Vale was starting to manifest the effects of sleeping and napping poorly, so we decided to take an easy day away from sightseeing, and stick around the neighborhood.
We had a torta from one of the food stalls downstairs for breakfast. It was OK. Really can’t complain for the price, but it wasn’t particularly notable either. A good rule of life is to stick to tacos when in doubt. Our AirBnb was situated just at the edge of a big neighborhood of bars, restaurants, and little indie cafes, so we decided to walk to a cafe and get a pretty latte.
After breakfast, we walked to Parque de Mexico, a lovely, shaded park with many trees and framed by bougainvilla.
Vale ad a good time playing on the playground and climbing on a rope structure.
After the playground, we walked back to the AirBnb to hang out and let Vale nap to avoid unpleasant times ahead.
Later in the afternoon, we snacked on more tacos, ordering some al pastor tacos topped with pineapple. The spicy we put on it was mouth-burning level. Yum! When Vale woke up, we walked to another playground nearby, and bought a Frozen hat for about $2.50 from a street vendor on the way! Mexico City is not very touristy, so it does not seem street vendors care to make outrageous attempts to rip off vacationers. At $2.50 a hat, I was not even interested in attempting to bargain anyway. It was too good a deal.
We played with Vale on the second playground of the day for a while and enjoyed some late afternoon coffee at another small café on the way back. The café also had a really good selection of artisanal gelato, and in retrospect, I have a lot of regret not trying some.
Later in the evening, we made it to La Capital, since Frank planned ahead and made us reservations this time. I had my doubts about ordering a bunch of seafood in a city so far from the ocean, but the food was to die for. To start, we ordered ahi tuna, which came wrapped in avocado, and the most beautiful guacamole I’ve ever seen. I also tried some of Frank’s rolled tacos, which were also good. Frank ordered some kind of Martini involving a smoke machine and cool bubbles.
I ordered grilled octopus, which was tender, juicy, and scrumptious. Kyle ordered a chile en nogada, which is a meat-stuffed poblano pepper covered in walnut creme sauce, with pomegranate sprinkled on top. We eat a lot of Mexican food, being on the border of Mexico in San Diego, but this was a new discovery for us. Not only is the dish beautiful, it was delicious. And thus ended another day of incredible cuisine in Ciudad de Mexico.
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