We had a nice stroll to the restaurant. This is the first Saturday night that we had been in centro. The town looks very different at night with all the lights and people. We ate outside in the courtyard at Los Danzantes. We had a nice bottle of Mexican merlot. For an appetizer we had: Tostadas de Venado (venison) con Salsa Xnipec de Chile Habanero y Quesco Fresco. It was very good.
Bob’s plato fuerte was: Linguini con Hongos (mushrooms) de la Region, Queso Fresco, Arugula y Salsa de Chintextle. He enjoyed it very much.
Sam had: Ravioles de Huitacoche con Salsa de Quesos. Huitacoche…you may be wonder what this is? It is a blue corn fungus. That’s right…another local cuisine. It was surprisingly very mild and good.
After dinner, Sam wanted to try another place she had read about. Oaxaca has wonderful chocolate. So we each had a cup of chocolate con leche (hot chocolate milk). It hit the spot. Now with full bellies, we started our stroll home.
Well…as you know we always find a good party. On our way home, there were a lot of people in the street in front of the Santo Domingo church. There were musicians, dancers, etc. It was a “quincenera”…this is the big celebration when a girl turns 15 years old. When she came out of the church, she looked like a bride. There was a big white limo waiting for her. Then the party began.
Straw sombreros were given away to the hombres and Bob even got one.
We stayed and watched the festivities for almost 30 minutes. Just a typical Saturday night in Oaxaca!
Tios--WHAT is that white stuff? It looks like it has slugs in it. Mm-mm good!
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...that white stuff is a creamy cheese sauce made with blue cheese and some other mild white cheese. The slugs are dollops of the huitacoche. The huitacoche is also inside the raviolis. The combination was very tasty and pleasant.
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