The walk from Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán brought me to the El Fogoncito, a restaurant that was strongly recommended to me by the staff at the hotel where I am staying on this trip. I needed this meal - this was the first proper meal I would be having in the last 48 hours - obviously meals on the flight don't qualify as proper meals neither do rushed breakfasts...
I was really hungry and the El Fogoncito seemed like a very nice place...
And this was the right time to come in - the restaurant wasn't too crowded...
The chef at work, while the Mexican al pastor is grilled...
The al pastor is the Mexican equivalent of the Turkish vertical rotiserrie, the doner kebap...
A bottle of mezcal on display on my table. Mezcal is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from the agave plant which is native to Mexico. The agave was a sacred plant for the Mesoamericans and had a place in their rituals. While the natives did drink the fermented juice obtained from the"piña" or heart of the agave, the distillation of mezcal was introduced by the Conquistadors...
Here come the salads and the salsas! I was so hungry, I almost cried out "I Don't Want Nirvana! I Want Great Food, Always!"...
The salsas were really spicy and the guacamole was awesome! I wonder what the world would have been without the culinary contributions from the New World...
Grilled chicken, mushrooms and tacos...
This looks pretty much like an Indian chapati and some sabzi!
No wonder why the early Sikh immigrants to California ended up marrying Mexican women!
Chicken taco rolls...
A vegetable corn soup...
And the pièce de résistance - tortilla chips with a lot more guacamole! This was the best guacamole I ever had!
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