I’m afraid that this winter is turning out to be all about the FOOD. 😀

I’m in a funny little eye of a hurricane right now, not much in the queue, but it’s most certainly going to explode, so I took a long lunch on the beach today.

I went to Lety’s for the first time and ordered one of the most expensive things on the menu, their shrimp brochette (kebab). I’m sorry I didn’t bring my camera because, OMG. 🙂

I read a bit while waiting for my meal and chatted with the blanket guy, who was shocked to see me reading a Spanish magazine. He tried to sell blankets to ladies at the table next to me, but refused to sell them blankets like mine for less than 300 pesos! I’m trying to figure that one out since I’ve been told that my 250 pesos wasn’t a great price and he turned down two sales at that price! So maybe I did get a good deal. He told me that if I want another one, he’ll honour his 250 peso price. I’m more than tempted!

Back to lunch, my only complaint food-wise since I’ve been in Mexico is that I’m pretty much eating the same flavours in various combinations. This was the first time since the mole that I felt that my taste buds were getting something truly different.

There were two brochettes made up of shrimp, onion, green peppers, squash, and onions, all grilled to perfection and brushed with a BBQ-type sauce that was sweet with a bit of kick. As sides, there was a good rice probably cooked in chicken broth with carrots in it and also a huge green salad with radishes.

In addition to this, I got a basket of tortilla chips so I could indulge in the four salsas that came with the meal.

One was your typical pico de gallo, with tomato, cilantro, jalapeño, and onion.

Next, there was a pineapple salsa with something really spicy in it. Thanks to the sweetness, I was able to eat quite a bit of it. It was my favourite of the four.

After that was another tomato-based one that was more smokey than spicy. If it had come as the only salsa, I would have gobbled it up, but it wound up being my least favourite.

Finally, there was a syrupy tamarind salsa that reminded me of thick prune juice. I would have found it a better match for plain yoghurt than chips, but will confess to stealing a final spoonful to quench the fire from the pineapple salsa when I was done. 🙂

With a beer and tip, lunch came to 175 pesos, and it was worth every centavo!