El Tejate Restaurant
205 W Mission Ave, Escondido
(760) 747-1808
Customers' Favorites
Plato de Tasajo Y Mole Negro oaxaqueÑo
Negro Mole Con Puerco
Botana de Chapulines
Empanada de Quesillo
Tacos de Chapulines
Memelas Con Tasajo
Tortilla Harina
Torta Oaxaqueña
Chiles de Agua
Grilled Chicken
Tlayudas
Tlayuda Tasajo
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
Tlayuda Cecina
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
Tlayuda Chorizo
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
Tlayuda Mixta
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
Tlayuda mole
Cortes de Carne
Cecina Especial
Slice of pork in adobo sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
Tasajo Especial
Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
Chorizo Especial
House made chorizo served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
Tasajo a la mexicana
Tasajo sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
Tasajo con hongos
Tasajo sautéed with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
Moronga especial
Tortas
Torta Oaxaqueña
Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizó, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree
Torta Quesillo
Parilladas
Parillada regular
Family style dish served with molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
Parillada Familiar
Family style dish served with moronga, chicharron, quesadillas, molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
1/2 order botanas
1/2 order of appetizers
1/2 order carnes
1/2 order of meats
Especialidades exóticas
Botana de Chapulines
Grasshopper snack
Botana de Gusanos
Agave worm snack
Especialidades de la casa
Chile relleno
Choice of chicken or quesllio served with rice, beans, salad, and handmade tortillas
Mole rojo
Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
Mole negro
Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
Salsa de chorizo
Chorizo sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
Salsa de Chicharron
Chicharron sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans and handmade tortillas
Mole de olla
Tamales
Mole rojo tamale en hoja de platano
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
Mole negro tamale en hoja de platano
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
Enchiladas
Enchiladas
Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black/red mole, or green sauce
Botanas
Botana de Quesadillas
deep fried quesadillas filled with quesillo and topped with lettuce, cheese, and avocado
Botana de Molotes
Fried corn dough filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean puree, lettuce, cheese, and avocado
Botana de Memelitas
Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and
Empanadas
Empanada de quesillo
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo
Empanada de mole
Large handmade corn tortilla filled chicken and your choice of black, red, or yellow mole
Empanada de flor de calabaza
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and squash blossom
Empanada de Huitlacoche
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and black corn mushroom
Empanada de Champińones
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo, sautéed mushroom, onions, and jalapeños
Tacos
Tacos de Chapulines
Grasshopper taco
Tacos
Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado
Burritos
Burritos
Burrito with choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo filled with beans, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo
Burrito de pollo
Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce
Burrito Mixteco
Tasajo burrito filled with beans, quesillo and pico de gallo
Burrito de Mole
Choice of black or red mole filled with chicken and rice
Burrito de Camarones
Mariscos
7 Mares
Seafood soup
Coctel de camarones
Shrimp cocktail
Coctel Campechana
Shrimp and octopus cocktail
Camarones a la mantequilla
Shrimp sautéed in butter sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
Camarones al mojo de ajo
Shrimp sautéed in butter/garlic sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
Camarones a la Valencia
Shrimp sautéed in our special house hotsauce served with rice, beans,
Tostada de camarones
Shrimp ceviche tostada
Mojarra Frita
Whole fried tilapia served with rice, beans, and side salad
Camarones Cucaracha
Fried head-on shrimp
Aguachile verde
Raw shrimp cooked in lime juice with hot green salsa
Fajitas
Fajitas tasajo
Tasajo fajitas served with rice and beans
fajitas pollo
Chicken fajitas served with rice and beans
Fajitas camarones
Shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
Fajitas mixtas
Tasajo, chicken, and shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
Caldos
Caldo Tlalpeño
Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice , chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas
Menudo
Desayunos
Huevos Rancheros
Fried eggs on crispy tortillas covered with spicy sauce and served with rice and beans
Huevos revueltos con chorizo
Scrambled eggs with chorizo served with rice and beans
Enfrijoladas
3 fried tortillas dipped in black bean puree served with rice and choice of quesillo, chorizo, tasajo, cecina or pollo
Entomatadas
3 fried tortillas dipped in our spicy tomato sauce served with beans and rice with your choice of quesillo, cecina, tasajo, chorizo or pollo
Chilaquiles
Red or green chilaquiles served with beans and 2 fried eggs
Salsa de huevo
Eggs topped with our tomato spicy red sauce served with rice and beans
Huevos a la mexicana
Kids Menu
Kids chicken nuggets
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
Kids quesadilla
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
Kids memelita
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
Kids pollo asado
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
Kids bbq chicken wings
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
Sides
Aguacate
Arroz(rice)
Carnes extra
Cebollitas
Chiles de agua
Chiles toreados
Chips
Crema
French fries
Frijoles(beans)
Guacamole
Mole negro
Mole rojo
Nopales
Quesillo extra
Salsa
Side Chicharron
Side Moronga
Tortilla Harina
Tortillas de maiź
Bebidas calientes
Atole blanco
Hot drink made from corn
Atole de panela
Hot drink made from corn sweetened with brown sugar
Champurrado
Hot drink made from corn with Oaxacan chocolate
Chocolate
Hot Oaxacan chocolate served with sweet bread
Café de Olla
Oaxacan coffee brewed with cinnamon sticks
Aguas frescas
Agua fresca
Ask waiter for available options
Horchata con nieve de tuna
Horchata topped with pecans, cantaloupe, and prickly pear ice cream
Agua de chilacayota
Fresh water made from chilacayota squash
Tejate
Our house special drink made from the cacao plant
Water bottle
Juice
Sodas mexicanas
Sodas Mexicanas
1/2 liter sodas
Mexican coke or fanta
Coka lata
Meats
Cecina
Tasajo
Chorizo
Quesillo
Quesillo libra
Moles
Mole rojo libra
Mole negro libra
Chocolate
Chocolate libra
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Recent Reviews
Always come here to get authentic Oaxaca food. Very flavourful. Food takes a bit to come out, but makes sense, since they are full dishes with beans, rice, tortillas, nice juicy meat.
June 2025
Love the food authentic and very delicious took my family to try the place out, they enjoyed the great meals offered to us downside was we got a high table charge I’ve never heard of such a thing, keep in mind the restaurant was completely empty while being there i understand reservations during busy hrs but common table charge is just insane
June 2025
The food is top notch! If you wanna taste some real authentic food from Oaxaca Mexico this is the spot to go to! It was a group of seven of us and to be honest the waitress was slightly rude and didn't take the order correctly. At one point she brought out two more dishes we never ordered and blamed it on how we ordered. We were there for my mother's birthday so we didn't let it kill our vibe and just took it home. I'm sure if it's a smaller group they'll...
February 2024
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