Cenaduría Selecta

Cenaduría Selecta · Mexicali · Est. 1945

Our menu in English

Mexican food in Mexicali since 1945: breakfast, machaca, mole poblano, enchiladas, pozole and a weekend buffet. All prices in Mexican pesos (MXN).

Weekend Buffet

Saturday & Sunday, 8 AM to 1 PM

  • Adult$300
  • Kids$185
  • Adult + 1 mimosa (10 AM–1 PM)$350
  • Second mimosa$120

What's on the buffet

Pork ribs in salsa negra, chicharrón, machaca, chorizo with potatoes, beef tongue in green salsa, steak with cactus in red chile, beef barbacoa, menudo, chilaquiles, huevos al albañil, eggs with ham, hot cakes, refried beans, nopal salad, cottage cheese, yogurt, pan dulce, fresh fruit, gelatin, arroz con leche, tiramisu, orange juice, agua de jamaica and coffee.

Chilaquiles

Crispy tortilla chips simmered in salsa, with beans. Grandma's recipe. Pick your salsa:

RedGreenMole
Plain$205$205$225
With egg$215$215$245
With chicken & cream$225$225$260
With chicken & egg$225$225$260
With shredded beef & cream$230$230$270
With shredded beef & egg$235$235$275

Breakfast

Eggs

All egg dishes come with refried beans and cotija cheese.

  • Huevos con jamón, tocino o chorizo$195

    Eggs with ham, crispy bacon or house-made chorizo. With fries.

  • Huevos con carne de puerco en salsa negra$215

    Eggs with pork in our salsa negra. With rice.

  • Huevos con chicharrón en salsa roja$205

    Eggs with pork rinds in red salsa. With rice.

  • Huevos con mole poblano$205

    Eggs with house-made mole poblano. With rice.

  • Huevos Selecta$215

    Fried eggs with potatoes and house-made chorizo.

  • Huevos rancheros$205

    Fried eggs on a crispy corn tortilla, topped with ranchera salsa.

  • Huevos a la mexicana$205

    Scrambled with jalapeño, tomato and onion. With potatoes.

  • Huevos al albañil$215

    Eggs simmered in pico de pájaro chile salsa with oregano.

  • Huevos divorciados$210

    One egg in red salsa, one in our salsa negra, chilaquiles in the middle.

  • Huevos al gusto$200

    Fried or scrambled, with fries.

Hot cakes

  • Hot cakes naturales$185

    3 fluffy pancakes with syrup and butter.

  • Hot cakes con tocino o jamón$195

    3 pancakes with crispy bacon or ham.

  • Hot cakes con huevo$210

    2 pancakes with eggs your way.

  • Hot cakes con huevo y tocino o jamón$225

    2 pancakes, 2 eggs and bacon or ham.

More breakfast

  • Machaca con huevo$235

    Selecta-style dried shredded beef scrambled with eggs. With beans and salad.

  • Molletes$145

    Toasted birote bread with refried beans and melted cheese, with pico de gallo.

  • Omelette con queso$205

    Cheese omelette with one filling: mushrooms, bacon, ham, cactus, poblano strips or chorizo. With potatoes and beans. Extra filling +$17.

  • Omelette de camarón$280

    Filled with shrimp sautéed with jalapeño and tomato, with house salsa.

  • Ensalada de fruta$165

    Seasonal fruit with cottage cheese, granola and honey.

  • Avena$145

    Oatmeal. With banana $155.

Nopales (cactus)

Served with refried beans and cotija cheese.

  • Nopales con huevo$200

    Fresh cactus with eggs your way.

  • Nopales a la mexicana$200

    Fresh cactus with tomato, onion and chile.

  • Nopales a la mexicana con huevo$205

    The same, with eggs your way.

  • Nopales en chile colorado$210

    Cactus in red chile sauce, Selecta recipe.

To Share

Platters

  • Charola de tacos de machaca$940

    15 machaca tacos cut in half, salsa in the center.

  • Charola de antojitos mexicanos$885

    7 fried quesadillas, 7 machaca tacos, 7 flautas, beans, guacamole and salsa.

  • Charola mexicana$920

    4 sopes, 4 chimichangas, 6 enchiladas in red salsa, beans, guacamole and salsa.

  • Charola taquera$1,050

    Skirt steak and chicken fajitas, beans, guacamole, salsa and fresh tortillas.

  • Charola de chilaquiles$425

    2 salsas of your choice, cream, onion, cilantro, cotija, 250 g beans and 250 g eggs.

  • Proteína para charola$80

    Add chicken, chorizo, machaca or beef. Extra protein $105.

Starters

  • Queso fundido$210

    Melted cheese with one topping: bacon, chorizo, ham, poblano strips or mushrooms. Extra topping +$17.

  • Quesadilla frita especial$240

    2 fried flour-tortilla quesadillas with cream and guacamole.

  • Combinación mexicana$300

    Machaca taco, tostada, crispy taco, sope, 2 beef enchiladas and rice.

  • Nachos$235

    With cheese, guacamole, cream, jalapeño and salsa.

  • Nachos con carne$340

    With 250 g of skirt steak.

  • Guacamole$135

    With fresh vegetables.

  • Frijoles refritos$130

    Refried beans with cotija cheese.

Antojitos & Plates

Antojitos

  • Chiles rellenos$235

    2 stuffed peppers in Selecta's special sauce, with rice and beans.

  • Tacos de machaca$225

    3 Selecta-style machaca tacos with beans.

  • Machaca estilo Selecta$225

    Dried shredded beef, Selecta style, with beans and salad.

  • Tacos dorados$195

    3 crispy beef or chicken tacos, with rice and beans.

  • Flautas de res$200

    5 beef flautas with rice, beans, guacamole and cream.

  • Tostadas o sopes$215

    3 pieces with beef, chicken or house-made chorizo.

  • Tostadas o sopes de queso$185

    3 pieces with cheese.

  • Tostada de pata$225

    3 tostadas with pickled pork trotter.

  • Chicharrones$225

    Pork rinds in red salsa, with rice and beans.

Grandma's Specials

Enchiladas

Served with rice, lettuce, beans and our house salsas.

  • Enchiladas de res o pollo

    Beef or chicken enchiladas.

    Red $235 · Green $235 · Mole poblano $270

  • Enchiladas de queso

    Cheese enchiladas.

    Red $215 · Green $235 · Mole $245

  • Enchiladas gratinadas

    3 beef or chicken enchiladas topped with melted cheese.

    Red $250 · Green $250 · Mole poblano $290

  • Suizas especiales de la abuela$235

    3 enchiladas in tomato sauce with chicken and cream.

Mains & soups

  • Mole poblano$310

    Chicken in grandma's mole poblano, with rice.

  • Tampiqueña

    Grilled steak with a red enchilada, cotija, beans, guacamole and grilled green onions.

    Skirt steak $330 · Ribeye $340 · Filet $355

  • Caldo de res$225

    Beef and rib soup with carrot, squash, chayote, corn and cabbage, with rice.

  • Caldo tlalpeño$225

    Shredded chicken soup with rice, chickpeas, cheese, chipotle and avocado.

Meat, Chicken & Seafood

Meat

  • Fajitas asadas

    Grilled with peppers and onion, salad, guacamole, beans and pico de gallo.

    Skirt steak $315 · Filet $345 · Chicken $280

  • Carne asada

    With refried beans, guacamole and grilled green onions.

    Skirt steak $315 · Ribeye $330 · Filet $345

  • Carne asada con chilaquiles

    With refried beans, guacamole and grilled green onions.

    Skirt steak $325 · Ribeye $335 · Filet $350

  • Milanesa

    Breaded steak with salad, beans and fries.

    Steak $285 · Filet $350

  • Bistec ranchero$295

    Steak stewed with chile, onion, tomato and cilantro, with rice and beans.

  • Carne de puerco en salsa negra$280

    Pork in our signature salsa negra, with rice and beans.

  • Lengua$450

    Beef tongue in Selecta red salsa, green salsa or mole poblano, with rice and beans.

  • Filete a la inglesa$350

    Grilled filet with crispy bacon, salad, beans and fries.

  • Filete norteño$350

    Filet chunks in red or black chile, with rice and beans.

  • Filete ranchero$350

    Filet with chile, onion, tomato and cilantro, with rice and beans.

Chicken

  • Pechuga en crema chipotle$305

    Grilled chicken breast in chipotle cream, with salad and rice with corn.

  • Pechuga en salsa verde$295

    Grilled chicken breast in green salsa with melted cheese, rice and beans.

  • Pechuga a la plancha$295

    Grilled chicken breast with salad and rice with corn.

Fish & shrimp

  • Camarones rancheros$330

    Shrimp in ranchera sauce, with salad and rice.

  • Camarones empanizados$320

    Breaded shrimp with salad, rice, pico de gallo and fries.

  • Pescado frito o empanizado$295

    Fried or breaded fish with salad, fries and pico de gallo.

  • Pescado en salsa verde$285

    Fish in green salsa with melted cheese, rice and beans.

  • Pescado a la veracruzana$285

    Fish stewed with tomato, carrot, celery and olives, with salad and rice.

Soups

Caldos, consomés & sopas

  • Pozole$215

    Pork and hominy soup.

  • Menudo blanco$215

    Tripe soup with hominy, onion and cilantro.

  • Albóndigas con arroz$225

    Meatball soup with squash, chayote, carrot, tomato and onion.

  • Carne en su jugo$205

    Steak stewed in its broth with bacon, tomato, onion and pot beans.

  • Caldo de pollo$225

    3 pieces of chicken with squash, chayote, carrot, tomato and onion, with rice.

  • Sopa especial de pollo$235

    Shredded chicken with celery, carrot, onion, tomato, olives and corn.

  • Sopa del día$125

    Ask for today's soup.

  • Consomé$125

    Broth with tomato, onion and cilantro. With rice $130, with chicken $140, with rice and chicken $145.

Salads, Tortas & Burgers

Salads

  • Ensalada de pollo$290

    Grilled chicken breast on green salad with avocado and tomato.

  • Ensalada de atún$190

    Tuna, lettuce, tomato, onion, corn and carrot.

  • Ensalada de nopales$185

    Fresh cactus, tomato, onion, jalapeño and cilantro.

  • Ensalada verde$140

    Mixed greens, carrot, tomato, onion, avocado and olives.

Tortas & burgers

  • Torta o sándwich$205

    Ham or shredded chicken with cheese, with fries.

  • Club sándwich$215

    Ham, cheese, bacon, tomato and lettuce, with fries.

  • Torta de filete$360

    180 g filet with lettuce, tomato, onion and avocado, with fries.

  • Hamburguesa de res$230

    Beef burger with fries. With cheese $240.

Desserts & Sides

Desserts

  • Flan horneado$115

    Baked flan.

  • Chocoflan$115

    Chocolate cake and flan.

  • Pastel de choco-cajeta$120

    Chocolate cake with cajeta (goat-milk caramel).

  • Pastel de zanahoria$120

    Carrot cake.

  • Pastel de chocolate$120

    Chocolate cake.

  • Pastel de queso$115

    Cheesecake.

  • Pay de dátil$115

    Date pie.

  • Rosca judía$115

    Sweet bread ring.

  • Nieve$80

    Ice cream.

Sides

  • Orden de tortillas$20

    Order of tortillas. A dozen $60.

  • Arroz a la mexicana$65

    Mexican rice.

  • Frijoles$40

    Beans.

  • Papas fritas$65

    Fries.

  • Chiles toreados$45

    Blistered chiles.

  • Mole adicional$40

    Extra mole.

  • Totopos o salsa para llevar$40

    Chips or salsa to go.

  • 1 huevo, tocino, jamón, crema, pan tostado o telerafrom $30

    Extra egg $30, bacon $40, ham $35, cream $35, toast $30, telera bread $30.

Drinks

Coffee, juices & shakes

  • Café americano$70

    Drip coffee, free refills.

  • Espresso$60
  • Cappuccino$115
  • Frappuccino o Rockaccino$120

    Blended iced coffee.

  • Chocolate caliente o Chocomilk$70

    Hot chocolate or chocolate milk.

  • Champurrado$90

    Hot corn-and-chocolate drink. Seasonal.

  • Té caliente$70

    Hot tea.

  • Leche$65

    Milk.

  • Jugo de naranja$80

    Fresh orange juice. Glass $80, liter $185.

  • Jugo verde$95

    Spinach, cactus, celery and orange.

  • Jugo de naranja y papaya$75

    Orange and papaya juice.

  • Licuado de plátano$75

    Banana smoothie with milk.

  • Malteada de plátano o fresa$80

    Banana or strawberry milkshake.

Aguas frescas & sodas

  • Aguas frescas$70

    Horchata, jamaica (hibiscus), lemonade, orangeade or iced tea. Sparkling lemonade or orangeade $80.

  • Jarra de agua frescafrom $120

    Pitcher of horchata, jamaica, lemonade or iced tea. Small 1 L $120, large 1.625 L $175. Sparkling: $135 / $200.

  • Sodas$55

    Coca-Cola (regular, light, zero), 7UP, Squirt, Fanta (orange, strawberry), Sangría, mineral or alkaline water.

Beer

  • Cerveza nacional$65

    Tecate, Tecate Light, Tecate 0.0, Indio, XX Lager, XX Ámbar.

  • Cerveza premium$70

    Corona, Michelob Ultra, Modelo Negra, Modelo Especial, Bohemia Clara, Bohemia Obscura, Heineken 0.0.