A Note about Dinner!

Hola!

After posting the blog, we went down to the hotel restaurant for dinner.  Strangely, the place was just about empty but maybe we were early.

We got off to a rocky start, since none of the staff spoke much English.  We are starting to get the idea that Norte Americanos don’t come here very often, which is surprising because (a) Mexico City is so close, (b) there are interesting things to see and (c) American tourists are like locusts.

Rush-Hour(s) traffic as seen from our 14th floor window!

Again!

So...Mezcal at last!

Plate of orange slices and salt ... and Mezcal

Step 1 - dip orange into salt

Step 2 - Take bite of orange/salt

Gulp of Mezcal!  Gulp ...

My tortilla soup, with accompaniments

R's grilled shrimp

My excellent enchiladas Suizza

It took quite a while before we convinced the dining room staff that a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc could be had from the bar, but we finally got a good wine from Chile. While we were waiting, we were offered an aperitif; Robert felt obliged (with some strong urging from Margaret) to try the mescal.  What Robert knows about mescal (or, for that matter, tequila) would fit in a flea’s navel, but try it he did.  Provided with a small dish of orange slices and salt, he went through the routine: dip the orange in the salt, eat the salted orange and chase it with the mescal. Verdict: Interesting.  Now, what is the difference between mescal and tequila?

For dinner: Margaret had a bowl of tortilla soup, that she rated as very good, and enchilada suizza,also very good.  Robert had the camarones a la plancha(grilled shrimp) with rice and vegetables, which he loved.

A footnote about the restaurants: So far, not a single restaurant has placed salt and pepper on the table.  Maybe because the food is perfectly salted and, in the home of chili peppers, black pepper seems to be of little interest?

More tomorrow!

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