Back from Mexico

Mazatlan, Mexico Great food, awesome people, fun beaches, interesting history, and wonderful architecture!

We just got back from 2 weeks in Mazatlan, and we are ready to go back!  It's cold in Colorado!  But we miss our kids and dogs, so here we are. 

What a wonderful place though.  I learned some new techniques with cooking, new ingredients to explore, and took in some great culture.  Found some great "tequila" that can't be called that due to the fact that it's not made in Jalisco, Mexico.  I'll post more on that later. 

The food in Mexico is so different in each area you visit.  They all have regional differences that are unique and awesome.  Visitors should never look for the best "Americanized" Mexican food, or what you had in a different part of the country because that would be setting yourself up for disappointment.  Instead, what we do is research on-line before going to a destination, then get local in-put to have an idea of what we want to eat.  All the food we had there was fantastic!  We wanted to eat where locals went for good seafood and we found it!  When you've lived in a coastal state and you move to a land locked one, it's great to find the fresh stuff again!  This week I'll be blogging on some of the stellar dishes we tried.  Pictured above is my plate (we both had the same thing) with two Spiny Rock Lobsters.  It's good, but it's not as sweet as the kind we get from the east, which I love.  The restaurant is either called, or is located at Playa Bruja.  If you can't find what you want in the way of fresh seafood here, you probably will have a hard time finding what you want.  If you can, go for the better tequila in your Margarita.  It's worth it!  We didn't have one bad one the entire vacation!

Good to be home.