2 posts tagged “playa del carmen”

Somewhat to my surprise, Playa del Carmen has some amazing places to eat!  So I want to give a shout-out to four great places-

First is CH Super Carnes, a combination meat market and parrilla.  You pick from their huge selection of meats and the platter shows up at your table with meat, sides, tortillas, salsas, etc.  Awesome!  It's stuck in a residential area of Playa a few blocks off the beach, but a doable long walk and worth the trip.  The arrechera is the best...and for some reason, the avocados in Mexico are like a million times better than what I can get in Seattle-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cow looks on approvingly as I polish off one of his siblings-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Stop: Carboncitos, right off Avenida 5.  I don't have any pictures, unfortunately, but this place had maybe the best al pastor tacos I've ever had.  Really, amazing.

Next: Dr. Taco, on Avenida 10.   Basically, a bunch of kinds of seafood + chicken fried and dropped into a tortilla.  Good enough, but where the magic happens is the well-appointed salsa and pickled veggie bar.  Awesome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here, my wife demonstrates the sexiness that won me over- who can resist a beautiful woman with a taco in her hand?  Not this man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, I'd also like to point hungry eaters to El Fogoncito.  Right off Avenida 30, a couple of blocks from the beach -- this place is a nice mixture of locals and hungry tourists who know a good thing.  Loud, crowded, and with an awesome arrechara...why can't we have these places in Seattle???

Pic 1 is the beautiful, yummy Queso Fundido with Chorizo-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...and if you survive that, then comes the main event-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mako clearly knows how to enjoy herself on vacation!

 

Our final stop was Playa del Carmen, the formerly sleepy beach village south of Cancun that used to be best known as the place you caught the ferry for Cozumel.  No longer, it's a pretty nifty beach resort in its own right now, but I think much nicer and more appealing than Cancun and many of the others.  If you stay in town, you are a short walk from anything -- nice beaches, good shopping, and actually some pretty amazing places to eat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything happens along 5th Avenue, the pedestrian street that runs parallel to the beach.  Tons of places to shop and eat or drink (although the best food is another block or two inland in the dozens of taquerias).