Yes, white! Upon tasting they were, well, tasteless! Not a hint of pinto bean flavor! Fail! Moving on to the taco one bite exposed yet another failure: the beef was shredded, NOT the ground beef I had ordered! The taco was small and not appropriate for a combo plate. Agave failed the bean test! The beans were covered in a thick crust of melted (jack?) cheese and were white in color. You fail the beans, you fail the meal! Period. But the issue here was not the delivery but the appearance of these beans! Now, everyone knows that the backbone, the very essence, of a Mexican lunch or dinner are the frijoles. What pretentiousness is this?! I thought. Never, in the seven decades of eating refried beans, have I had them served in a small separate casserole dish. My discriminating palate cried “foul!” What is this!? Surely not a “red” or enchilada sauce!? It was horrible! It may even have been an attempt at a molé, perhaps? Since both the enchilada and the relleno were covered in this goo my dinner was ruined! Next, I tried the refried beans. My curiosity compelled me to taste the sauce singularly. The food arrived and I noticed a dark red almost molé-style sauce covered both the single enchilada and the relleno. The meat was to be ground beef, NOT shredded beef. I ordered a combination plate of an enchilada, chili relleno, taco, rice, and refried beans. The menu’s offerings were somewhat limited as I expected more from such a locale and the effort to remodel. The chips were warm and fresh but the salsa was weak and bland. A slick, double sided, single page menu was presented along with the obligatory corn chips and salsa. My wife, son, and I were promptly and courteously seated. The ambiance was well appointed and tastefully done is a Southwestern style motif. The casino completely remodeled the old buffet dining area into a nice looking new restaurant.
Since I live about two miles from the Gold Country Casino in Oroville, California, we decided to try their new Agave Mexican restaurant.
As the scion of a New Mexico homestead family from the early 1900’s I have been eating Southwestern Style Mexican food my entire life (72 years).
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