Halloween Lunch Specials at La Casita Gastown

Mexican food restaurant La Casita Gastown has prepared some very special lunch menu items for Halloween. Drop by La Casita Gastown to have an amazing lunch and don't forget to bring your friends too. Here is what you get:

Huevos rancheros with bacon, beans, avocado and salad $11
Veggie sincronizada with rice, beans and salad $8
Jack Daniel's & Ginger Ale $3.5
Jack Daniel's Honey Shots $3.5

The first round of chips with two deadly salsas is on us. Also, we will refill your glass with any of these nine soft drinks for free as many times as you want:

- regular cola;
- diet cola;
- lemon pop;
- ginger ale;
- lemonade;
- club soda;
- raspberry iced tea;
- cranberry beverage;
- clamato beverage.

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows (or All Saints). According to many scholars, it was originally influenced by western European harvest festivals and festivals of the dead with possible pagan roots, particularly the Celtic Samhain. Others maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has Christian roots.

Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (also known as "guising"), attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Prawn or Fish Ceviche in Gastown

Prawn or Fish Ceviche Small $10 – Large $15
cooked in lime juice, topped with avocado, & fresh corn tortilla chips

Ceviche is a seafood dish popular in the coastal regions of the Americas, especially Central and South America, and the Philippines. The dish is typically made from fresh raw fish marinated in citrus juices such as lemon or lime and spiced with chili peppers. Additional seasonings such as onion, salt, coriander/cilantro, and pepper may also be added.

The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to Central Mexico, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit (botanically a large berry that contains a single seed) of the tree.

Tortilla means “little torta” or “little cake” in Spanish; the Spanish word applies to several different foods eaten in various Spanish-speaking countries.

A tortilla chip is a snack food made from corn tortillas, which are cut into wedges and then fried (alternatively they may be discs pressed out of corn masa then fried or baked). Corn tortillas are made of corn, vegetable oil, salt and water.

Example of Prawn Ceviche at La Casita Gastown: