Essentials Kitchen
Appetizers
Home Made Chips Appetizer
Plantain chips, Essential cilantro sauce.
$7.00Essentials Poutine Appetizer
French fries and slow-braised pork, Cotija cheese, pico de gallo, jalapeño, avocado, gravy.
$13.00Croquetas de Yuca Appetizer
Cheese and yuca fritters stuffed with goat cheese with Essentials cilantro sauce.
$6.00Tequeños Appetizer
Fried cheese sticks wrapped in dough.
$7.00Essentials Cilantro Sauce Appetizer
$7.00Bread
$2.50Arepita Frita
3 fried arepitas stuffed with chicken, avocado and cilantro sauce salad.
$9.00Sampler Platter
Arepitas. Texas my way and opera tostones Katy, novaterra and eccoqui, 3 tequeños, 3 croquetas de yuca.
$18.00Crab Cake
Crab croquetas, arugula, grapes, almonds, honey vinaigrette, topped with chipotle aioli.
$16.00Carpaccio
Thinly sliced beef tenderloin, arugula, pine nuts, Manchego cheese, Italian salsa verde aioli.
$12.00Sausage Duo
$12.00Camarones Lucila
$12.00
Soup and Salads
Chupe de Pollo
Chicken chowder, corn, potato, cilantro, fried cheese arepita.
$7.00Essentials Salad
Grilled salmon, chopped kale, mango, avocado, almonds, honey vinaigrette.
$12.00Bice Salad
Grilled chicken and quinoa salad. Arugula, bacon, hardboiled egg, avocado, Cotija cheese, grape tomatoes, honey mustard vinagrette.
$14.00Sopa de Tomate
Tomato and smoked gouda bisque, tequeño.
$7.00
Main Dish
Katy
Slow-braised pork leg, guava BBQ sauce, coleslaw.
$13.00Texas My Way
Braised brisket stew, Cotija cheese, arugula, Essentials cilantro sauce.
$14.00Novaterra
Coconut chipotle chicken, coleslaw, Jack cheese.
$11.00Lomito
Tenderloin, chimichurri, pico de gallo.
$14.00Opera
Fried sweet plantain, queso fresco, avocado crema, Essentials cilantro sauce.
$11.00L'express
Shrimp, avocado, mango, arugula, chipotle aioli.
$14.00Eccoqui
Slow-braised pork, oregano mojo, white cheese, avocado salsa criolla.
$13.00Toky Paty
$14.00
Specials
Paella Essentials
Shrimp, bay scallops, calamari, chicken and chorizo.
$20.00Risotto Special
$20.00Cauliflower Paella
$22.00Pasta Special
Shrimp, bacon, asparagus, aglio olio sauce.
$20.00Steak Night
$26.00Roasted Pork
Roasted pork, wild rice, black beans, sweet plantain.
$16.00Grilled Fish
Sea bass, buttered baby potatoes, asparagus, puttanesca sauce.
$25.00Pabellon
Shredded beef stew, corn and bacon risotto, black beans, sweet plantains.
$16.00Espetada
Picanha, blood sausage, Argentinean sausage, grilled baby potatoes with chimichurri, kale Caesar salad.
$67.00Fideua Negro Special
Black fideua or paella. Shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, mussels, chorizo, chistorra, sea bass.
$22.00Fideua Essentials Special
$20.00Arroz con Pollo
Yellow rice, chicken, chorizo, andouille sausage, garbanzo, peas, carrots, sunny side up eggs, sweet plantain.
$16.00Grilled Rib Eye
$32.00Half Espetada
$35.00Parrilla de Mariscos
$28.00
Ceviche
Ceviche de Camarones
Shrimp and passion fruit.
$11.00Ceviche Mixto
Shrimp, mussels, catch of the day, lime.
$13.00Ceviche de Pescado
Catch of the day, lime.
$11.00
Pastas
Gamberetti Pasta
Shell pasta, shrimp, bacon, red grapes, alfredo sauce.
$17.00Salsiccia Pasta
Argentinean sausage, roasted red peppers, Kalamata olives, basil pesto sauce.
$15.00Conchiglie Balsamico Pasta
Shell pasta, sautéed chicken, asparagus, balsamic cream sauce.
$15.00Rigatoni Bolognese
Ground beef, carrots, celery, onions, and tomato stew.
$16.00Rigatoni Al Telefono
Tomato and cream sauce, asparagus, mozzarella and basil.
$14.00Spaghetti Allo Scoglio
Shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, mussels, lightly spicy tomato sauce.
$18.00Pasta Tomato Sauce Adult
$12.00Pasta Alfredo Adult
$14.00
Empanadas
Beef Empanadas
Beef, golden raisins, olives, hard-boiled eggs.
$2.25Manchego Empanadas
Spinach, dates, Manchego.
$2.25Chicken Empanada
Chicken stew, Jack cheese.
$2.25
Cachapa
Cachapa con Queso
$9.00
Kids Menu
Kid's Pasta Tomato Sauce
$4.00Kid's Pasta Alfredo
$6.00Kid's Chicken Quesadilla
$4.00Kid's Essentials Fries
$6.00Kid's Grilled Salmon
$8.00Kid's Grilled Chicken
$6.00Kid's Arepa con Queso
$6.00Kid's Chicken Nuggets
$6.00Kid's Bolognese
$8.00
Extras
Side of Extra Chicken
$4.00Side of Bread
$2.00Side of Extra Lomito
$5.00Side of Extra Avocado
$1.25Side of Extra Cheese
$1.00Side of Extra Camarones
$5.00Side Kale Salad
$4.00Side of Essentials Sauce Cilantro
$6.00Side of Platanos Con Queso
$3.50Side of Essential Sauce Chipotle
$6.00Side of Bread with Butter
$2.50Lobster Tail
$18.00Pan Con Ajo
$5.00
Drinks
Green Tea Strawberry & Basil
$4.75Green Tea Mango & Fruit
$4.75Tizana
$5.25Water
$1.50Soda
Please contact your Runner or merchant directly for available options.
$1.50Pellegrino Water
$2.50Coffee
$2.50Cafe Latte
$3.50Cafe Americano
$2.50Apple Juice
$2.50Orange Juice
$2.50Passion Fruit Juice
$3.50Hot Tea
$2.50Ice Tea
$2.50Papelon Con Limon
$3.50Lemonade
$2.50Pellegrino Grande
$5.00Kombucha Raw Lover
$5.00Fruit Punch
$4.75
Desserts
Passion Fruit Dessert
$7.00Chocolate Cake
$8.00Tres Leches
$8.00