Ole for mole sauce!

Here in Denver there's a burrito war being fought between two chains, Qdoba and Chipotle. (I mention these names in the hope of giving Brad a thrill, but they might be too new.) I've eaten at Chipotle about once a week, and the burritos are fine. Not quite as good as Moe's, but fine. The decor there is Early Warehouse for some reason, but I'm sure it seems modern and stylish to somebody.

So I made it to Qdoba, and it's really a lot of the same thing. Menus similar, same uncomfortable wooden chairs. But Qdoba has a special sauce called mole (that's "mo-lay," not like the rodent). I tried it because it said, amongst many ingredients, that it has dark semisweet chocolate. I love it! It's hotter than mild, and the chocolate is a minor ingredient, but it does show up every once in a while. Really neat stuff.

I'm anxious to check out the local supermarket to see if they sell it in jars. We have a spacious Mexican food aisle at the Safeway and I bet they do have it. I looked at some recipes and it seems to have lots of exotic ingredients, so I'm not up to making my own just yet.