EL VARADERO

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Isla Mujeres
Mexico

Open for lunch and dinner or
until the fish runs out.

This one is way off the beaten path.  So far off that, after I asked directions and found the boat yard where it is located, I walked up to the porch of a shack and asked where I could find the Cuban restaurant.  "Aqui, señor."  I was there.

There is a very small dining room that doesn't seem to be used.  Beyond that, the reason, besides the food, to seek out El Varadero - a small porch dining room that overlooks the narrow inlet to the Macax Lagoon.  The lagoon is where many of the yachts and luxurious fishing boats moor, and quite a site watching them return to port after a day's run.

I had a beer, but everyone told me the mojitos are fantastic.  My entree - red snapper sautéed in oil and garlic.  Instead of the frijoles - black beans and rice and sautéed plantains (bananas actually).

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