The Calamari Adventura/ by Don Sefton, Events Manager, Catering
On our recent trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, we were in search of a good, local restaurant. While wandering the cobble-stoned streets of the Romantica Zone, we came upon a corner restaurant, The Adventurous Squid, that had a local family sitting on some stools at an open counter. We knew that we had found a good place, and being so good, we returned the following night!
Here is Jeff sitting at the counter of the smallish kitchen which also serves a back, open-aired dining room. The guacamole with cucumber slices was super simple, fresh, and delicious! It came with a basket of homemade chips, and a big bowl of pico de gallo and picante.
Then came 2 open faced quesadillas of really tender and tasty octopus mixed with onions and salsa. Remarkably fresh and tender! Jeff was hooked on the shrimp empanadas, which were large and came three to an order (not shown).
I became entranced by the simple and delicious garlic grilled prawns which were butterflied and then grilled with butter and shells on. Too tricky to be eaten with a fork and knife, they begged to be picked up with my hands and gobbled down. The rice was light and fluffy with some butter and chiles. The steamed vegetables were so simple and delicious and also contained a melon-like squash called chayote. It tasted, and had the texture, of honeydew. So unbelievably delicious because it was so fresh and simple. An ice cold Pacifico beer in the bottle was the perfect compliment! The kitchen was small and efficient, the waitresses were the sweetest, and the food was wonderfully down home. Bueno!!! It was definitely kind of sad leaving our distant “home away from home-not-home.”
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May 26th, 2010 at 7:43 am
I could SO go for some of that food right now! In all of our travels, we learned to pay attention to ‘red flags’ re: restaurants and we, too, would return to ‘good finds.’
May 26th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Isn’t it great to find a place that feels so comfortable, not a chain, nor bombarded by tourists! The waitresses were super sweet here, and I allowed myself to stumble over the little spanish that I could speak and be giggled at.