Last night was El Coleguita, Round II. This time Pedro y Sharon joined me in yet another fin Friday feast in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle.

The 50 peso margaritas are indeed Grande. That's about $4.00 USD. Tecate cerveza was going for 25 pesos, do the math, and included two nice sized camarones crammed into the opening. They went well with one of the starters, the fish soup. Yum! The tequila, lets just say it was included.

Sharon had decided on the Mignon of the Sea which were three bacon wrapped MahiMahi fish medallions with shrimp that had been cleverly tooth-picked into the side. Most delicious.

The Juan Marcos usual, The Coco Loco, which if memory serves me correctly, was the same dish I had last time. It really was that good. As I write this, I am enjoying a 2nd meal of the coconut crusted fish which in this photo is trying to hide beneath the 10 camarones.

Here was Pedro's meal, before it came. The diet plate. No food, no calories. No cost.

And when it did arrive, there were no disappointments. Pedro had decided on the Shrimp Combination. A trio of succulent camarones including, garlic, butter, breaded, and diablo style. Yes those are thin strands of red chilis in the photo. I recommend you have a cooling beverage within arms reach.

El Coleguita is an extreme coupon shoppers kind of restaurant. For a fixed price of 109 pesos or about $9.00, you get more food than a normal person can devour. After a couple beverages each, the bill came to a total of $500 pesos. Or about $40 for three people. And enough food each for lunch the next day. Oh, I almost forgot the taxi cost of 8 pesos per person. 60 cents each way.

Are you beginning to understand that a person can retire, travel and eat out (once in while)?

Bon Appetit!

Juan Marcos