As the song says "there is no place like home, for the holidays!". I am writing to you from Flying Star Restaurant in Albuquerque, NM. I've been back in New Mexico since late Friday night. It has been really great spending time with my friends and family, not mention all the good food I've eaten!
When we got in on Friday night Dee's mom had made a big pot of
pasole. It was the perfect meal after a long cold night on the road. Yesterday, I went to Santa Fe to visit Sonya and Dave. We were suppose to have lunch at
Tomasita's, but its closed on Sundays. Which turned out to be a good thing. Because we ate ended up going
ot Castro's instead. Castro's is a small restaurant that specializes in traditional New Mexican fare.
We had
queso and chips as an
appetizer then I order the enchilada plate "Christmas style", that's with red and green
chile. Since I don't get to have
chile everyday any more. I always order both
chiles so I make sure I get my fix of both.
The other great thing about being home is the home cooking. Cory and I are staying with my grandparents. Last night my grandfather asked us what we wanted for breakfast and what time we wanted to eat it. The amazing thing is that this morning when we got up. There was homemade
biscuits and gravy, eggs and coffee waiting for us. It really doesn't get any better than that.
Today I took Cory for his first taste of Bob's Burgers. It's a local burger joint that has the best
chile dog I've had in my life. Cory equated Bob's to In N Out burger with
chile. At Bob's everything comes with
chile on it. Fries, burgers,
hotdogs you name it they put
chile on it. I have to note though that the
chile wasn't that hot today. Usually the
chile is so spicy you can barely finish your food which I like. But today
it wasn't that hot. It was spicy but not make your nose run and your ears hot spicy. The food still tasted good and Cory really enjoyed it.
We're here for five more days so there will lots more to eat! :) To make things even better we might even have a little snow for Christmas.
Happy Holidays,
