I'll begin with the present: I am in Mexico City staying with an amazing couple I met two years ago in Mexico (Coco in Mexico, Canek in D.C.) through Mexico Solidarity Network, a program they were working for and I was taking a summer seminar in. Individually and together they are laid back, down to earth and hilarious (not to mention very smart). They have one of the most solid and healthiest relationships I have seen, too; overall they are such a pleasure to be with. It has been so good to hang out with them, know how they are doing, what they're up to, and they really make me think about things in ways I haven't thought of. They are politically conscious, leftist, Latina Americanistas that have a positive and critical way of interpreting and understanding the world. Although I feel like I am practically home, they make up a special part of my trip that is making me reflect on the steps ahead through conversations, lectures and events I've attended with them. But no politica talk for this entry- it's all about the FOOD!
Here I am with Coco (aka Coco Chanel or Coco Eh-mo)
Funny picture with Canek looking like he's giving me a lecture or something
They took me out for my birthday today (I'm now 26!!!) for a DELICIOUS comida (here comida = lunch, which is about 2-3 pm) to Hosteria Sto. Domingo, the oldest restaurant in DF that serves traditional dishes in the historic center of the city.
I had the Chile en Nogada: OH MY GOODNESS...
It is stuffed chiles with ground seasoned beef and about 20 something other ingredients inside with an almond sauce (with a hint of platano macho) all over (think- Like Water for Chocolate special occasion dishes). I took the first taste and it was like nothing I had ever tasted, it was an explosion of flavors and I felt I could taste every single ingredient. I ate it so slowly, with my eyes closed at times, savoring each bite. I even took breaks to reintroduce the flavor in my mouth, I'm serious! I don't think I'll ever forget that moment, that feeling and that sabor.
And yes, that is pomegranate sprinkled on top!
On another day we had brunch with Canek's parents and sister at a well-known pozole house (really, a house in a residential area that has insisted on keeping it a family business for over nearly years and there are tons of people waiting outside as if it was an IHOP on a Sunday morning on Mother's Day.) Here they serve a green pozole, al estilo Guerrero (the state) and it has all sorts of condiments and it is a little more thicker. You add pork rinds, avocado, sardines (si quieres), limon and some chile and voilà, another incredibly delicious meal.
...and here I am enjoying appetizer chalupas before that massive pozole I had above.
I had a hard time walking after that meal (I was overstuffed) but it was worth it.
Pictures below- making our way back home (late at night) on a nearly empty subway.
Pareja Eh-mo
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Coco y Canek...I miss them, supposed to go visit them sometime this year. Send them both a hug from me. un abrazo, i
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