Of vacations and leftover muffins

This year our family went on vacations to Puerto Vallarta and got the all inclusive so we had buffet breakfast meals and dinners all days. But it wasn't that bad, actually not at all. Everything was delicious and the meals restaurant was right beside the pool so we could go there when we started feeling hungry, from it all I believe that it's what I liked the most. They had everything! Pasta, pizza, salads, sushi, grilled meats and seafood, desserts, you name it. The only problem was that I couldn't eat it all unless I wanted to feel terribly guilty after. One day there was french food buffet for dinner and I thought it was ok, but then at the end of dinner I headed out for the desserts and there they were, profiteroles! Filled with whipped cream or chocolate cream! I had tons of them and couldn't help it, they're just so soft and light and sweet!
I could rant about them all day long but I didn't take a picture of them so I'll stop and rather show what I did take pics of.

This was my favorite breakfast buffet mix, chilaquiles, potatoes, mashed beans and sausages. Add to that fresh fruit with cottage cheese before and a glass of orange or carrot juice and it's the best thing ever. Besides I really, really REALLY love those small buffet sausages, I've never known where they get them from so I've only had them in buffets but if I could get them at the store I definately would.

One night we went to a really nice restaurant, it was great to dine there and the salad was awesome, it had two types of lettuce (though I don't really know their names in english) and portobello mushrooms grated with cheese, the dressing was sweet and delicious.

Although the trip was absolutely great, we went there by car and it was really tiring! Ten whole hours to get there and another ten on the way back. But we had a nice and sweet reward for the effort. They were selling strawberries half the way from there when we came back in cute weaved baskets at 4 bucks by kilo it was a great bargain!
They were truly delicious and we had strawberries the entire week. Alone, with cream and sugar and the last ones, the slightly less sweet ones were done in a milkshake. Yum!

Ok, and here's the leftover pic I had in storage. I've always wondered how cornbread tasted like so I went and had a look at some recipes in search for an easy start at the misterious thing. I found two different recipes and started to bake my own corn muffins.
Basically I did this Honey Cornbread Muffins recipe but instead of adding the cup of milk I added 1/4 and then 1 cup of sour cream which I had bought beforehand since I was planning on doing the Sour Cream and Lemon Corn Muffins instead. Why I changed my mind? Well, the first recipe looked easier (if that is even possible!).
The result is as delicious as it seems. The muffins were soft and sweet as honey (quite literally) and they were not dry at all so they lasted quite a bit. We don't eat much pastries or bread at home so I was afraid some of it would get old and dry. But I kept them in a sealed glass container and they lasted me the entire week! I don't know if they could last longer since that's when we finished the batch but I bet they could last longer.
Next time I'll add the lemon zest and see how it comes out.

Recovery and restaurants

Well, it seems I'm getting over my last episode of depression, yay me!
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And here I am to show you some new food pics, they are from a very nice place called Nube Siete, which is located in a recently opened museum, which is the MUAC. This is a very interesting museum where a diversity of pieces are blended toghether, most of times they have a singularity which puts them toghether, like same author or same theme. We were not able to visit the whole place because of time but what we saw was pretty interesting.

There was a small but nice selection of fresh juices, one was a mix of green plants, oranges and pineapples, I liked it but it lacked a bit of sweetness.

We arrived at breakfast time, but we nearly missed it, since it was around 12:00 o'clock. It was a really nice place to go, the eating area is located outside the museum yet it is covered by the building's floor. This is because the building is located on an area that has different heights. It was a very hot day outside but as we were in the shadow it was nice and the soft breeze was relaxing.

This is my plate, a truly large mushroom omelette, it had some baked potatoes as garnish and I loved it! I ate he whole thing! In the end I thought my tummy was gonna burst but it was worth it. It's been a while since I tasted such great omelettes.

This is Marianita's plate, delicious hot cakes made with wholegrain flour. They tasted pretty nice if you ask me, and they had a delicious strawberry marmalade (which is not shown) to go with them. She only got to eat two of them so I was the lucky one to have the last.
...And yes, I even devoured a piece of hotcake after that huge omelette, you can tell how tasty everything was by that.

This was my dad's omelette, it had ham and cheese inside and tasted just as great as mine. But it lacked a bit of salt... Which is weird because ham tends to have an enough amount of salt.

Last but not least was my mom's plate. It's sunny-side-up eggs covered in guajillo sauce. Accompanied by smashed beans. A typical mexican dish which was delicious.

Oh and if you were wondering what is a guajillo, it's what we call a 'chile'. Here in Mexico we have loads of different chiles. Guajillo is a chile that is commonly left to dry. There are two ways of preparing them for whichever thing one wants to do and that is to toast it and then put it into hot water. Or just putting it in hot water.
It has a nice smoked taste and is really good. And here's a pic of it (beware, it's pretty large):

Japanese again =3

I like japanese food, I think everyone notices that by now. Last day I decided to prepare a japanese breakfast and made some misoshiro. I lacked some ingredients but it was absolutely delicious. A great start for the day. On the other hand, I could never be full with just a bowl of soup for breakfast so I also made some tamagoyaki (egg omelette) to go with it.

I cut an avocado for presentation. Also because I like it =P

Now, my true problem here is that my tamagoyaki never EVER looks right, of course the taste is great, I have managed to find the exact point of salty and sweet that I like. Presentation on the other side is awful. I believe one of my biggest problems there is the fact that in the whole family only I eat tamagoyaki, mom and dad don't like the taste of it and my daughter generally makes a fuzz of eating egg before going to school (I'm not sure why though... because she does like it.). Also I don't like to eat more that one egg because I believe two are far too much cholesterol in my organism. Oh well... let's hope I make it right one of these days.
Keeping on with the subject, last time I went to mikasa I bought a bag of Kabaya's Muscat Candy and I just LOVE the taste. If you have tasted Kasugai's muscat gummies then you already understand the amazing taste of this candy. And what's the big plus of it? That it lasts far more than a gummy. ;3