Comida China

In light of the fact that there is only one vegan restaurant in Mazatlan, we knew that most of our meals would be eaten at home. Our Airbnb unfortunately only had one pot and one fry pan for cooking, and the fry pan had been pretty much fried to death. Luckily, our Airbnb host who is very kind agreed to pay us back if we wanted to purchase a new pan. We therefore decided to take a long walk (7 kms) to the Gran Plaza, a large shopping mall purporting a wide range of stores, a Cinepolis, and a big American style gym.

Even though we walked for well over an hour, the lengthy walk along the seashore went by very quickly. The salt air, the cool breeze tempering the hot sun and, of course, the magnificent scenery all combined to seemingly shorten the kilometres.

The Gran Plaza was indeed large but most of the stores sold only clothing or shoes. We decided therefore to continue an additional 2.5 kms to Walmart but before setting out, we decided to try our luck at the food court for lunch.

The world over, wherever we've travelled, we always see Chinese food and Italian pizza. This was true for the food court at the Gran Plaza as well. And since most of the restaurants in the food court were meat and seafood centric, we were left with few dining options. We decided to give one of the Chinese food stalls a try so Roch approached one of the food staff at Comida China and asked if they had anything without meat. The young lady answered no, but if we wanted to order any of their dishes, they would make it without meat especially for us. Can you imagine getting that kind of service in a food court in Canada? We both ordered the broccoli & veggie stirfry which came accompanied with fried rice, noodles, or both. We waited a couple of minutes and were presented with 2 heaping platefuls of freshly prepped food for just under $10 CAD total.

Fortified with lunch, we continued onwards to Walmart and found an inexpensive set of pots and pans, then bravely ventured the local bus system and found a bus that took us 2 blocks from home.Read more