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A Tale of Five Cities:  Merida -- the food (Part 1)

1/5/2013

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One of our favorite things about visiting a new city is trying out new-to-us restaurants.  Merida has a reputation for having great food, and we weren't disappointed.  

Our first night in the city, we were too tired from our travel day and lots of walking for most of the day to do much for dinner.  We decided to walk around the corner from La Casa Lorenzo to a pizza place Larry recommended and bring home a pie to eat in his bar area, which we'd have all to ourselves, since we were the only guests at the bed and breakfast.  This vegetarian pizza did not disappoint.  Of course Barry got my olives, and I got his mushrooms.  Yum!
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The next morning, Larry said that he would either serve us breakfast (included in our room rate) or take us to a very authentic Mexican place to eat, Wayane.  Always up for something novel, of course we chose the latter, and it didn't disappoint.
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Filled with locals, it's gotta be good!
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$10 MX (10 pesos) is approximately 80 cents US. Cheap!
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Larry and me
Our juices -- Barry had chaya/pineapple (the green one), and Larry and I ended up with tamarindo, though we thought we ordered mandarin orange -- must have been our Spanish!  No matter, it was delicious.
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As with our juice orders, there were some misunderstandings with my food order. I though I'd ordered three different egg tacos (with various add-ins), but ended up with only one egg and two meat (chicken and pork).  They were delicious but way more food than I really needed.  Larry successfully got three egg tacos.
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My plate of breakfast tacos, at bottom, was huge!
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Barry's breakfast -- I think he ended up with more meat than he planned as well.
Despite the small ordering snafus, this place was a really fun experience, and the food was great.  If we hadn't been staying at Larry's, we would never have known about it, and it was a bit of a drive in his car, so we wouldn't have gotten to enjoy this authentic breakfast.  Thanks Larry!

For lunch we tried a place we'd read about on Tripadvisor, Chaya Maya, recommended for authentic Yucateca food.  It is downtown and super popular with locals and visitors as well.  The waiters spoke almost no English, and the menus were in Spanish as well, making it an interesting experience, but we did just fine. 
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Placemat menu as well as traditional menu
We started with a cold cervasa and complimentary chips and sauces.  Yummy.
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We both tried the Turkey Panuchos, a traditional Yucatecan dish.  They were really colorful and tasted great.
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Panuchos
An interesting thing; there was a woman making tortillas on one side of the restaurant.  Very cool!
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After eating two very authentic Mexican meals, we decided to do something completely different for dinner.  On Larry's recommendation, we strolled down the Paseo de Montejo and ate at an Irish pub/restaurant, Hennessey's.  And even stranger, we ordered pasta!  And it was actually very good!  It was a light chicken and veggie pasta, leaving us room for a yummy dessert.
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We shared two different (and very lovely) desserts, cheesecake and chocolate terrine.  They tasted as good as they looked!
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White chocolate cheesecake with fruit and ice cream
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Chocolate terrine with ice cream
Please stay tuned for much more from Merida!
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Sabrina
1/5/2013 09:13:07 am

I love the local Bfast joint. Very kewl!

~~_/)~~
Sabrina

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Rob
1/9/2013 01:23:50 pm

Breakfast Taco's....the BEST!

Nice trip Emily.

Rob

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