Mexico City Pig Out

[Don Cuevas]

I have reached Part 6 of my recounting of our gourmandizing weekend in Mexico City. If you are interested, you are invited to read it here. mexkitchen.blogspot.com/2010/03/gourmandizing-mexico-city-part-1.html
You can read the succeeding parts by clicking the "newer post" link, toward the bottom of the page.
I plan to write one more episode, tomorrow, if possible.

By the way, I found Google Maps and its auxiliary tools to be of tremendous assistance in this project.

[Deleted]

Ah, you have mastered the mapping marks! I aspire to learn how to do that some day.

[Don Cuevas]

I LOVE Google Maps. In terms of Street View, it's better than big brother Google Earth. The only advantage the latter has is to be able to tilt the scene, thus making the terrestrial relief 3-dimensional looking.

I discovered several hitherto unknown (to me) food places (coffee roasters, restaurants, etc) by exploring with Google Maps.

I'm still mastering the fine points of point setting.

As to the blog itself: I finished several days ago with Part 7.

Today I posted a new one on the New York State legislator introducing a bill to ban the use of salt in restaurant kitchens. mexkitchen.blogspot.com/
Idiots.

[Deleted]

I fear that I would gain a considerable amount of weight in Mexico City.

As for the salt question, the #2 fast food chain in France (Quick) no longer salts its french fries and says "taste them first!" Little salt packets are available on the counter to get as much salt as you want, however. I think this is a pretty good initiative, because people who eat their fries with ketchup or mayonnaise already to do need any additional salt, and I have eaten the fries completely without salt more than once, and they are indeed good, even though the first time you feel that there is something missing.

[Don Cuevas]

The salt question is off topic, but the point being, IMO, is that customers should regulate their salt intake, not have it legislated by government fiat.

If you like, we can take this "outside", as on the comments section of my blog. ;D