So Cosmo and I took a culinary trip to Veracruz, when we shared an order of Mahimahi Veracruzano, from Serg's Mexican food stand in Manoa near the university. I was celebrating the last meeting of my Andean class. A more logical choice for this would have been the peruvian favorite, Ceviche, which was on the menu, or Fish Tacos, which made me think of "Pishtakos" or Peruvian Fat Vampires, who steal people's fat, but then I thought of that and I didn't want to eat anything reminding me of it. So Mahi Veracruzano it was, with a tie both to Mexico and to Hawaii.
When I gave the fish to Cosmo, I removed the rather spicy tomato and chile based sauce, which also contained green olives. He enjoyed the small white morsels, which were easy to eat, with that wonderful fish taste but without oilyness (neither of us likes oily). He did reach a saturation point and went back to whiskas filet mignon. He says that the next time I go to Vera Cruz (Cortez's first Mexican beach head) I should stash him in my carry-on.
No comments:
Post a Comment