Friday was a long day of sampling, our favorite activity. We did sit on the beach for a little bit but lunch started calling to us and we couldn’t wait to start knocking places off our wish list. Ordinarily, we wouldn’t come to Mexico to eat pizza but so many rave reviews for Pizza Pazza (a chain) swayed us.
After sampling the Hawaiian, a Sun-Dried Tomato and Spinach, and a Vegetable slice, we decided it’s not really worth it. The dough on the Hawaiian was quite perfect, light with nice elasticity, but the dough of the other two (which should be the same dough) just seemed a little stale. The Vegetable slice was pretty boring, but the other two were quite tasty, although slightly under-seasoned. So with good pizza in NY, this didn’t seem all that special.
Our next stop wasn’t planned but after seeing so many gelato places, we were enticed. The Gelato Factory has one of those standard display cases and then a second circular one that rotates. The people behind the counter kept eagerly handing us samples from both sides, one after the other.
It seemed like they were kept at a colder temperature than normal; they were firm and a few were icy. Lon decided to have some anyway, one scoop banana and one scoop nociola (hazelnut), which were a bit too sweet for me but I did love the hazelnut bits in it. Once we started eating it, I realized why they keep it extra cold. The temperature and humidity here turns in into a puddle in seconds. For USD $3.33, it’s not a bad treat, but not memorable either.
We continued walking along the main drag and spotted a street vendor selling tamales for a little more than a $1.
It was pretty big, with a very tender chunk of chicken inside. The chilies were wonderful but the masa itself was not particularly notable.
After the tamale, we started heading back to the hotel for a short break before dinner. Dinner will be a separate post (coming soon) but, afterwards, we headed over to Ah Cacao Chocolate Bar, another popular one on the Internet. Here they recommended their Chocolate Maya, a hot chocolate with chili and orange. We both loved the consistency, which coated ours tongue lightly without sticking to them. Unfortunately, there was way too much orange which made it hard to really taste the other components. They’re also known for coffee, which was good, but I would have liked it a little stronger.
Overall, we felt a bit unsuccessful, but Saturday is a new day.
posted by jessica at 01:47 AM
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You two seem to run into disappointment everywhere! I wonder if you have some sort of traveling food hex on you??
EMC, I think part of it is that we have really high standards and I’m even more critical than Lon. The places in this post weren’t bad, just not really a place I would send you to if you were going to Playa. We’re always looking for the best. I don’t think we experience more bad food than others either. We just get disappointed about average, where others may be ok with average.
To continue the discussion…did you pick playa b/c of the food? It doesn’t seem to be a popular foodie vacation (which isn’t to say you don’t want good foor on a vaca)
K&S;, we didn't pick playa for the food…more for just some sun and relaxation. However, wherever we go, we are going to look for food and there is supposed to be some notable stuff here.
well…at least the gelato cup is kinda cute. i’m gonna go ahead and send you my good-food-vibes and maybe ya’ll will have better luck. 🙂
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