Paletas: Amazing Mexican Popsicles!

Paletas - so good they'll make your vision blurry!

One of our favorite things in here is so-called Paletas -- Mexican ice pops! 

These popsicles are amazing, and Mexicans love them too. In fact, one city in Michoacan even raised a statue of a paleta at the entrance to the town!


I had managed to forget about paletas (they are verrrry addictive) until I came across a story in the LA Times about how they are becoming more popular with Latin Americans in the US, and who can blame them...

"Chock-full of chunks of fresh fruit and available in a hypnotizing array of colors and clear, not-too-sweet flavors -- conjure images of hot afternoons in the park, time spent on a bench under a shady tree, clear blue skies dotted with red, white and green balloons..."

Damn you LA Times!

Jen & I are going home for Christmas soon & won't be able to get any of these in Canada. 

Maybe we need to buy a cooler so we can bring some back with us :)

Public Hygiene in Cancun... Ewww!

Jen's been nursing a cold for more than a week & I've still got the cough I blogged about (here) more than a month ago. We expected to be sick more often here, and we have been, but we expected to encounter digestive issues, not respiratory infections. It's hard to believe...

At least it was until recently.

I won't go so far as to say that Mexicans are less hygienic than other North Americans (hey, my dad once saw a skanky woman drop her pants and urinate in a busy gas station parking lot in the middle of the day), but Jen & I have now seen a few things which help to explain how we keep getting sick.

Here's my top 3...

Domino's for Breakfast, Hostel Style

Jen & I eat a lot of pizza, mostly from the Domino's Pizza Centro just down the road.

Domino's Pizza Centro
(998)884 75 16
Av. Coba No. 43, Cancun Q.Roo 77500

Kicking BUTT at Dubai Palace Casino!

SO, Jen & I just got back from brunch & slots at our favorite casino in Cancun - the Dubai Palace. (I'll review this place soon in a separate post).

Brunch is 75 pesos. And you get 100 pesos in free credits to blow on slots. At least, that's what most people do...

THIS is why we love Shopping in Cancun!

SO, yesterday, after visiting fun (& uber-touristy) Market 28, Jen & I headed to our local supermarket (Chedraui) to do some shopping. We made out like bandits, scoring 6 kaiser buns, a jumbo roll of paper towel, chicken legs, a dog brush, sewing needles, 3 cakes (on sale), a 1kg box of Puffitos cereal & the biggest grapefruit I've ever seen -- all for under $20!


The best part of the trip? Antillano & Karat were doing some in-store marketing & offering free samples. There's nothing unusual about that, right? Except that Antillano & Karat make...


Rum and Vodka!


Jen & I both had vodka & cran-apple (is that still called Killer Koolaid?)... And, of course, we asked one of our fellow revelers to take some pix.

La Parrilla Restaurant's Festival of Moles

This Wednesday, Jen checked her Facebook & spotted a 2-for-1 deal at our favorite restaurant in Cancun: La Parrilla. They have a Mexican buffet (150 pesos) on weekends & a seafood buffet (170 pesos) on Friday nights & the food is amaaaazing.

The Facebook coupon was a deal was for their "Festival of Moles," which is tastier than it sounds!

The Supermarket Sausage Incident

So.. Jen & I went shopping at a supermarket (Chedraui) today & picked up some groceries. Among our discoveries was some "salchicha zwan viiena." They are very tasty, only about $5/kilogram, & may be named after a cool band...









Apparently, however, you need to be very careful when you buy this stuff. You may have noticed that I wrapped the tray in a plastic bag before I snapped the photo above.