Black Sheep Cafe in Provo, Utah

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Have I mentioned that my very favorite cuisine is Southwestern cuisine? Oh it is.

My heart lit up when my sister told me about this new Southwestern restaurant in Provo. Basically I almost dropped the phone because no where in Utah County have I been able to find a restaurant that serves some good Southwestern food.

Quickly, in a nutshell, Southwestern Cuisine (Mexican-American cuisine, a combination of my two other favorite cuisines) originated in the Southwestern United States. 

"It comprises a fusion of recipes for things that might have been eaten by Spanish colonial settlers, cowboys, Native Americans,^[1] and Mexicans throughout the post-Columbian era; there is, however, a great diversity in this kind of cuisine throughout the Southwestern states."

So this particular restaurant is of the Native-American Southwestern cuisine. Yum!

Black Sheep Salad - Organic green mix with candied walnuts, dried cranberries, red onion, spice-dusted aged cotija cheese, and a prickly-cactus pear vinaigrette.

Lightly dressed, this salad was fresh & light. Very delicious vinaigrette.

Green Chili Stew - A variety of fire-roasted chiles, slow-cooked pork, and braised vegetables.

This big bowl of stew was very hearty & comforting. You can tell they fire-roast their own chiles on a daily basis. The smokiness really comes through--on all their dishes really.

Fry Bread to dip in the Green Chili Stew

The frybread was incredible. Perfectly cooked--must be the perfect recipe. 

I don't think I can have any other frybread ever again. 

*Eating good frybread ruins you for enjoying bad frybread.*

Bleu Burger - Grilled burger stuffed with bleu cheese, topped with fresh greens, grilled onions, hog jowl, and a red wine reduction wrapped in  homemade nanniskadii bread. Side of Southwestern Street Corn.

Their burgers are cooked medium which pretty much makes them super good. Also, that folded-over nanniskadii bread is soft and keeps the burger in place nicely. Drooling just thinking about it.....

Navajo Taco Trio - Tapas style. Small versions of the traditional Black Sheep Pinto, Red Chili Beef (Tender slow-cooked beef covered in red chili sauce and topped with black olives, green onions, and cotija cheese), and Green Chili Pork (Tender slow-cooked pork in green chili sauce and topped with queso menonita, diced tomatoes and cilantro).

Again, best Navajo tacos I've EVEReverever had. Of course, we've all had Navajo tacos, but I promise you, not quite like this. Never eat them with ground beef and ranch again.

Pork Chop Sandwich - Spiced and grilled center cut pork chop topped with a fire-roasted pasilla chile and adobo mayo, wrapped in homemade nanniskadii bread. Served with Cumin-Garlic Sweet Potato Fries

This sandwich was deeeeelicious!

The sweet potato fries were very good. A reviewer on Yelp said they were soggy; not so, they were soft, but not "soggy". You can order them extra-crispy, but I quite liked them soft, especially with their AMAZING chipotle-lime dipping sauce.

Orange Habenero Crème Brulee - A rich and creamy orange infused custard with a subtle hint of habenero and a crisp flame-caramelized sugar top. Carrot Cake - Topped with a cream cheese icing.

Delicious desserts. In the crème brulee, the heat from the habenero was very subtle indeed. Perfect.

P.S. - "Fine Custom Native American Jewelry Making & Repair" and "Pottery Workshops" located in a corner of The Black Sheep cafe.