Carne-Val

21st February. Carnaval in La Paz.

The fourth day of Jen's birthday celebrations saw us back into the city of La Paz for the annual Carnaval celebrations. Besides fun and laughs, this was about streetfood.

We had;

Tostielotes- like the tostilocos, but just corn, sour cream, fresh cheese and hot sauce. The ones in Oaxaca are better but still a damn tasty treat for munching in the move.

Quesadillas- the best I've seen. Fresh pressed blue corn dough, made by proper hard-working Mexican grandmas. They knew what they were doing. The second I saw the stand, the ladies, the way they worked and the way people were eating, I knew this was the real deal. Mushroom and cheese filling in one, and then another with chicharron- pork belly braised down in a spice mix that I can't yet out my finger on. First class.

Tacos- no new varieties, but the pastor was carved very thin, quite different to how we've normally had it.

We'd have had more but the booze was flowing pretty well and time seemed to evaporate.Read more