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thelmadatter · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject: food

Ah snorkelqueen reminded me of a wonderful dining experience I had on one of my "border runs"

We stopped in the middle of nowhere for lunch (comida) I think somewhere in the state of Chihuahua. As soon as I got off the bus, the smell of the grill and the relatively simple (compared to Central Mexican food) Norte�o food was intoxicating. I lived in Arizona for 11 years and really got hooked on norte�o/border food that wasnt Tex/Mex.

The grilled chicken I ate was to die for.

However, experiences like that are rare. Usually the food available (esp in the terminals) is crappy.

The lesson here is... when the bus driver stops at a restaurant - do eat! Like truck drivers, they know where the good spots are.

Now a got a craving for tacos de carne asada Sonoran-style *sigh*

MELEE · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

In my part of Mexico, bus drivers stop at restuarants where they will eat for free! Its always at least 5 km out of anytown so that everyone on the bus has to eat there too, the driver eats for free in exchange for providing customers!

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

that's how it has worked on my bus rides too. the same thing happens with tour guides.

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

one of my friends in DF is a tour guide. he invited me on a daytrip once with a group from Germany. on the way to teotihuacan we stopped at a roadside shop and i got a free, ugly baseball cap from him. yippee!