Stayed at the Crown Plaza for the remainder of my time here. The hotel was fine and quite inexpensive. It was centrally located across the street from the Iglesía de Santa Teresita. This church was very beautiful inside and the crèche quite old.
I ate breakfast each day in the hotel’s dining room with the usual type of buffet. This one had lots of fresh fruit including fresh figs which I grew very attached to. There was an omelet station so I filled up as I did not know what each day might offer in the way of meals. New Year's Eve the hotel delivered a split of Cava to each room. So I had the Salmon from the bar on the night of my departure as I finished my packing for the flight home.
There are many fine restaurants in the city but since it was the New Years Day many were closed. Here are some of my favorites:
Coffee Max was a food truck parked on an interior corner of the city with Astroturf and tables. Very popular but I didn’t eat there and just had a mango batida [milkshake].
Trapiche was also a very popular site especially for breakfast. There I had the Chef’s scrambled eggs and corn tortillas.
The best tapa from the bar at the hotel was the Grilled Octopus in a sauce redolent with capers and served with patacones.
Our New Years Eve celebration was at the home of a relative of my traveling partners. We decided to roast a pig and this took all day. I was not much help but did enjoy watching and giving advice.
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| in the supermarket [$77] |
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| one is for a neighbor |
On New Years Day, we did find one restaurant, Byrut, open which was Lebanese. The food was amazing and the Appetizer Combination was filled with silky flavor. The Baba Ganoush was especially delicious.
In Casco Viejo, the old part of the city, we visited another friend and ate a small café, Café Lo Que Hay where I had the Concolón Sexy con Salsa de Tomate. This is also called Concho here but I know it as Pega'o in Puerto Rico. It is basically the layer of rice left on the bottom of the pot after cooking. This is very delicious and the tastiest 'rice cake' available anywhere.
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| Concolón Sexy |
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