Azul y Oro

Ok, this time I'll rant about a really nice place called "Azul y Oro" this place is located inside CU and has some of the best and most economic dishes I've ever seen. The place's motto is "No dish has to be expensive in order to look well" and they really stick on the philosophy.
All of the dishes look amazing and taste delicious and the most expensive one cost 98 pesos. Desserts were a bit on the pricey side but they also are really good and the coffee beans they use come straight from Oaxaca.

Ok, first pic is a 'Chile en Nogada' which basically is a large chile, roasted and filled with prepared ground meat. Garnished with a tomato sauce and white chestnut sauce. This was my mom's dish, she loves this kind of chile.

This was my sister's dish, the Tikin-Xic fish is absolutely delicious, covered with adobo and filled with black beans, this fish has fried tortilla, tomatoes, avocado and fried banana wedges as garnish.

Going to my dad, here's a beautiful salmon, bathed in another type of adobo, this had steamed vegetables and creamed spinach, the plate also had a balsamic reduction. It also tasted niceeee, and the salmon was not over cooked, just delicious.

And here's my dish, fried ravioli filled with duck meat covered with mole. I have to admit that the duck lacked a bit of salt and the mole needed a tid-bit more chocolate, but then again, I like my mole on the sweet side so it was obvious that it wasn't just the way I like it. I had a glass of jamaica with my dish and it was great, very refreshing and cool.

Ok, now we'll head on to desserts, my all times favorite. I can tell you that I could fall in love with a guy who'd take me to a place just to have a nice dessert and tea... This cake here is filled with milk and it's soft and delicious. The raspberry sauce that garnished it was also really great and the right accent for the sweetness of the cake.

Ok, here's a guanabana mousse, the guanabana is a tropical fruit that looks rather odd for many people, it's green and covered with lumps, but it has a nice fresh and soft taste. It was a very light mousse so we found it really nice, plus it looks beautiful.

Aaaand, this is my dessert: soft centered chocolate torte, it was a really delicious and sinful warm chocolate cake with a smooth and velvet melting center. It was really strong! And don't be fooled by the ice-cream ball, that's no vanilla flavour, oh no, thats a gorgonzola cheese ice-cream!
To be honest, this is the first time I actually get to try the chocolate/strong cheese combo many gourmets and tv shows talk about as heavenly creations and I have to admit that it was a bit too much to my palate. I think that one of the main reasons is because I simply don't like strong cheese, and even though we're talking chocolate here... Anyway, I accepted the challenge and finished it all. The cake was of course the best part and many times I saw a spoon or two stealing bits of my cake. hehehe

En Cancún

En nuestras última vacaciones decidimos irnos de vago a Cancún. Pobrecitos de nosotros. Y debo admitir que comimos muchas cosas deliciosas pero solo unas cuantas gozaron de obtener una foto. Más que nada porque para el momento que recordaba tomarles la foto ya me lo había comido todo por completo. =P
Pero bueno, varias cosas se salvaron y me enfocaré en ellas.

El segundo día, si no mal recuerdo, fuimos a playa mamitas, una playa muy bella donde había palapitas frente a los restaurantes. Tenían unas aguas naturales muy sabrosas (yo pedí una de sandía) y el pescado que probé estaba delicioso. El nombre del plato era Pescado al cardenal cubierto de camarones, y era una pescado cocido a la plancha aderezado con salsa bechamel y camarones encima, sus guarniciones eran unas deliciosas verduras al vapor y un arroz exquisito. Tenía un gusto a paella excelente.

Como se darán cuenta, apenas me acordé a tiempo de la foto. XP

Esa misma noche fuimos a un lugar muy lindo llamado Ah Cacao donde el café es excelente y el chocolate ni se diga. Lo más llamativo del lugar es que venden cosas hecha con cacao, desde barras de jabón (que por cierto compré), aceites de aromaterapia e incluso frascos con ramas de vainilla.


Hubo una noche en que comí un delicioso sushi de atún con salsa agridulce de jamaica y el de mi papá era de salmón ahumado con salsa de tamarindo. Camila se echó una arrachera entera y Mariana un pastel de chocolate. Mamá y Olguita se tomaron un caldo de pollo.

La última noche salimos a un lugar llamado La Madonna donde naturalmente se especializan en comida italiana. Todo estaba delicioso y debo admitir que bastante llenador, como casi todo allá estaba caro, sin embargo las raciones eran bastante grandes y de hecho a mí me sobró tanto que pude desayunar más pasta al día siguiente. Mariana por cierto actuó como una adicta a la pizza de pepperoni y los nuggets de pollo, ya que no comió absolutamente nada más.

Solo la mitad sobrevivió. O_o

El 'pequeño' plato de Camila, brochetas de camarón y filete de res.

Boquinete al perejil. X3

Tagliolini de albahaca a dos salmones. Mi plato. *drool*

Creo que lo más sobresaliente del viaje en lo que a alimentos se refiere, es que la cocina en casi cualquier lado es excelente, con buen sazón y muy agradable. Imagino que ello es precisamente por la zona turística pero debo admitir que si así fuera en todas partes del mundo la gastronomía tendría una cara completamente diferente por lo menos en lo que a México se refiere.

Un Cosmopolitan de cortesía, delicioso y en su punto. Perfecto para refrescarme en la noche.

Aunque eso sí, al final del viaje, nuestra última comida en Cancún consistió en una sencilla hamburguesa del Burguer King y una pizza del Pizza Hut... Vaya manera de acabar. =P