Today, Oscar took our family on a personalized tour of Tequila. We started the day's trip with a stop at one of Guadalajara's famous street-side taco stands for breakfast.
Wow! What a treat!! There's nothing like a
GDL taco!!! I've never tasted Mexican food like this, it's simply the best. BTW, technically a taco is anything you put in a soft corn tortilla.
Next, we drove about an hour (65 km) northwest of
GDL. Along the way we
enjoyed the
mountainous views and saw lots of native blue agave crops (also known as "
maguey" by the locals).
On the way, we
stopped at a roadside market to have a taste of what makes this place tick -- Tequila. The drink we had was made with the juice of 2 limes, 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 orange, Squirt soda pop, ~ 1 teaspoon of Sea Salt, and a couple shots of
Tequila. Again, simply
wonderful.
Casa Herradura ('herradura' means 'horeseshoe') is the first major plantation/factory on the way into town. The distillery was founded in 1870, and it still contains all the historic equipment, which makes for a very interesting tour.
, we stopped at a roadside stand for something called "cimota," which is similar in taste and texture to a potato. As everything else you eat around here, it's best with lime, chile, and salt.
Today, Oscar took our family on a personalized tour of Tequila. We started the day's trip with a stop at one of Guadalajara's famous street-side taco stands for breakfast. 
Finally, we stopped at a roadside stand for something called "cimota," which is similar in taste and texture to a potato. As everything else you eat around here, it's best with lime, chile, and salt.
1 comment:
This is called a Yuca, not really a potato but very starchy, served boiled (taste like corn starch slurry) or fried, that is actually not bad crisp with different salsas, but then again i prefer food not fried.
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