I love to eat. Always have. And yes, I am aware that an inordinate number of my blog posts are about consumption. And not the Angela's Ashes type. But you know what? I'm not going to apologize. I know, I know . . . it's a baby blog. But with food being 50% of the reason Marge is enlarging, it's also a food blog.
And the food that aided my enlargement during our Mexican holiday was just too amazing. Too fresh.
- Pre-breakfast: Warm muffins.
- Breakfast: Fresh fruit and freshly sqeezed orange or grapefruit juice. Followed by a multiple choice test of loveliness. We tried everything on the menu at least once. Crepes with fresh fruit and local honey. Homemade tortillas filled with ricotta cheese, corn and black beans served with a side of freshly made salsa. Wholewheat melon pancakes. Platos benedicto with avacado. (Everything was served with avacado.) Etc. Etc. Etc.
- Lunch (served oceanside): Started off with the aqua fresca of the day (guava, passion fruit, melon, lime berry) or a ginger mojito and a half-loaf of freshly baked bread and some sort of spread (roasted eggplant, pesto, stewed tomato). Then, we could choose from two starters, two mains and usually two desserts. We always got one of each. Everything was amazing. So fresh and light. Fish (and squid - my favorite) scooped from the ocean. A light brothy soup with baby brussels sprouts, cabbage and mahi mahi. Key lime ice cream pie served in an espresso cup.
- Dinner: A set menu. First, came a "bar bite" - a variety of chips and salsas, a taco, a bacon wrapped date . . . Then, the starter. Spinach soup, mixed salad, chili relleno . . . Then the main. An entire fish, served with head and tail attached. Lobster. Red snapper. Verde chicken . . . And a delectable dessert.
On our trip to the Marieta Islands, we had a picnic lunch that included grilled Mahi Mahi for me and a just-then-made ceviche for Will. Needless to say, I couldn't resist the ceviche. I mean, we watched the guy catch the fish!
I went. I saw. I ate. I enlarged.
