Mexican dinner at Gardunos

Coach Creig got a hot tip on some authentic Mexican food near our hotel.  We headed out to Gardunos - a quaint restaurant about 15 minutes from our hotel.  The food is excellent here - we would definitely go back for another meal before the end of our trip.

Coach Rod and I sat at the bar for dinner so we could watch a replay of the England vs Algeria World Cup match.  The table next to us ordered margaritas in glasses that were as big as your head!  Of course, I had to have one of those but the server told us those were the last two glasses of those size so I had to settle for a regular margarita like the common-folk drink.  At least Mikey got to pretend to drink a huge Corona!

Again, the food is very good - we ordered Flautas tres Colores and Bistec (steak) and Shrimp Diablo.  The order came with sopaipillas (fried dough eaten with honey) and corn cake.  The corn cake is somewhat similar to a very popular Chilean dish - Pastel de Choclo (corn pie).  I told Rod that we need to go back to Gardunos and order their corn cake (in a big dish)!  Very, very good - que rico!!

Behind the bar, a different looking bottle of Patron was doing it's darndest to catch my attention - this Patron is a Platinum Patron which we had to try so we had two shots for dessert.  The bartender said this Patron is a 'sipping' tequila - don't shoot it, just sip it.  Which I guess is good because at $26 a shot, you should make this moment last as long as possible.  Platinum Patron gets two thumbs up - though I would not necessarily choose this over Patron Anejo which is some pretty awesome tequila at a reasonable price.

The kids are completely exhausted but having a great time together.  Everyone has the option of sleeping in tomorrow as long as they are ready for noon practice.  Buenas noches!