Massages are pretty inexpensive here in Playa Del Carmen, about USD $59 for two people (1 hour each). But the even bigger benefit was chatting with the hostess, who spoke English pretty well. As we waited for our massages, we had a few minutes to find out where the locals eat. After some thought, she seemed hesitant to tell us. She kept saying, “I don’t know if you’ll like it but… there are these shrimp tacos…” Well we found those shrimp tacos on Calle Juarez just off of 5th Avenue. A line of taco carts line up and serve breakfast to (mostly) locals who are working in the area. At first, I thought it was odd that people ate tacos for breakfast but these were lighter than the kind we had eaten for dinner.
There are several carts, but we found the one she recommended selling shrimp tacos, just as she described, with a little rice. We couldn’t resist trying everything on the cart as well. They have a chili relleno (cheese stuffed pepper) taco with nicely pickled red onion. Another taco featured scrambled eggs with an interesting herb or vegetable. We weren’t quite sure what it was, kind of seaweed like.
It was better than the fruit at our hotel, but still not quite as good as I expected fruit here to be. For 15 pesos (just over USD $1) though, it’s still a steal.
The way they package the fruit is so cool!
that fruit looks like a beautiful bouquet 🙂
what is that piece of white fruit?
Pearl, the white piece is fresh coconut.
fresh coconut, tacos for breakfast, and inexpensive massages. sounds like heaven on earth to me. 🙂
Will you be taco’d out upon return? 🙂 Sounds like you’re having a blast!
The tacos look amazing! I wish I had one for lunch!
Duo Dishes, we are a bit taco’d out, but glad we tried all those tacos.
Ahh the breakfast taco. One of the best things about visiting San Antonio too.
I dont understand how you eat this much.. all the time
That’s a beautiful assortment of fruit – although it’s still hard for me to deal with papaya. it looks great, I just feel like it tastes like vomit! sorry! Have a great rest of your vacation!!!
K&S;, we look forward to trying the San Antonio ones.
Eatingfoodboy, we don't always understand either…it's often more than it looks like I can physically fit in my stomach, but somehow I manage to do time and time again.
EatitBrooklyn, I never eat Papaya in NY, it's pretty awful. I first relaized it could be good in Hawaii, and now I only eat it when I'm in warm climates.
Eatingfoodboy – Practice makes perfect 🙂
Eat it – You know, papaya is definitely one of the oddest tasting fruits. I know people make a “stink” over Durian, but I actually think papaya is equally offputting… at times. Some papaya makes me queasy, while other times it can be amazing and luscious.