Holy Week in Oaxaca
Hola amigos, it’s been a fun-filled couple of days in Oaxaca. For instance, yesterday we took last week’s laundry to the lavandaria because we were out of socks and undies 🙂 $7, fresh and folded is totally worth it.
Later, we went on a food tour with Oaxaca Eats: 4 hours, 4 restaurants, 2 with Michelin nods (not stars, but mentions) along with craft mezcal cocktails.
I know I’m supposed to tag all these places and help promote them but honestly, I’m too lazy and if you want to know their names, I’ll happily tell you. I’m not pretending to be an “influencer.”
The food here is excellent if you’re an adventurous eater. The final dish last night included grasshoppers, and I wasn’t hungry enough to want to eat them. Doug ate some, and said they were garlicky. I know that if I were truly starving, I’d eat bugs, but I’m not. In fact, I was so stuffed last night, I only ate once today.
And it was fabulous!
If you ever read the book Like Water for Chocolate, chiles en Nogada (poblano chiles stuffed with picadillo topped with a walnut cream sauce, pomegranate, and parsley), you’ll recall that it’s a special occasion Mexican dish that’s far too complicated to make at home unless 10 or so abuelas are at the helm in la cocina.
I had no idea it would be gigante, but I managed to eat most of it because it was, as I said, fabuloso.
Before lunch, we visited a museum of cultural antiquities located in a massive old convent.
Later, we came up to this so-called wine bar on a rooftop terrace and ran into the English couple we were on the food tour with last night. Right, we know exactly two people in Oaxaca and here they were! We joined them for a while and exchanged stories about holiday travels. They’re leaving tomorrow for Isla Holbox (we were there in February.)
The temperature is so pleasant at night here!
Sorry for the lazy stream of consciousness recap. I didn’t sleep well last night after all that food, so it’s the best I can manage at the moment.
We have no plans tomorrow. We may have chosen to stay in Oaxaca longer than necessary. Tomorrow is Good Friday, then Holy Saturday, followed by Easter Sunday, and finally, Easter Monday. All of that is a big deal here. Not so much for us, but it means a lot of things will be closed.
Va pués, we will soldier on!
Buenas noches, mis amables!