Week Two of Ladies Lunch

Today we met at the palapa up front at 11am as we were going to travel on the bus all the way down to the ferry dock to the La Puntilla restaurant for lunch. 

We have started to gather.

We are ten today.

Me in the picture too.

We are on the green bus heading into town and are heading over the first bridge.  I walk this way every morning and turn around at the bottom to head back to the park.  

Over the second bridge and the marina is there.  They are dredging the channel and pumping the mud onto the wetland on the left. 

Coming into the Golden Zone and there are lots of red trucks full of tourists during the Christmas season.

and….lots of traffic.  The increased tourism is good for Mazatlan and the new road from Durango has really helped the businesses.

Heading south along the Malecon and there is plenty to buy if you wish.

There is lots of police presence this year.  These guys are municipal police and are riding the Malecon on their bicycles. 

Maybe you’d like to travel in a pick up truck!

Coming into Centro and the market.

Many people get off here to shop at the market where you can buy everything from ….soup to nuts!

We continue on to the end of the line.  That’s the historic Edgar’s Bar where lots of us have eaten. 

Gets a bit prettier down here.

The ferry terminals, ferry to Stone Island and the Cruise ship dock are all located here.  

We are off the bus and heading down the street to the restaurant.

The Baja ferry is leaving for La Paz, Baja Sur.

La Puntilla restaurant.

Not too busy and mostly Mexicans eating.  Nice, open and clean.

We are seated and waiting for the waiter.

We are sitting on the water and the ferry passes by.  Lots of people on deck.

The birds are relaxing.

Today I skipped my usual Pacifico Lite which was just as well as they served the pequeno size beers.  We’ve had then on our travels to small Mexican towns but many of the ladies had never seen them.  They look quite silly!  I had a Pina Colada and it was delicious.

We all spent some time perusing the menu, ordered and soon the food started to arrive. 

Marion and Regina shared a huge fish platter and so did Ruth and Diane.  There was a flame burning under this to keep it warm. 

I ordered fish with a shrimp stuffing.  The vegetables were not crisp and the fish was salty.  Mediocre.  Cost $169 pesos or $13.60 for the meal and a  bit pricey for what was served.

This family had molcajete with shrimp.  The pot is sizzling hot and so are the shrimp. 

So… what did we think of the food.  Well the large heated platters that were shared were apparently very good.   Sandi’s food was cold so she sent it back and ….it came back cold.  Eddie had the same meal and hers’ was cold as well.  The rest of us rated the food as just okay.  Apparently the breakfast buffet is very good. 

There was an added twist as the seafood platters were $200 pesos on the English menu and when the bill came they were charged over $400 pesos.  The English menu was new and they’d made an error.  Too bad but that is there fault not ours.

The service was good, the setting is nice but in the end the food was mediocre.   Last week Diane and I had fantastic meals at Lucky B’s and the rest of the meals were good, but not great.  Depends on what you order and how good the cook is and perhaps the day.  My interest in this is to try different restaurants and sample different food.  Consensus on the restaurant today was ….”doesn’t warrant a repeat visit.”

Next week we will try the El Shrimp Bucket on the Malecon at Olas Altas beach.

We left the restaurant and as we walked down the street to catch the bus this handsome fellow was strutting his stuff.

Lots of traffic down here today with huge trucks being unloaded from the ferry.

Back on the bus and heading back into town. 

The huge green bus heads up the very narrow one way street.

Marilyn, Sandi, Jeannette and I got off at the market to go to the fabric store.  I am always amazed at the selection, prices and color.  We spent quite a bit of time in the store looking at fabric and buying what we needed. 

We arrived back in the park around 3:30 and I was tired. 

Manny brought Ramona over for a visit and after her cookie she relaxed on Eric’s knee.  She and Eric like each other.

A good day!