Food stories

As requested here are some pics of food. Readers may be aware that on this holiday the major way to spend hours is to eat. In Mexico eating is a major part of the day. Some meals are long, most take time due to waiters taking time between courses and then the is the custom of lingering at the table. It is a cultural crime to present the bill to customers without them requesting it. And, when the la cuenta is asked for it usually takes some time for the bill to be added up. All this takes time. So where you choose to eat is important, after all sitting in a greasy Mexican spoon is not as pleasing as sitting in a beach bar just people watching in the shade.

Yesterday we went to "FredyTucans Breakfast Bar". Arriving at eleven am on St. Valentines Day meant that we had to wait for a table in this very popular downtown restaurant. The success of a restaurant in PV can be judged in one way - does it appeal to both ex-pats and locals or just one of the two groups? Fredys clientele was evenly split. Evidently a lot of people were taking their sweeties to breakfast!

The Full Mexican, is a label derived from the label one sees where Brits holiday - Full English Breakfast. I called a full plate of eggs, toast, refried beans and sideorders the full Mexican. I had one yesterday. A plate of a Machacan omelette: beef jerky sauted in chile and onions and encased in an omelette with red and green peppers, mushrooms and onions. Accompanied by salsa and tortillas and toast and the price was very reasonable. Manon had a plate full of strawberry waffles topped with cream. Bottomless cups of coffee and complimentary pastries just made this an epicurian experience to be repeated, but next visit.

The day before we cruised downtown Bucerias for a seafood lunch, we were on the two meal a day plan - big breakfast and light dinner or light breakfast and big lunch. We were attracted to the establishment's special - five beers in a bucket for 20 pesos. Ordering a complete fish - red snapper I was not surprised to see it appear complete and BBQd. Mighty tasty.




Anyway enough of this, we leave tomorrow and this may be the last post. I hope is hasn't been too self indulgent and perhaps those of you who were not fortunate to get away have enjoyed the ramblings, I have enjoyed getting up early in the morning to complete each entry. Thank you Mr Blogspot.