JerseyMenus.com Blog

The return of one of Rosa Mexicano’s most popular events – their Ice Cream Festival starting August 10 – September 4.

Culinary Director David Suarez together with Corporate Pastry Chef Jai Kendall have created eight new sweet and salty flavors this year along with desserts, including the return of the popular Guacamole de Postre, a sweet spin on the restaurant’s famous Guacamole en Molcajete, featuring sweet avocado ice cream with fresh strawberries, white chocolate shavings, Mexican wedding cookie crunch and chopped mint leaves, prepared tableside and served in a frozen molcajete.

Additional ice cream and sorbet flavors menu will include (but are not limited to):

• Mexican Corn Truffle Ice Cream with cinnamon swirls and chocolate shavings
• Chocolate Negro Modelo Ice Cream with salted cajeta and candied bacon
• Piloncillo Ice Cream with Mexican carrot cake pieces and smoked cashews
• Blood Orange, Carrot and Mango Sorbet

On Saturday, August 20th at 10 am, Rosa Mexicano Riverside Square will host a cooking demonstration where guests will learn how these unique flavors were created and how to prepare one of the tempting ice cream desserts at home this summer.

Rosa Mexicano
400 Hackensack Ave (The Shops at Riverside)
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(201) 489-9100
Menus | Reviews | Online Reservations | Directions To This Location

From June 1 – 26, Rosa Mexicano celebrates its second annual Healthy & Organic Mexican festival, this year in partnership with chef Amanda Cohen of acclaimed NYC vegetarian restaurant, Dirt Candy. Cohen collaborated with Culinary Director David Suarez to create fresh and inspired Mexican specialties including Queso Fundido con Coliflor Ahumado (Smoked Cauliflower with Melted Goat Cheese) and Tofu con Salsa de Guajillo y Pina (Coconut-Poached Tofu with Guajillo Chile and Pineapple Broth).

Additionally, Rosa Mexicano will feature Healthy & Organic special menu items including:

• Chicken Enchiladas in Swiss Chard Tortillas
• Starfruit and Mango Ceviche
• Selection of Licuados, traditional fresh-blended fruit and vegetable drinks using ingredients such as cactus, mint, parsley, pomegranate, watermelon and more

On Saturday June 11 at 10 am, Rosa Mexicano will host a cooking demonstration at Rosa Mexicano Riverside Square where guests will learn how to cook Healthy & Organic at home, and try the dishes first-hand. $30 per person ($10 from each reservation will benefit a local New Jersey charity).

For reservations, guests can contact Robert Kingsland at 201.489.9100 or visit www.rosamexicano.com.

Rosa Mexicano
400 Hackensack Ave (The Shops at Riverside)
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(201) 489-9100

Flavor Fixe lets guests mix and match their favorite dishes and drinks, from categories including starters, appetizers, main dishes, desserts and beverages. Flavorful items to choose from include Tacos de Panza del Puerco (Pork Belly Tacos); Enchiladas Suizas (Chicken Enchiladas),Tres Leches de la Casa (Three milk cake); signature margaritas and Mexican beer.

Win a Flavor Fixe Fiesta

Diners can also enter to win a Flavor Fix Fiesta, a four-course family-style party for 10 at Rosa Mexicano. Entry forms are available in-restaurant and via www.rosamexicano.com.

The Flavor Fixe menu is available at Rosa Mexicano Riverside Square for lunch seven days a week and for dinner Sunday through Thursday.

Lunch menu
Choose two courses
$16.50 per person, does not include tax or gratuity. Limit one entrée per person.
Available seven days a week

Starters

• Guacamole en Molcajete: avocado, jalapeno, tomato, onion and cilantro prepared tableside and served with warm corn tortillas, tortilla chips, salsa pasilla de Oaxaca and salsa de tomatillo y habanero
• Queso Fundido: Melted Chihuahua cheese with crumbled chorizo sausage, cilantro and rajas (slow-cooked Mexican peppers)

Appetizers

• Ensalada de Mercado/Market Salad: Mixed greens, avocado, radishes, tomatoes, carrots, red onions and orange segments tossed with honey-lime vinaigrette
• Flautas de Pollo/Rolled Crispy Chicken Tacos: Three rolled crispy chicken tacos topped with salsa pasilla de Oaxaca, salsa verde and crema
• Sopa de Tortilla/Tortilla Soup: Pasilla chile soup with grilled chicken, avocado, shredded cheese, crema and crispy tortilla strips

Main Dishes (1 item only)

• Enchiladas Suizas/Chicken Enchiladas: Two soft corn tortillas filled with pulled roasted chicken, topped with a creamy tomatillo sauce and queso fresco. Served with family-style refried black beans and house rice
• Ensalada de Pollo Rosa/Rosa Chicken Salad: Roasted chicken salad with carrots, apples, raisins and toamtoes over romaine, frisee and watercress with jalapeño-parmesan dressing
• Tacos de Vegetales a la Brasa /Skillet Roasted Vegetable Taco: Skillet of market fresh vegetables including protabello mushrooms, sautéed Swiss chard and roasted butternut squash topped with fresh herbed cheese. Served with flax seed tortillas and red beans
• Hamburguesa con Queso/Cheeseburger: Grilled sirloin on a brioche bun with melted Chihuahua cheese, served with chipotle mayo and sweet potato fries

Desserts

• Tres Leches de la Casa/Three Milk Cake: Meringue-covered three milk cake with citrus cream and mango salsa
• Flan de Rosa/Mexican Flan: Mexican vanilla flan served over toasted almond cake with chocolate mole sorbet
• Pastel de Queso/Cheesecake: Rick, creamy cheesecake filled with baked apple-cajeta sauce and candied pecans

Dinner menu
Choose three courses
$32.00 per person, does not include tax or gratuity. Limit one entrée per person.
Available Sunday through Thursday

Starters

• Guacamole en Molcajete: avocado, jalapeno, tomato, onion and cilantro prepared tableside and served with warm corn tortillas, tortilla chips, salsa pasilla de Oaxaca and salsa de tomatillo y habanero
• Queso Fundido: Melted Chihuahua cheese with crumbled chorizo sausage, cilantro and rajas (slow-cooked Mexican peppers)

Appetizers

• Ensalada de Mercado/Market Salad: Mixed greens, avocado, radishes, tomatoes, carrots, red onions and orange segments tossed with honey-lime vinaigrette
• Flautas de Pollo/Rolled Crispy Chicken Tacos: Three rolled crispy chicken tacos topped with salsa pasilla de Oaxaca, salsa verde and crema
• Sopa de Tortilla/Tortilla Soup: Pasilla chile soup with grilled chicken, avocado, shredded cheese, crema and crispy tortilla strips
• Tacos de Panza el Puerco/Pork Belly Tacos: Slow-cooked pork belly tacos served on hose-made tortillas with spicy poloncillo pickles and fiery molcajete salsa

Main Dishes (1 item only)

• Enchiladas Suizas/Chicken Enchiladas: Two soft corn tortillas filled with pulled roasted chicken, topped with a creamy tomatillo sauce and queso fresco. Served with family-style refried black beans and house rice
• Tacos Carne Asada/Steak Tacos: Grilled skirt steak marinated in guajillo and pasilla chiles, garlic, cumin and black pepper. Served with melted Chihuahua cheese, red bean chorizo chili, corn esquites, chile de arbol salsa and freshly made warm corn tortillas
• Salmon en Manchamanteles/Salmon Filet with Tropical Fruit Mole: Grilled organic salmon over black beans with zucchini and roasted corn, mole of ancho chiles and tropical fruits
• Budin de Pollo/Chicken Tortilla Pie: Baked soft corn tortillas filled with pulled chicken, Chihuahua cheese and roasted Mexican peppers, served with poblano cream sauce
• Chamorro/Pork Shank: Crispy marinated pork shank served with red bean chorizo chili and chipotle creamed spinach

Desserts

• Tres Leches de la Casa/Three Milk Cake: Meringue-covered three milk cake with citrus cream and mango salsa
• Flan de Rosa/Mexican Flan: Mexican vanilla flan served over toasted almond cake with chocolate mole sorbet
• Paste del Queso/Cheesecake: Rich, creamy cheesecake filled with baked apple-cajeta sauce and candied pecans

Beverages

• Frozen Pomegranate Margarita: Our signature cocktail since 1984, silver tequila, pomegranate and lime juice, frozen to slushy perfection
• La Tradicional Margarita: Silver tequila, fresh lime, organic agave
• Cerveza/Beer: Corona, Corona light, Negra Modelo, Pacifico

Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day specials at Rosa Mexicano

Guests can kick up Super Bowl snacks with Rosa Mexicano’s special menu items starting Wednesday, February 2 through Super Bowl Sunday, February 6. From a Mexican twist on Pigs in a Blanket, to city-inspired dishes from the teams battling it out on the field for the big game, guests can dig into big flavor accompanied by house-made condiments from a habanero mustard to a guajillo tartar sauce. All of the menu specials will also be available to take-away and for delivery.

Football fans looking for a little green to go with their game day grub, guests can also order Rosa Mexicano’s Guac-to-Go to enjoy their famous Guacamole en Molcajete, complete with house-made tortilla chips and salsas, at home. Orders must be placed by Saturday, February 5 to allow for Super Bowl Sunday pick up.

For a little romance, guests can celebrate Valentine’s Day at Rosa Mexicano with sweet and savory a la carte menu specials for your sweetheart. Rosa Mexicano has created a cocoa-inspired menu of appetizers, entrees, desserts, and drinks featuring white, dark, milk, and Mexican chocolate. Couples can toast with Spiced Chocolate Agua Frescas or a Chocolate Cocktail and share menu items like Coffee and Chocolate Rubbed Sirloin for Two and a decadent Chocolate Dessert Trio.

Super Bowl at Rosa Mexicano Riverside Square
Wednesday, February 2 through Sunday, February 6
390 Hackensack Avenue, 201.489.9100
www.rosamexicano.com

Appetizers

Homemade Mexican Pigs in a Blanket
Filled with chorizo and cheese and served with chipotle mustard
Lunch and Dinner $8

Sandwiches

Beef Pambazos
Fried roll filled with shredded beef short ribs, onion, potato, carrot, shredded lettuce and pickled jalapeno
Lunch and Dinner $13

Yucatan Pulled Pork Sliders
Achiote-marinated pulled pork on a mini torta roll with pickled red onion and habanero mustard
Lunch and Dinner $12.50

Entrees

Mexican Fish and Chips
Battered fried local white fish served with house-cute fries and a guajillo tartar sauce
Lunch $14.50 Dinner $16.50

Team Inspired Dishes:

Green Bay Packers: Corona and cheese soup with chipotle
Lunch and Dinner $9

Pittsburgh Steelers: Iron city blackened tomato salsa served with tortilla chips
Free for each table

Valentine’s Day at Rosa Mexicano Riverside Square
Monday, February 14th
390 Hackensack Avenue, 201.489.9100
www.rosamexicano.com

Appetizers

Sopa de Chocolate con Macadamia/ Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Soup
Puree of chocolate and macadamia nuts with chipotle, served with a chocolate, leek and orange quesadilla
$8

Pay de Aguacate, Langosta y Chocolate Blanco/ Lobster, Avocado and White Chocolate Tart
Savory tart of white chocolate and avocado mousse, topped with lobster ceviche
$11

Entrees

Filete al Café con Chocolate/ Coffee and Chocolate Rubbed Sirloin for Two
Grilled coffee, chocolate and chile rubbed beef sirloin with a corn and roasted garlic flan and tomato-smoked chile chutney
$26.50

Salmon a la Parilla con Chocolate Blanco y Habanero/ Grilled Marinated Salmon with White Chocolate and Habanero
Cilantro-brined salmon with melted leeks, radishes, potatoes, and bacon over a white chocolate, champagne and habanero sauce
$21

Costillas de Cordero/ Cocoa and Chile Rubbed Rack of Lamb For Two
Cocoa and chile rubbed rack of lamb served with “morisqueta” rice and mole poblano
$26.50

Panza de Puerco con Almejas/ Mexican-Style Surf and Turf
Sweet and spicy crisp pork belly served with clams in a spiced chocolate broth
$23

Dessert

Trio de Chocolates/ Chocolate Dessert Trio
A moist, roasted beet and Mexican chocolate cake with a creamy hot chocolate glaze, white chocolate-rose crème brulee with tequila glazed blackberries, and an amaranth “krispie treat” candy bar drizzled with Mexican chocolate

Rosa Mexicano
400 Hackensack Ave (The Shops at Riverside)
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(201) 489-9100

Rosa Mexicano will be honoring the traditions of All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2) with their annual Day of the Dead festival, October 27 – November 21. Guests can help celebrate the holiday and this festive season by enjoying hearty dishes like Lobster Pozole, a traditional hominy stew, and Mexican Cookies and Milk.

On Saturday, October 30, Rosa Mexicano Executive Chef Dennis Lake will host a free cooking demonstration at Rosa Mexicano Riverside Square where families can kick off the holiday weekend, learn about Day of the Dead traditions and learn how to prepare select seasonal menu items.

Day of the Dead Festival at Rosa Mexicano
Available October 27 – November 21 at all three New York City locations
Free Cooking Demonstration October 30 at 10 am
At Rosa Mexicano Riverside Square, 390 Hackensack Avenue
Reservations are required, please call Cre at 212.397.0666 ext 40
www.rosamexicano.com

Appetizers

Pozole de Langosta
Lobster pozole, a stew made with lobster, hominy and chiles
Price TK

Frisee con Vinagreta de Chipotle, Elotes y Chorizo
Warm frisee salad with crispy chorizo, roasted corn, Cabrales blue cheese and a warm sherry vinegar and chipotle dressing
Price TK

Entrees

Raya con Pipian Verde
Pan-roasted skate wing with pumpkin seed pipian, huitlacoche flan and caramelized chayote
Price TK

Pato con Naranja y Mole Negro
Crispy-roasted half duck with orange glaze served with fall fruits, pumpkin, swiss chard, mole negro and chile orange sauce
Price TK

Dessert

Galletas y Leche de Arroz
Mexican cookies and milk: sweet pumpkin cookie filled with white chocolate and orange cream and red velvet cookie filled with pomegranate cream, served with nutmeg-infused horchata milk
Price TK

Drinks

The Herradura Great Pumpkin
A seasonal treat of Herradura silver, pumpkin puree, freshly-squeezed orange juice with maple syrup, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg