That Was Some Really Spicy Salsa!

What goes through your mind when you see and upside down pig on a menu at a Mexican restaurant? I mean the pig as always been an iconic symbol thoughout life. There is an "oink oink here and oink oink there" every time you sing Old McDonald Had a Farm. There is of course our favorite pig Wilbur who is saved from being slaughtered by an intelligent spider named Charlotte in EB White's book Charlotte's Web....

There was also that pig Babe, Pooh's friend Piglet, Olivia, Miss Piggy....
and of course there is Porky The Pig.

But why the upside down pig? Did they want us the think of the demise of the pig? Or was the pig a metaphor for how we would feel after the meal? When I think of Mexican food pork isn't the first thing that comes to mind. Sure it makes sense that Fette Sau in Williamsburg has a pig on their business card. There is this store "Under the Pig Antiques and Collectibles" in Park Slope, Brooklyn who has a pig predominately displayed on their street sign. Surprisingly there are quite a few antique shops that have Pig in their name: Pink Pig Antiques, Spotted Pig Antiques, The Painted Pig Antiques. You get the idea.

So where does one get to see the upside down pig on the menu? Bonita (in Fort Greene) where they serve Comida Tipica Mexicana. Jess and I were in search of good Mexican with a touch of spicy. The look and feel of the menu does not correspond to the candlelight atmosphere and clean, crisp white walls and mirrors. The music gives this place a real hip modern feel rather than the hole in the wall Mexican joint the menu might suggest. 4 stars. But the upside down pig wasn't the only picture that had us puzzled. Can anyway tell us why the cow has a "T" branded in it?