A great thing about Texas is the endless selection of Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants. Other Latin flavors are not very hard to find either. Yesterday, we had dinner at restaurant Tres Méridas in Frisco, TX.
The restaurant serves Mexican, Venezuelan, and Spanish dishes. The name Tres Méridas is based on a piece of geographical trivia. Spain, Mexico and Venezuela each have cities that go by the name of Mérida. In Mexico, Mérida is the capital of Yucatán. I visited the town in 1994 with my friend Albert. In Spain, Mérida is in the Extremadura on the north bank of the Guadiana River. In Venezuela, Mérida is the capital of the state of the same name in the western part of the country lying entirely in the Andes mountains.
Ina and I had pabellón criollo, considered Venezuela's national dish. It is a plate of hand-pulled beef marinated in orange juice with a little cilantro and achiote. This is stacked on top of white rice, while fried plantains sit on top. The little tower is placed in a pool of black beans.
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Natuurlijk weet ik dat nog. Was het daar dat we aan de straat hebben gegeten waar ik mijn mond en smaak voor de rest van mijn leven verbrandde aan de hete onschuldig ogende saus? of was dat in valladolid (daar is ook vast wel een 3 continenten-naam restaurant van te maken). In ieder geval zou ik het morgen zo met je over doen ;)
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