A Night On The Town In Mazatlan.
We have initiated a small tradition here in Mazatlan; for dessert it’s fun to order banana pie or banana cream pie. You might say, “Aren’t they the same?” I would suggest there’s a difference. Here banana pie is more like a cake with layers of cream and bananas and banana cream pie is a cream pie with bananas mixed into the cream. Both are wonderful. So far with mixed opinions, I deem Pedro Y Lola’s the best. It was room temperature and was the layered kind. The Bistro here at Pueblo Bonito was good, but in my opinion, too cold. Then Los Zerapes had bananas Flambe. Pan seared bananas and the syrup over vanilla ice cream. Bananas are wonderful here in Maz and as plentiful as shrimp.
Tuesday night we went up to Centro and had dinner at Olas Altas. It was steak night! Olas Altas is across the street from The Shrimp Busket. The dining room was high-ceilinged with light orange walls and very nice photo art on the walls. All the woodwork is dark and every window is shuttered and can be opened for air flow. The restaurant is right on the Malecon which runs for miles along the ocean. The area must have been a haunt of Jack Kerouac.
The video that follows shows the inside of the restaurant and notice the wall painting in the bar. Finally, we made our way back to Plazula Machado to get an open-air taxi that seats six, an arriga, and the book fair was concluding with live music. Notice how the ficus trees have been trimmed in front of the restaurant Las Brasas.
