{"id":24985,"date":"2025-11-26T21:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/modern-mexican-food-delights-at-this-sherman-oaks-restaurant-daily-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:27:59","slug":"modern-mexican-food-delights-at-this-sherman-oaks-restaurant-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/modern-mexican-food-delights-at-this-sherman-oaks-restaurant-daily-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Mexican food delights at this Sherman Oaks restaurant \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction to Modern Mexican Cuisine<\/h2>\n

Modern Mexican food is a fusion of traditional and contemporary flavors, and Casita in Sherman Oaks is a perfect example of this culinary evolution. The restaurant describes itself as a "Modern Mexican" eatery, offering a menu that blends classic dishes with innovative twists.<\/p>\n

The Guacamole Experience<\/h2>\n

You order guacamole most anywhere in town and you know what to expect \u2014 a bowl of mashed avocado mixed with salt, lemon or lime, and one pepper or another. You order guacamole at Casita in Sherman Oaks \u2014 and you get a Las Vegas production. There\u2019s a large bowl of guac, mixed with onions. There are five salsas, ranging from a classic tomato and pepper salsa to one that looks and tastes like salad dressing.
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\nThe guac plus salsas come on a lazy Susan with a post coming out of the middle, topped off with an elevated platform where a big cloth bag of chips sits. It costs $21, which is not cheap. But then, there\u2019s enough salsa and chips here for a table of four. So it amortizes just fine.<\/p>\n

Raw Dishes and Tacos<\/h2>\n

The menu is heavy with dishes that are far from traditional. Beginning with the first section, headed \u201cRaw.\u201d This does not mean Mexican-style sashimi. Though it does come close.
\nThe Raw dishes include a tuna tartare flavored with tamari (a cousin of soy sauce), cucumber and avocado; and a yellowtail crudo with yuzu soy.
\nThere\u2019s shrimp with soy and lemon aioli. And there\u2019s an omakase tasting menu, custom-designed for whatever your needs may be. One of the tacos is filled with Impossible Beef and jalape\u00f1o-cashew cheese. It\u2019s called the \u201cImpostor.\u201d Well named, since it\u2019s pretending to be a meat and cheese creation. And it\u2019s very much not that.
\nThe tacos come in pairs, with meats in particular that are cooked to the point of admirable tenderness, with lots of sweetness emerging in the heat. There\u2019s a rib eye steak mixed with caramelized onions, roasted jalape\u00f1os and gamy Oaxaca cheese.<\/p>\n

Beverages and Desserts<\/h2>\n

This is also very much a place in which to bend an elbow. There\u2019s a menu of tequila and mezcal flights, consisting of a trio of one-ounce tasters drawn from eight threesomes ranging in price from $23, all the way up to $150. The $150 option is titled \u201cClase Azul Mezcal.\u201d
\nThough there are just eight margaritas on the menu, including a very healthy sounding Organic Avocado Margarita, served with a guajillo chili-salt rim \u2014 and yes, we are in an age when even the salt on the rim is curated! \u2014 there are 36 tequila shots. One of which, the Clase Azul Ultra, goes for $450.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

Casita in Sherman Oaks is a winning Modern Mexican restaurant, which means culinary touches from here and there \u2014 especially in the Raw section of the menu \u2014 says food critic Merrill Shindler. <\/p>\n