Welcome back, friends. Have not posted for a while but today finally went somewhere new and worthy of reporting. 

In east end of PARKSVILLE is a New Mexican Restaurant, JALAPEÑOS! Yes, it’s the same Jalapeños as the successful one in Nanaimo. My Toronto based son was in town and we tried it for lunch. Not bad.

Jalapeños is in a bright yellow building on Island Highway East near the big orange bridge. Inside it’s bright pink and chartreuse. Very Mexican. The joint is spotless with tables inside and out on a patio too. The menus are on the table but you order at the counter. Then the food is delivered to your table. Service was very quick and the two Mexican ladies running it were very pleasant. 

Here is the menu which includes the typical dishes one would expect.

 We chose Enchiladas with chips & Salsa to start. Excellent home made tortilla chips and really good salsa. The Enchiladas were served up with re-fried beans, rice and salad. And they were very tasty. Not fabulous but just simple tasty Mexican fare. 

Jalapeños is open for breakfast lunch and early dinner. No liquor licence so no Margaritas but a no alcohol Corona Beer filled the bill. 

If you like Mexican, it’s worth a try. I’ll go back for sure. 

Jalapeño Mexican Restaurant is at 731 Island Highway East, PARKSVILLE.

Just saying…