I felt like having lunch out today. No reason and not for lack of food at home! I emailed Dale to see if she wanted to join me. Yes, for a beer only since she had just had a big breakfast. We went to El Velero, where I had the tacos my first morning here.
We ordered two Pacificos and they they didn’t have any of the 355mL bottles (!) so they brought us a 900ishmL ‘Ballena’ bottle to share. Total cost for that was 30 pesos. Two of the smaller bottles would have cost us 50 pesos for less beer! Dale and I had a good laugh about that. We “dressed” our beers with salt and lime!
I decided to order the coconut shrimp! I have no idea what is getting into me these days. 🙂 The shrimp came with buttered toast (Dale laughed at my, “Oh, it’s BREAD!”), delicately seasoned rice, frozen veggies (carrot, broccoli, cauliflower), and an incredible mango dipping sauce, for 120 pesos. The shrimp were huge and the coconut crunchy. Yum!
The only downside to the meal was that we were hounded and hounded and hounded by vendors. The only vendor who scored was the one selling honey. I got a residente price of 70 pesos for a big jar, way more than I could hope to eat anytime soon, but honey doesn’t spoil. Sugar is sugar and I have no illusion about honey being any healthier than other sweet options, but I love the taste and sometimes a schmear of something sweet on a tortilla is a nice treat.
Tonight, Dale and I are going to the historical centre to hear live music! It will be my first time experiencing Maz after dark. We are walking both ways from the panga on Isla, but will walk to the venue as it will still be early and then take a pulmonÃa back to the panga.
Great price on the beer! You could afford two at that price! And the honey as well, that was a good price. You will have fun tonight!
Croft, I really don’t think too hard about the cost of beer here. 😀 The tourist price for the honey was 100 pesos. As for tonight, blog post forthcoming!