What I ate today

Actually, I think I ate this 3 days ago, but whatever. Torta con jamon y queso. I am not sure the picture conveys the size of this slice of love.

Got this at the local confiteria. $5 pesos, or about $1.60. Yeah...I could live here.

What I ate for my birthday dinner

For dinner, I chose to go to Aire Creacocina, my favorite restaurant here so far.

Bread:

Don't know why I took a picture of this. Still, yum. My dining companion snuck my glass of wine into the picture. I'm not sure why.

Appetizer:

Croquettes de Jamon. They don't look as good as they tasted.

Not pictured is the free appetizer that the owner brought me. I've made friends with her -- I think she knows I'm going to be a good customer -- and I got the free app never even telling her that it was my birthday.

Entree:

Mmm. It would be cliche to say that my beef tenderloin was so tender that it melted in my mouth like chocolate...but I'm not very original.

I skipped dessert because we had to go somewhere. Another excellent meal. It felt pretty weird taking pictures in a nice restaurant. Look at me, I'm a tourist!

What I Ate Today

My Sunday lunch and dinner:




I stopped in at a nearby panaderia (bakery) for lunch. The girl who helped me kept laughing at how much I was getting. I actually was going to get more, but she was right...it was quite a bit of food. Even after lunch and dinner, I haven't quite finished it all.

Two empanadas (I ate one on the way home, so it didn't make it into this picture), a pizzeta, raviolis*, bread, chocalate cannoli. $7 US.

The panaderias produce the most divine smells here. I just wrote and then deleted a rather ridiculous metaphor about how good the smell is. It's good.

* I'm pretty sure that's what she said. Interestingly, they added that big chunk of beef after I ordered it. Mmm, carne.