Churros con chocolate – and history!

When we think of Mexico we think sombreros and mariachis, and in the four days I was in Mexico City I saw neither. My senses were overwhelmed with art and food. Some of the best flavor I’ve expereince were at El Girasol in Mexico City Centro. I tried the arroz con mole with an egg on top and of course a margarita (which, by the way, are 1/4 of the size of the standard New York restaurant Margarita). The “downtown” of Mexico City has some of the most interesting architecture built over Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. One can still see some of the ruins next to the Cathedral. History in Mexico is told in its art throughout the city – there are Diego Rivera Murals inside the national palace! We spent a magical sunset in Coyoacan after visiting Museo Frida Kahlo, looking for Chocolate con Churros. Coyoacan’s central district has many churro shops and we knew we were in the right one when the lines were going around the block. What a wonderful invention… fried dough with Chocolate! yummm!!!