Food Adventures

For us, (mostly it's me, but Linda is a good adventurer) food is one of the highlights of travel.  While we are lucky to live in a country of immigrants (a fact that Trump and the republican's would like to deny) who have all brought their native food cultures with them.  The variety of food available in the US is amazing.  In San Diego we certainly have more than our fair share of Mexican restaurants  and good easily obtainable Mexican food.  When we are traveling I love to order the things I can't get at home.  Here's a little sampling.

On our first whole day we went to Tlaquepaque a nearby town that specializes in arts and crafts.  Our tour guide called it an interior designers dream.  I'd have to agree.  Back to the food.  We stopped for lunch in Tlaquepaque at Casa Luna

Huitlacoche Tart

Huitlacoche pronounced [wee-tlah-KOH-cheh] (also spelled cuitlacoche) is a fungus which grows naturally on ears of corn (Ustilago maydis). Learn about this Mexican delicacy also know as a corn truffle. 
this was the best thing that we had at this restaurant  but we also had;

During the Jose Cuervo Express we had a couple of hours in Tequila to explore and get something to eat.  All the places to eat near the departure area look pretty touristy so we opted for a more local approach.  We found the local market and next door to the local market was the "Mercado de Comida".  Basically a series of food stalls built around a central courtyard.  There was not a tourist in site.   We had a couple of local specialties, Torta Ahogada (drowned sandwich, famous in Guadalajara) and Carnes de Jugo (another dish specific to Guadalajara) a couple of beers and a bottle of water and the bill was about $7.  It was pretty good.

Birria de Chivo (or what's left of the Chivo)

Carnes de Jugo (similar to the French Pot au feu or the Italian  Bollito), basically boiled meat.  Tasty