Greetings from the home of that wonderfully rich sauce 'Mole Poblano', thats right we are in Puebla , MX.
First a description of the town for those of you who haven't had the pleasure: its a beautiful, clean, well off, colonial town situated in the central highlands (2500 meters) of Mexico. It is a place of exquisite ceramics, grand cathedrals, and rich food (and people). This is also home to the most 2x1 deals in the world- actually it seems to always be 2x1 at twice the price, thats 2x2 for those of you who are mathematically challenged. The funny thing is that you can't seem to get one of anything! Greg and I, who are both total lightweights, tried to order 2 beers last night and ended up with 4. They just smile and say "two for one" in their broken english, as if this is supposed to explain everything. We've decided its really just a scam to get cheap tourists, yours truely, to buy 2 times as much of everything.
The main Cathedral, named Cathedral, is a real highlight. It is extravagantly decorated and well proportioned, and has the nicest pipe organ I´ve ever seen. It also has the highest bell towers in all of Mexico. These famed bell towers play a song that translates roughly as 'for bells and women, Puebla has the best', interesting choice of songs to be played from a church, no. Just north of the Cathedral is the main Zocalo (central park) which is ringed by restaurants, cafes and shopping- I tell you this is a shoppers paradise. They really do shopping right, they have more covered shopping areas than you can shake your wallet at. This place puts Bellevue square to shame! They even have an overpriced superstore called Suburbia, how appropriate. One of the nicest malls is built in an old cathedral, with high vaulted ceilings and stained glass, it is a delight for shoppers and non-shoppers alike.
Our self imposed culinary mission here was to try as many Mole Poblanos as we could to find the perfect Mole. We had some that were just ok, some that would make a chef smile and one that would make God sing! It was in a small, unasuming little corner cafe that we chose based on price!! Little did we know that we had stumbled upon the best Mole on earth. At first we were a bit pissed because the fruit salad didn't come with cream and granola, as advertised, but we were quickly lulled into mumbling and grunting as we savored the Mole. We had entered a new dimension, no not the 2x1 dimension, but the Mole dimension. For those of you who haven't ever tried mole and to whom this is a bunch of meaningless babble, get the to the nearest Mexi-restaurant and order some quickly, then come back and read this again.
Cheers and well wishes to all,
Greg and Glen
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