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Oaxacan Masterpiece

Posted in Mexico Travel, San Miguel de Allende, tagged , , on July 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

It’s hard to avoid the incredible, tempting bounty of San Miguel restaurants (SMA is blessed with over 150 restaurants by one count in the surrounding Centro Historico area); they are on every street, around every corner, and this doesn’t include the food carts spread out all over town. Just across the street from us there is a very popular “tacoria” that serves up assorted meats, salsas, and fresh verduras. Also, next to the food vendor is a guy who sells fresh squeezed juices of all kinds: Me gustaria tener jugo de naranja, por favor! He’ll slice up the oranges and use a hand squeezer to make your juice. In fact, every place we’ve eaten breakfast and ordered juice, it has been fresh squeezed. Oh yes. Our most recent discovery is Doña Diabla, a superb Mexican restaurant that specializes in Oaxacan style Mexican cuisine. Nondescript
from the outside, but once you step inside you sense immediately that this is an unusual restaurant. Jackie was a bit skeptical at first: it was virtually empty with only one person in the entire restaurant; the menu had no more than about five items written neatly on a chalk board. But Jackie was immediately charmed by the waiter/chef and we stayed. We went for Oaxacan style tamales. These are not your common Mexican style tamales; these are made of mole negro (we learned, in fact, that there are three kinds of mole: negro, rich, dark; amarillo, more red than yellow, sweet, spicy, rich; and verde, subtle, full of flavor and white beans. I, unfortunately, have not had that many authentic tamales, but Jackie noted right away that these were different: the dough is thin and spread over a banana leaf. In the center, chopped chicken is drowned in a spoonful of superb black mole and served atop of opened banana leaf. We promptly tasted this magnificent culinary masterpiece. Says Jackie, “These are truly the most marvelous tamales I have eaten in my life.”

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