Day 39 / 40

Day 39 / July 5, 2013

We started off the day with coffee on the balcony, Abby went to the beach alone.
I made some pb&j sandwiches and we met here there.
(the girls are getting tired of me taking pictures, they said I'm like the paparazzi)

After showers and getting ready me went to the mall for what Tory calls "real sushi"  not sure why she calls it that, but she does.

The girls walked home and Andy and I went for a walk around the Port Forum.

Day 40 / July 6, 2013

We went to the zoo today.   We walked 2 miles to the zoo.  It was very warm out. ( I was going to say hot, but since it's been hot at home I felt like I shouldn't say hot when it's only 84 degrees)

 

 Tory likes to take pictures of the animals.

 

4 miles.

Then we walked to the metro to go to the taqueria for lunch.

We all ordered different kinds of tacos and shared them all.  Our waiter was from Guadalajara, Mexico.

Another mile.

Walked back to the metro, and headed home for a nap.


After some nice down time we got ready for dinner.  Tonight we had reservation to go to the restaurant Tickets at 10:30pm!!!  
Andy was very excited for this restaurant.  Owned and operated by the chefs, the Adria brothers.
Andy had to make the reservations 2 months ago.  It took us about an hour to get there, walking and 2 subway rides.

 

1st course: tempura pistachios  

 Watermelon soaked in sangria w/lemon zest, mint & cinnamon.

Iberico ham, tomato bread, and Spanish anchovies

 Tickets' olive.

Deconstructed olives. Weird.

 Mini airbags stuffed with manchego cheese

 Soft boiled quail egg in a nest.  All edible.  Tory did not like this course so much.

 Ham, potato & cheese croquette

 The classic foie gras. Extra fatty. 

 Skinless tomatoes with pesto and duct fat jelly. 

 Avocado and tuna tartare

 Our first set of oysters

  This one had an edible pearl.

 Oyster in caipirinha sauce

These were the largest oysters ever.  Andy said they were like the size of 5 regular oyster each because they were so big.

Razor clams with lemon air and toasted black garlic

Fried corvina fish with a mojo sauce.

 Ham and cheese fluffy sandwich

 Potatoes confit with Iberico ham

 Chicken with a special mole sauce.

DESSERT ~ 

 Worms

They taste like guava foam 

 Blackcurrant meringue with yogurt 

Taste like Captain Crunch berries.

Cream puff with Nutella

The Favorite:

Carrot cake, cup cake with mango cream, in a candy cup cake paper

 After Eight. Mint leaves pressed in rice paper with chocolate nut pieces.

25 courses in all.  What a meal!

The never ending underground hallway to switch lines at the subway station.

We got home at 2am.  What a day!!