Lunch in San Jose del Cabo
At last time to spend blogging - it's been 7 months of serious work and Mexico Musing neglect - not that I haven't been thniking about being in Mexsico. Spending another week at the Esperanza resort on Los Cabo's corridor - one of the premier resorts in Mexico. We are fortunate enough to have friends that never seem to tire of our company - this is our 6th visit. Most trips to Esperanza we've managed to get in a few days in real world Mexico in the Cabo area and this trip is no exception. A return trip to La Paz is on tap.
Today saw us take a lunch visit to San Jose del Cabo, the older, quainter and frankly more appealing of the dos cabos. We tried to find a Taco place called Guacamayas but were unsuccessful - instead we went to "el centro" and checked out the newly remodeled and expanded zocalo - they did a nice job - it includes a large civic monument with bronze busts of past Mexican heroes. Two streets, one on the west side of the plaza and other in front of the municipal building has created a larger and more expansive space.
We poked around looking for a place to eat, remembering a sweet cafe from a previous stay in San Jose called Tulipan but finding it closed. We then moseyed over to Calle Obregon to a restaurant that had received good reviews on Trip Advisor called Salsitas. As we had a rental car to return, we were unfashionably early even by Gringo standards and were the first customers. Decorated in clean and classic Mexcian rustic , we were warmly greeted and sat in pleasant window location open to the street. My wife Eva has a knack for picking out the unusual (and uncannily delicious) menus items and today was no exception - Fish Tacos on Jicama tortillas. I hedged my bets and made one of my three tacos a carne asada. Chips and four salsas, including a rojo served warm, arrived in moments and already we were salivating, as I slurped one of the best horchatas (rice milk flavored with cinnamon) I've ever put to mis bocas (lips).
What arrived next was truly stunning visually. We'd assumed that jicama tortillas meant flour version made with jicama - instead each "tortilla" was a paper thin slice of jicama six inches in diameter, artfully arranged - the moist and tender grilled white fish was smothered with thinly chopped white cabbage and drizzled with a slightly sweet red sauce of unknown origin. These tacos were divine - the rather ordinary carne asada "back-up" I had ordered was a pale (and stupid) substitute. It was a truly satisfying almuerzo.
Salsitas, Calle Obregon, San Jose del Cabo
Today saw us take a lunch visit to San Jose del Cabo, the older, quainter and frankly more appealing of the dos cabos. We tried to find a Taco place called Guacamayas but were unsuccessful - instead we went to "el centro" and checked out the newly remodeled and expanded zocalo - they did a nice job - it includes a large civic monument with bronze busts of past Mexican heroes. Two streets, one on the west side of the plaza and other in front of the municipal building has created a larger and more expansive space.
We poked around looking for a place to eat, remembering a sweet cafe from a previous stay in San Jose called Tulipan but finding it closed. We then moseyed over to Calle Obregon to a restaurant that had received good reviews on Trip Advisor called Salsitas. As we had a rental car to return, we were unfashionably early even by Gringo standards and were the first customers. Decorated in clean and classic Mexcian rustic , we were warmly greeted and sat in pleasant window location open to the street. My wife Eva has a knack for picking out the unusual (and uncannily delicious) menus items and today was no exception - Fish Tacos on Jicama tortillas. I hedged my bets and made one of my three tacos a carne asada. Chips and four salsas, including a rojo served warm, arrived in moments and already we were salivating, as I slurped one of the best horchatas (rice milk flavored with cinnamon) I've ever put to mis bocas (lips).
What arrived next was truly stunning visually. We'd assumed that jicama tortillas meant flour version made with jicama - instead each "tortilla" was a paper thin slice of jicama six inches in diameter, artfully arranged - the moist and tender grilled white fish was smothered with thinly chopped white cabbage and drizzled with a slightly sweet red sauce of unknown origin. These tacos were divine - the rather ordinary carne asada "back-up" I had ordered was a pale (and stupid) substitute. It was a truly satisfying almuerzo.
Salsitas, Calle Obregon, San Jose del Cabo
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