Cooking in Tulum

Tonight will be remembered as the great feast night of Tulum. Kyden, Steve, and myself decided to make it a boys' cooking night, and we whisked up an authentic Mexican dinner of tamales, BBQ chicken, and guacamole that was extremely delicious, and that was also of ample quantity for about half the hostel to dig in and have a bite.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to join Kyden and Steve in doing the shopping, as they couldn't find me when they wanted to leave (I was down the road at the Internet café). So I didn't have any say in what we were making, or in what ingredients we should get. But Steve, in particular, seemed to have a pretty good idea of what to make; and the two of them came back with some excellent ingredients.

The Weary Traveler has a spacious, well-equipped kitchen, and we semed to have it almost to ourselves tonight. We had plenty of space to chop the meat and the vegies, and to mix up the tamale dough and the guacamole.

It was great fun cooking in the hostel — I'll have to try it again some time. Not only is it fun to do the cooking itself (just as it is back home); it's also great fun to listen to the advice of everyone around you (some people have better advice than others, though).

We ended up making much more food than the three of us could eat; so we invited everyone else who was around to come and help us finish it. Our offer of free food received ample responses — the people who ate with us were also nice enough to help us clean up, which was most appreciated.