THE HELL YOU SAY !!!!…read more
My first full day in Cancun !!! I wanted to love this place, as it was glowingly reviewed by MAPCHICKS. I sauntered in, with a smug smile on my face, an hola on my lips, and an appitite for lunch.
I was the only table inside, but outside there were 2 American couples having beer and chips, with some awesome looking guac.
Look out, here come 2 drunk guys, harassing the shit out of them.
I get a bottled ice tea, and spend a copious ammount of time reading the menu. After questioning my server, I chose the Coconut Shrimp. Ob boy, I'm gonna love this! It was a dinner entree so it wasn't cheap. No lunch specials here! That's ok, I've been waiting for this meal for 2 weeks!
Meanwhile, the drunk guys hung out nearby, and kept returing to the 2 couples acting stupid. The men at the table were nicely asking them to go away. No luck. I innocently asked the waiter who those 2 ass_____ were, and he went out and sopke to them, but I couldn't understand. They tried the couples 1 more time, and the husbands got a little more stern and TOLD them to go away, and they finally did. Maybe that is normal in downtown Cancun, but I didn't like it one bit. It was 11 am for heaven sake, one should feel safe at that hour.
So I wait and wait, there are no other tables there eating, just moi. I get served a freshly mixed salad of sorts with rice, carrots and mayaneisa. As I finish it, I see the "plate " is a melmac saucer,
stained in the center. Like at an old Girl Scout Camp that hasn't been updated in 25 years. Now some folks would call this quaint, but my kitchen manager certification frame of mind took over.Scary.
FINALLY... the food appears. It is on a huge plate, artistically arranged , with a molded hot rice serving in the middle of many many large shrimp. And don't forget the shredded lettuce salad with tomato and cucumber. YUM ! Then the dipping sauce appears, lokking like it was a freshly made version of what we call back home "Pina Colada Sauce". It was sweet and divine. Now here comes the tortillas in a warmer. But they aren't warm ?? That's ok, I got my shrimp !
Now before I go any further, here is my disclaimer : I under stand that coconut shrimp is not exotic, or worldly, but a tad on the mundane side. It's not like the octopus, or other gaggy things I could not even fathom eating. Ok so I'm a wimp. I do eat calamari, just not the tentacles. That said, here is the disapointing part:
My immense shrimp have cooled off enough to eat, but, but, what's this ? Why are some of the coconut shreds so dark they almost look burnt? Yup. you guessed it.....over cooked tough shrimp.
SHIT.
Oh well, too late now, so I cut into the middle where it wasn't quite as browned, and that part of the shrimp was ok. Fortunetly that sauce was sooooo good it helped out the tuogh shrimp. A person would of thought that with no other customers in the place the cook would have kept an eye on the ONE order he was preparing. tsk tsk
However , the ambience was freaking amazing., and when I get home I will post the pictures I took. The service, except for serving on plastic dishes, was extremly friendly, and that is important.
So I eat, pay, and prepare to leave. So I hit the banos , which were iincredibly clean, and took a step back. Was I in the damas stall or what? I was, but NO SEATS on either toilet. Call me a prude, or a fussy old lady, but I like to sit when I am in need of releiving myself. I quite "hovering" (you know what I mean) 40 lbs ago. Like waking up in the middle of the night after your guy has left the seat up and your ass falls in because you didn't notice. Ok maybe a few drinks were involved too. :-)
B O T T O M L I N E : IF YOU CANNOT GIVE MY BOTTOM A NICE PLACE TO SIT, YOU WILL NOT GET MANY STARS.
