Eating in Todos Santos

There are a handful of local restaurants (comedor) in Todos Santos. We have been eating in both "Hollywood" and "Comedor Evelyn". This is the biggest challenge for me here. These are not restaurants as you find in Montreal. They are more like small shacks or concrete rooms with a few plastic tables and chairs. There are no menus as illiteracy is a problem here. The waitress (maybe 13 years old) will come and recite what is on the menu. Food mainly consists of carne assada (roasted beef) or some form of chicken with rice and beans. I have eaten the chicken a couple of times, but am now sticking to the rice and beans. You have to really not think about the flies buzzing around or the dirty walls when you eat.

I´ve avoided the beef as I have seen both the slaughter house where the cattle spend their last minutes alive and have also seen the buther shops, beef carcass hanging in unrefrigerated rooms with flies and a dirty axe used to chop the meat. Becoming a vegetarian is seeming like a good idea.

In the evening, Dr Kate, Tavy and I eat on Tavy´s balcony. Bread rolls that are sweet, topped with home made guacamole, queso fresco (fresh cheese) and refried beans from a tin. Followed by the most delicious mangoes ever! Dr Kate has been worried that I will blog that I´m not being fed, but no need to worry. These dinners are delicious!! As I told them last night, I´ve lost more weight here in Guatemala than 5 months exercise at the gym!