lslep wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I will be traveling to San Miguel, Guanajuato, Guadalajara and maybe Lake
> Chapala the first week in April and would like some food suggestions to try,
> both restaurants and markets to browse for hard to find supplies. I live in
> Austin, TX, so I'm looking for a break from TexMex, and the only things I
> would bring back are items that I can't get here. Are there any unusual
> kitchen gadgets that I should look for?
>
> From a.f.m-x archives, it looks like birria is the specialty of Guadalajara.
> I didn't find any specific foods mentioned for Guanajuato, and I would like
> to try something more than the candy mummies I got last time I was there.
> San Miguel sounds like it is bowing under the culinary pressure of the large
> population of USA expats, but there must be some original flavors surviving
> that.
>
> Thanks,
> Leona
>
>

In Guadalajara you can try ahogadas (a true submarine sandwich). If the
restaurant Si Como No is still open, it was very good (although not an
ahogada place). The glorietta in/on Chapalita has several really nice
small places. In the Tlaquepaque area of Guadalajara, there is a very
famous restaurant - Restaurant Sin Nombre. The Chilis en Nogada were
excellent. You'll also appreciate the open courtyard dining and their
bug control (peacocks).

Lake Chapala has a lot of expat US and Canadian citizens and there are
several good places. I cannot remember their names as I found them by sight.

You might want to visit this site for further information:

http://www.guadalajarareporter.com/


jim