Adios al Mercado de Pátzcuaro *
Fanciful Fruit Snacks at the Calle Codallos entrance to the Mercado We have long loved the Mercado Municipal de Pátzcuaro. For color, variety and lower prices, it can't be beat. I still have a soft...
View ArticleAnniversary in Guadalajara—The Hotel Morales
Señora Cuevas and I observed our 48th wedding anniversary yesterday. We celebrated by spending an extended weekend in Guadalajara. Guadalajara was new to us. We'd been in México CDMX countless times,...
View ArticleWhat we ate in Guadalajara: La Chata Centro
Guadalajara and Jalisco are known for some traditional foods. There is pozole, birria and the torta ahogada representing the main food specialties. There is also jericalla, a baked cup custard, but a...
View ArticleWhat we ate in Guadalajara: around the hotel
There seemed to be quite a number of small, popular eating places, all within a few blocks of the hotel Morales. There are also some cheapie places offering such comida rápida as hot dogs and...
View ArticleWhat we ate in Guadalajara: Allium
Allium restaurant is part of the New Wave of locavore, farm-to-table restaurants that are opening in Mexico. Our meal there was among the best we had during our brief stay in Guadalajara. (Señora...
View ArticleWhat we ate in Guadalajara: Anita-Li
Some go to restaurants for the food, some go for the decor and ambience, or the view from the revolving dining room; others go for for fun and entertainment. Anita-Li clearly falls into the last...
View ArticleRestaurante Caracuaro, on the Altozano highway, Morelia
Yesterday, we had lunch in Morelia at Restaurante Caracuaro's newest branch, on Blvd Juan Pablo, the highway to Altozano. (There are 3 Restaurantes Caracuaros in Morelia that I know of. We have been to...
View ArticleTwo For The Road
There are some interesting restaurants along the Federal Highway 14, between Pátzcuaro and Morelia. On the Pátzcuaro end, the Restaurante El Mandil has moved yet again. It has departed its shared space...
View ArticleI beg to differ
WARNING: This post contains negative emotions and contrarian opinions. If you want smiley, positive, cheerful blogging, click here. (Be sure to brush your teeth very well afterwards.) A few days ago,...
View ArticleThree Days in Colonia Roma: Galanga Thai Kitchen
We spent three nights last week at the Hotel Stanza in Colonia Roma, CDMX. Our dining choices were made after keen debate, mostly between our traveling companion, Ms. Jennifer Rose and me. Our first...
View ArticleThere's Been a Slight Hitch in the Posts, or, Untying the Knots
My Mexican Kitchen has been photo dependent for as long as I can remember. Although I could simply write text, I much prefer to illuminate my posts with images. To my dismay, my normal image embedding...
View ArticleA New Year's Eve Cod PIece
I subscribe to an Italian cooking blog called Memorie di Angelina. I enjoy it for its mostly simple dishes. Borrowed from Memorie di angelina Today's feature was Filetti di baccalà (Fried Salt Cod...
View ArticleZoned Out
We, like numerous other expats, believe in supporting small, local businesses. For example, we love the Tienda Don Chucho, of which I've written and photographed before. But sometimes it's to our...
View ArticleUp Ramp in Uruapan at the Restaurante Las Camelinas
We’d long had glowing, enthusiastic reports from friends about the Restaurante Las Camelinas, in Uruapan’s Hotel Plaza. Last Saturday, we went in a group, headed up by Georgia, plus Mark and Nancy and...
View ArticleAnother Roadside Attraction
La Estancia Camelinas Sometimes I get fixated on trying a certain restaurant, but it seems as though an opportunity rarely arises. So it was with the apparently popular roadside restaurant at La...
View ArticleNewbies Do Uber in México
UBER LOGO We just returned from a week's vacation to celebrate our 49th wedding Anniversary. All enjoyable, other than when our first bus, an AutoVias from Morelia, broke down soon after departure,...
View ArticleLa Casa Navacoyan in the Mountains of Malinalco
Image from WikiCommons Part of fresco in ex-convent Malinalco: a small and picturesque Pueblo Mágico in the southern pocket of Estado de México; embraced by cliffs; a town with blessed with spiritual...
View ArticleDining in Malinalco I: Los Placeres
During our stay at Casa Navacoyan, both Margarita and her daughter, Lucrecia recommended two restaurants to us: Los Placeres and Las Palomas. These were generally good recommendations, and soon after...
View ArticleDining in Malinalco: Las Palomas
Las Palomas was the second restaurant recommended by our hostesses at Casa Navacoyan. The service was acceptable and the food decent, but with a tendency to heaviness. The menu is extensive, with...
View ArticleThe Forum of the Three Squeezers
The title of this post has nothing to do with the former New York restaurant, The Forum of the Twelve Caesars. It's just a play on words that amuses me. Instead, this is a loose, product comparative...
View ArticleFat Chance
This is NOT how to get chicken fat! (web photo) A good friend and cook has exhorted me on several occasions to make chicken stock from scratch, instead of using shelf-stable Kirkland Organic Chicken...
View ArticleHotel Brasilia, CDMX
For our return from the United States, we had planned to stay four nights in the Hotel Stanza in Colonia Roma Norte. But due to the earthquakes in the two previous weeks, we changed plans. We decided...
View ArticleEl Nopalito CDMX
Los Nopalitos (Las Cuevas, Michoacán) We'd a long day of travel, flying from New Jersey to Mexico City. We'd had a couple of home made sandwiches on the plane and several beverages. (United Airlines...
View ArticleLa Nueva Pizza Mandala
Photo from Pizza Mandala website Pizza Mandala left its historic location, on Calle Lerin in Pátzcuaro, sometime last summer. The cozy pizzeria with Bohemian atmosphere, on the ground floor of the...
View ArticlePollo Coa— Morelia's Uptown Chicken
Roast chicken seems to be among the most popular street foods here in Michoacán. For example, every time we drive up through Tzurumutaro we see pollo asado stands along the roadway. The full consomé...
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