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Campeche cuisine is a trip in itself. However, a word of
caution. Your digestive system is probably not used to spicy or exotic
fare. Traditional Campeche dishes (found also in other parts of the
Yucatán Peninsula) like relleno negro, frijol con puerco, cochinita pibil,
cotzitos, panuchos, pibipollo and other exotic sounding dishes may not
be particularly suitable to the Canadian stomach.
However, many of these dishes are delicious and perhaps you may try them in
small quantities at first. If your stay in Campeche is long then you
can slowly get your system used to this kind of food. Another
recommendation is for you to check with your family physician if taking
something in advance can help you prevent any stomach discomfort (for
example, we understand that taking peptobismol daily for a week before
leaving home, helps protect your stomach. note: do not under any
circumstances take this as advice. CHECK with your doctor first).
Having said the above, one type of food that is superb in Campeche si
Seafood. Fresh fish comes in every morning after being caught by local
fishermen, whose boats you can see everywhere on the water. Most of
the fish caught is consumed the same day it was taken out of the water. If
it was any fresher, it would be alive. So go ahead and try a Pescado
Frito or a Pescado al Mojo de Ajo and enjoy. The La Pigua
restaurant is a very good choice for seafood lovers. It is the favourite
among the business crowd in Campeche (no formal attire required).
Furthermore, Campeche has a wide variety of restaurants. You can have
a variety of seafood and Mexican specialties like steak tacos, fajitas and sandwiches at Solé
across from the embankment with a very nice patio and live music on
weekends. For breakfast or lunch in the historic downtown, we suggest
Marganzo, a beautiful
but casual restaurant, very close to the Main Square downtown, where the
waitresses wear the traditional Campeche outfit. For seafood
lovers there's La Pigua, the preferred restaurant of the Campeche business
and political crowd.
For all your
expenses in Campeche we suggest you use American currency. Unfortunately our
Canadian looney is not traded much in Mexico so the exchange rate is not great.
Better to purchase American dollars, travellers cheques or use your credit
card.
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