Mmm..burritos..tacos..enchiladas

So as many of you know one of the saddest parts about moving to Brazil for our family was leaving mexican food. I have to tell you it has actually been hard. It was quite a staple in our diet, whether we made it at home, went out to Abuelo's or ran through the Taco Bueno drive-thru. So you might think, just make it at home. Which we do. It just takes a little more time when you have to make most of it from scratch including the Tortillas, Corn chips, Sour Cream, refried beans, enchilada sauce, salsa, and any kind of taco seasoning or fajita mix. And you can forget about Queso. However we have discovered that there are three mexican restaurants in this city of 4 million. One we tried soon after we arrived. One is too far away and the other, which we just recently discovered, we tried on Saturday night. It is call Tijuana's which they call "Tee-jew-awnas" The Mabery's accompanied us on our culinary adventure. Overall we enjoyed our time, but lets just say it's a good thing that it has been six months since we've eaten at a real mexican joint. The chips were great, they serve the salsa hot (temperature not spiciness) They played great mexican music (the gypsy kings) and we decided the burritos and quesadillas were worth eating (we won't be getting the taco salad again) It was a fun treat for our family, it wasn't tex-mex but I guess it was Braz-Mex.