North America,  Mexico,  Travel

Guadalajara (2)

April 4, 2021 /

Easter Sunday here in Mexico adjusts daylight saving time, an hour off a month ago, and an inexplicable one hour off today. When I was walking alone on the street these two days, if a strange-looking passerby came to talk to me or asked me a question that I didn't understand, I usually either ignored it or said "I don't speak Spanish". But this morning, not long after I went out, an old grandmother walked up to me and asked me why the row of small shops across the street was not open. My first reaction was to say "I can't speak Spanish", but the old lady seemed very kind, so I continued to chat with her. She was going to buy dog food for her dog but she was depressed when the store didn't open. She started speaking English when she found out that I now live in California. It turns out that she had lived in Los Angeles for 15 years, where she married an American, but moved back because of her mother's ill health. He also said that now his mother and her husband are gone, she has no children and is alone, which sounds a bit desolate. After chatting with me for a while, she told me her home address before leaving, saying that I was welcome to visit at any time, and encouraged me to learn Spanish. Thinking about it, if I just said "I don't know Spanish" and walked away when the old grandmother came over, I wouldn't have this interesting experience of communicating with the locals. In many cases, you should not set up obstacles for yourself first, which will inadvertently reject many unforeseen opportunities.

After saying goodbye to my grandmother, I went to a restaurant recommended by a friend to eat tacos de barbacoa. They only sell two kinds, hard fried noodles and ordinary soft noodles. I still think the ordinary soft noodles are more delicious. After I booked the air ticket two weeks ago, I started to rewatch the first season of the food documentary Taco Chronicles, and then I caught up with the second season, and I learned that although most tacos can eat three meals at any time (especially when they have a late night snack or a drink) eat), but tacos de barbacoa is usually eaten for breakfast, no wonder many shops close at two or three in the afternoon.

After eating, we went to the Minerva roundabout, Los Colomos Park and Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Zapopan Cathedral. For lunch, I had Guadalajara's most distinctive birria slow-cooked mutton soup, which was dipped in bread or made into tacos, which was especially delicious.

After eating, I went to the nearby Santa Tere market and ordered a small fruit platter bionico, which I thought was a dessert after dinner, but the clerk did it in ten minutes. , looks very appetizing, but the huge bowl, I can only slowly stuff it hard and eat it layer by layer. It has grapes, yellow peaches, strawberries, cantaloupe, kiwi, Mexican sugar hawthorn, candied dates, pecans, almonds, pumpkin seeds, bananas, raisins, baked oats, apples, pears and condensed milk. Knife. I sat there and had to take a break while eating. During the break, I chatted with the proprietress. The proprietress was very enthusiastic. She was very happy when she heard that my friend recommended me to come to her house for this special meal. Said that this store was opened by three sisters of them, she was the second child, and then introduced her sister and sister to me one by one, and answered some questions about this market, and listened to my praise for the delicious fruit bowls they made. She was happier when she was fed up. I find the fruit here is overripe and much sweeter than in the US for some reason. Her eldest sister lived in Los Angeles for a while, and she said it had something to do with climate, temperature, soil, and fresh fruit never refrigerated. I ate it for half an hour. Before I left, I asked them where the jericalla (a local specialty dessert) was the best. The eldest sister said of course it was from their house, but it was sold out today. They can save one for me the day after tomorrow. The warmth they treat with strangers makes me feel especially warm.

In the afternoon, I went to Tlaquepaque, a small town nearby, and a local friend I met took me around. There is a lot of art here, there are many sculptures on one street, and there are many interesting restaurants and small shops, but it is more commercialized by tourists. We chatted a lot about travel, culture, language, food, etc. as we walked, and he also told me about the history of Chinese immigrants in early Mexico and the Chinese-Mexican fusion restaurants they opened. Tired of walking, I ordered some snacks: tostada de ceviche and agua chili, it's not good to give him spicy food.

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