Scenes from a mid-January Monday / Tuesday in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán

After finishing the big chunk of our pottery run in Capula we continued on to Pátzcuaro for the night, staying at Hotel Casa Encantada, like usual. Car parked and checked in, we went out for dinner. One of our usual places right on the southeast corner of Plaza Vasco de Quiroga had apparently changed its name since our last trip in October. What used to be La Surtidora is now going by Obsidi-ana or something like that. Hasn't even been updated in Google Maps yet.

Look is slightly different inside. Menu appears to be exactly the same. But the execution this night was disappointing. Especially since we were literally the only customers in the place. Usually the papa rellena clásica is a little charolita of cheesy deliciousness. Tonight it was overdone, and the mesero overheard us talking about arrachera but not actually ordering the arrachera, so we got a few bits of overdone meat on top of the papa.

By contrast my sopa tarasca was decent, if a bit salty. And the porter from La Bru was a welcome addition to the menu. Good to see the regional support for this craft beer from Morelia.

After dinner we took the usual walk through town, up toward la plaza chica, which is where you can find some perros callejeros to feed. They understandably hover around the various food stalls. On this night it was good to see we weren't the only ones sharing a bit of food with the hounds.

Next morning just enough time for a spin through the main plaza, grab some cash from the Santander ATM, and head back to Capula for part 2 of the pottery pick up.