El Apapacho

Just a quick note: Dave, from the unit next door, recommended two restaurants very highly. The first was El Apapacho.

The restaurant was fairly expensive and it was a taxi ride away, but we decided to give it a try. We were amazed. We ordered one appetizer and one entree and were entirely satisfied. It was shrimp night.

The appetizer was shrimp in a seranno pepper sauce. The sauce was a little spicy but the heat was cut by cucumbers and onions. The shrimp was soft as if it was not cooked, but was marinated in the sauce (like a ceviche). The result was amazing.

The main course was shrimp in a mole sauce and drizzled with crema. The shrimp were wonderful and crunchy and the mole mole sauce was the best I believe I have ever had anyway. If I lived in Mérida I would visit this restaurant every week until I had tried everything on their menu.

After dinner, we went to Parque de la Paz to see a performance which was part of Mérida Fest. The group performing was an acrobatic troupe called Barbu from Montreal. The show had good moments and bad moments but it was not amazing. Deb became frightened in the crowd and we decided to go home early. Good Night.