am a vegetarian and I get sick if I eat meat, and I definitely had «meat sickness» after I ate this. Thankfully I wasn’t violently ill, but it would be really nice if they would note on the menu if items that are typically assumed to be vegetarian, like rice and beans, actually had meat in them.
To be fair, my food didn’t taste terrible, and my (meat eater) roommate really enjoyed his steak tacos and burrito, hence the two stars. But that’s not enough to excuse not marking common dietary issues like this on the menu. I won’t be ordering from here again, and if you have any dietary restrictions, you might want to call ahead of time to confirm that you’re actually able to eat what you want to order.

Since I was going to be working some loooooong days, I decided to order a bunch of food so I wouldn’t have to cook. Hadn’t tried Jalapeño’s before. Delivery guy was polite and showed around the estimated time from Foodler.
It’s a mix of El Salvadorian and Mexican foods. I ordered Pupusas de Queso con Loroco, Pupusas de Frijoi con Queso, Nachos, Pechuga de Pollo Asado, Mojarra Frita, and Fajitas de Pollo. Put everything in the fridge but the Nachos which I ate upon arrival and they were quite good and not greasy; not junk food style nachos.
For dinner, the Pechuga de Pollo Asado (baked chicken). It was a little dry but still flavorful. Enjoyed. It sat on a bed of rice and came with a salad.
The next morning I had the pupusas for breakfast. The Pupusas de Frijoi con Queso were decent. The Queso con Loroco was runny. It looked like it was filled with butter, not cheese. Pretty greasy. Pass.
The Mojarra Frita (fried fish) was excellent, but know you are getting a whole fish– bones and eyes and lips. Not for everyone, but maybe you can put a napkin over its head and tail. #letterbox
Unfortunately I can’t say anything about the Fajitas de Pollo since I don’t think they were fully delivered. I got rice and salad just like what came with the baked chicken, and some thick corn tortillas, but no chicken or typical fajita fare. I should have checked upon delivery so it’s partly my fault. :-/​
But James, you say, why didn’t you call? Because the call goes something like this «Hi, I ordered food from you about 40 hours ago and only just realized an entrée is missing. …uh huh. Yes that’s right. So can you run that over here? Yes I’m eating 40 hour old delivery. Yes. Mmmhmmm. Yes that’s right, all that order was just for me. Uh huh. Correct. Because I’m a shell of a man. Mmmkay thanks bye!»
Also I share this largely irrational fear with Natalie Tran:

Outstanding and delicious Mexican fare. Try the sopa pollo, beef nachos and the fried chicken lunch. Quick delivery. The food was super-​warm upon arrival. A great addition to the neighborhood near the Everett-​Malden line.