As many of you know, I've had the pleasure of spending quite a lot of time with the press / media here in Mexico over the last two weeks. I know you've all been dying to see some of the results, so here are a few pictures and a published web article for you!
Now, I've been to my local grocery store here several times (The Superama) but last night was a special occasion because I actually had plans to cook a nice dinner of fresh salad, mushroom risotto and garlic bread. One would think that the ingredients for these items would be somewhat easy to find considering the Superama is more "upscale" grocery store here that carries international foods and brands. Apparently arborio rice (for you non-foodies, this is the rice that MUST be used to make risotto) is not common here in Mexico. After asking approximately 5 Superama employees and searching the aisles high and low, I decided to take myself over to customer service for some better service. A very nice lady ended up calling several Superama stores throughout the city just to tell me that my precious arborio rice was nowhere to be found but that they would probably have it at Walmart. Really? I think I should start a risotto import business here in the DF.
It was because Natalie and I weren't there to eat it with you!!
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't just whip together some beans and rice? ;) I bet your Spanish is getting super fantastico! I used mine the other day at the minor emergency center - I tried to help a guy figure out how to fill out the patient forms. It was... not so awesome. But I tried!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the work, little K! Love the photos. :)