Photos: Casa, a Mexican Asian fusion restaurant in Muldoon

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Egg drop soup and chips and salsa appetizer

In one of my favorite "Simpsons" episodes, Moe is trying to impress his date at a fancy restaurant: "Bring us your finest food stuffed with your second finest," he orders. The waiter pauses a beat, then says, "Very good, sir. Lobster stuffed with tacos." Eating at Casa -- an Asian and Mexican fusion restaurant recently opened in the old Club 210 on Muldoon Road -- is a little bit like that: incongruous but amusing.

What the two cuisines share -- layered flavors and lots of components (think sushi, bibimbap and burritos) -- allows them to take guest roles in the other's dishes. At Casa, you might find a tofu burrito dressed with teriyaki. Or a crunch roll resting on a bed of refried beans.

It's sometimes weird, sometimes perplexing and sometimes delicious.

Read more: At Casa, Asian and Mexican cuisines meet, with sometimes surprising results