explore it until now. On the west side of the plaza is the Portal de Evangelistas, which is a Tuscan colonnade with round arches. Scribes with typewriters and antique printing machines work in this Portal. Scribes offer their services to illiterate clients, often offering services similar to that of lawyers, counselors, and financial consultants. Also counterfeiters.
Whenever I'm in the Centro, there's a particular taquería where I like to have tacos al pastor. (Wikipedia says: Al pastor [from Spanish, lit. In the style of the shepherd], also known as tacos al pastor, is a dish developed in Central Mexico, likely as a result of the adoption of the shawarma spit-grilled meat brought by the Lebanese immigrants to Mexico. Being derived from shawarma, it is also similar to the Turkish doner kebab and the Greek gyros. Although shawarma and döner are usually lamb-based [thus the "shepherd-style" name], gyros and tacos al pastor in Mexico are made from pork.) As with doners, the meat is cooked on a vertical spit that rotates in front of a heat source and the meat shaved off as it cooks. Bits of pineapple are served in the taco, another distinguishing feature of al pastor, along with the usual lime, salsas, onion and cilantro. This taqueria has what I think are exceptional salsas, especially the guacamole with habaneros. Riquísimos!!
Spring is the time for the jacarandas to bloom.
Martial arts class
Tres Galeones is another favourite taco place, specializing in seafood tacos. A trendy, hipster sort of place a short bike ride from my hotel, they make wonderful baja-style shrimp tacos: big, succulent prawns, battered and deep fried smothered in pico de gallo with lime and salsa to add. A mouth sensation! No accounting for what happens after the mouth.
Cheap too! 25pesos/taco ($1.80)
I'm not sure what this guy was selling. It's the type of setup that vendors of roasted chestnuts usually use but this wasn't the time of year for chestnuts.
Knife sharpeners have a similar whistle to announce their presence on the street but they blow their whistles while this guy had a steam whistle. Check out the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHoxT8lUrU
Bravo Loncheria is another upscale, hipster type restaurant specializing in tortas which are usually considered street food. (A big bun filled with, well, you name it.) The oxtail/yam torta at Bravo is fantastic.
And no stop in CDMX would be complete for me without lunch at Fonda Mi Lupita. Lupita's mole poblano is the best I've had. This being my last lunch there before departing, I stock up with a couple of kilos of mole paste and dry form to take home.
Lupita
And so, dear friends, stomach full, that takes us to the end of Mexico 2016.
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