March 13, 2010. Mexico. Lunch.

Our lunch was wonderful in La Cruz. After walking all morning at the boat show, we decided to walk around the town of La Cruz, so at the end of the Marina we wandered up into the little town and turned left along the first street parallelling the shore. The street was fairly primitive with homes fronting the ocean beautiful, while across the street many homes were under construction, and had been for years. When you walk in little towns in Mexico you get to look into the homes because the doors and windows are always open, so being nosy I walk slowly. While walking we came upon a half a dozen people standing outside a house for sale, so I asked a lady the price. She chatted to us and told us they were considering making an offer, even though the house needs a lot of repair. She also gave us directions to a restaurant.

After a half dozen blocks we entered the first restaurant open. It turned out to be a good choice. A little Mexican restaurant with charming attentive waiters and fortunately good food. Ken and I shared an appetizer of cerveichi, with Mahi mahi fillet cooked in butter and garlic for me and snapper in butter and garlic for Ken along with rice and salad. It was delicious, perhaps the best dinner in Mexico. Ice cream for dessert. In the midst of our lunch, two couples came in and sat at the adjacent table. They were about our age, from Victoria, British Columbia. We are inveterate eaves droppers. After reading the menu, they finally ordered a cheeseburger, all four of them. We, being polite, said not a word and they were happy with their lunch. But I tell you, they missed the lunch of their trip buy not ordering fish. It was a wonderful meal.

I must say that I did suggest to the lady that if they were going to buy here in Mexico, they should buy overlooking the Pacific. Location is important!!