And Finally...The Food

Oh, the food at Sierra Lago. Cooking at home the past few days has been more than a let down.

Let us be clear: The food wasn’t designed to please a tourist’s palate. Mealtimes aren’t scheduled to match American’s preference. (Lunch at 2:30? Dinner at 8:30?)

As The Boy said, “This is the first time I’ve experienced Mexican food on Mexico’s terms.”

As I said, more than once, “I must stop eating – but I can’t.”

From start to finish, everything we were served was very fresh, very creative and very pleasurable.

Breakfasts:

• Café con leche (French press coffee with hot milk)
• Freshly squeezed orange juice
• Sweet breads
• Mexican omelet (fresh cheese, finely diced vegetables) 
• Thin steak and fried eggs
• Chaquiles (tortillas cooked in some type of tomato sauce) and beans
• Tropical omelet (fresh cheese, pineapple, ham) 
• Scrambled eggs and relleno sauce.
• Chaquiles with verde salsa and beans
• Mexican frittata

Lunches:

• Agua frescas – lemon, pineapple, plum
• Soft cheeses
• Tomato salad (tomato and cheese, basil and mint)
• Chicken flautas with spicy roasted salsa
• Salad (iceberg lettuce, hearts of palm, green olives, red sweet peppers and green goddess-type dressing)
• Fresh fajitas: smoked chicken, chorizo (sliced and grilled) and steak. Tortillas, beans, rice, tomato salsa
• Ice cream and cheesecake
• Mushroom soup and fresh bread
• Grilled fish and tomatillo rice
• Chicken mole with tomato rice
• Coffee and cheesecake
• Grilled meats (steak, fajita steak, chorizo, chicken), open faced quesadillas with pico de gallo, beans, rice, salsa, salad
• Chocolate mousse
• Grilled tilapia
• Enchiladas verde with guacamole and homemade chips
• Hot chocolate

 

Dinners:

• Roasted corn soup
• Salad (arugula, apples, oranges, pecans and honey-olive oil dressing)
• Grilled salmon with poblano sauce, refried beans and rice
• Salad (water cress, apples, sweet red peppers honey-olive oil dressing)
• Tostadas with pork and fresh vegetables
• Chicken marinated in cilantro-tomatillo sauce, riced potatoes and fresh vegetables
• Filet mignon (thinly sliced)
• Tilapia with lemon-olive oil and capers
• Cheese cake and apples and cheese
• Posole (with pork)
• Salmon with poblano sauce
• Creamed corn soup
• Grilled steak 
• Shrimp pasta

 

And a few final photos of the restaurants, then I'm done with vacation (I promise!):

El Lago - in the reception building. Breakfast and dinner

La Terraza - in another building. Lunch and (when the resort was full) dinner