Mexico City Friends

It's been another busy week here in Leon. Today I began my third month of classes. Actually - I don't have any new students since I have taught all my "new" students in previous months. This is both good and bad - good because they are good students, bad because it's always nice to meet new students!

Last week, a friend and I met up with some acquaintances from the capital (Distrito Federal) who travel to Leon for work every month or so. We had dinner at a very nice Argentinian restaurant in town. They pull the chairs out for you and everything there! Since Argentina is all about meat, they also bring out a cart that has different beautiful cuts of meat on it (which you choose for your meal). And on your table, there are different sauces to accompany whatever meat you choose. They also had these delicious butter-filled rolls as appetizers. Yum! I would love to go back there.

I also tried some other new food this past week with the same friends: Mexican sushi! Well, it is pretty much the same kind of sushi we eat in America, except they go crazy over the cream cheese here. In the U.S. we only have cream cheese in the Philadelphia roll, but here they like to put it in everything and then top the roll with some more cream cheese just for good measure! And of course, instead of serving the sushi with wasabi and ginger, they serve it with jalapeno slices. haha. It is good but I can do without the extra cheese.

More typical Mexican food is the fresh fruit you can buy on the street. You pick whatever you want (papaya, mango, pineapple, melon, watermelon) and then a vendor prepares it plain or with whatever condiments you want (salt, lime, chile powder, and/or a little shredded cheese). It sounds strange but is so juicy and delicious (papaya with lime and chile is my favorite). By the way - I'm now 2 and a half months (halfway) into my trip and haven't gotten sick yet!