Is everthing goes right at El Acajutla, you´ll find yourself mindlessly nibbling at a sweet El Salvadoran quesadilla, then swiping at the remmants of a jiggly and densely gooey caramel flan, before going back to the quesadilla again-maybe sipping at the last swigs of a Honduran beer in between bites.
It´s not because you're hungry. You haven't been hungry for a while now. It's because, despite being stuffed beyond all decency, you just can't stop.
This has always been the beauty, and the curse, of El Acajutla.
And in the restaurant's newly expanded digs, this homey and excellent Central American menu has only become more beguiling.
El Acajutla moved to the opposite end of this Fowler Street strip mall in May, taking over the old Dani's Daytime Dinner space as well as the long-defunct Creole restaurant next to it. El Acajutla has roughly trippled in size, adding more seating and a proper bas lined with Argentine malbecs and cold bottles of beer from throughout Central America.
El Acajulta's menu covers similar territory, with entire sections devoted tothe foods of Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico, plus dishes that nod to Nicaragua, Guatemala and even Peru. But El Salvador is the focus. It's obvius from the posters of El Salvadoran beaches covering the walls, and from the restaurant's name itself (Acajutla is a seaport on El Salvador's Pacific coast).