February 13, 2019 Traveling to Sayulita Dinner – Roasted Chicken Tacos with Avocado and Roasted Potatoes

February 13, 2019 Traveling to Sayulita  Dinner – Roasted Chicken Tacos with Avocado and Roasted Potatoes

We awakened at 4:45 to make a 6:40 flight to Houston where we connected to a 2 hour 40 minute flight to Puerto Vallarta at 11:15.

I we ate two toasted bagels smeared with cream cheese with slices of red onion and Lax and the last of the fruit salad that Suzette had packed in a plastic container, so we did not get hungry.

When we arrived in PV it took ten minutes to clear Immigration and an hour to clear customs.

We found the shuttle to National Car Rental and picked up our tiny Nissan March at around 3:45.

We drove to Actinver at the Marina center just south of the airport.

I needed to do some business that lasted until 6:15.  While papers were being prepared we left and shopped at the Pelican supermercado in the center for over an hour to buy staples for the week, such as avocados, green onions, a papaya, carrots, cilantro,Principe cookies (sort of a reverse Oreo with a chocolate filling between two vanilla cookies), President brandy, a six pack of Negra Modelo, 5 liters of water, chamomile tea, limes, four bottles of wine, several Bolillas, lots of pastries, ham, Swiss cheese, natural yogurt, mole, and baby oil.  When we walked out of the store we went around the corner to our favorite rotisserie chicken place.  There is a Wednesday special, which we and everyone else ordered; a whole rotisserie chicken plus a plastic bag with 8 or 9 tortillas,  grilled jalapeños, and salsa for 100 pesos (a bit more than $5.00 and clearly a family dinner package , although some people were buying two or three chickens and orders of potatoes).  We also ordered a side of roasted potatoes for 22 pesos, which is about $1.25. We love the potatoes because after they are roasted they are thrown on the grate below the rotisserie where they are flavored by the hot fat dripping from the chickens.

Here is a picture.

We then walked back toward Actinver by way of the Michoacán kiosk, where we bought about ½ lb. of fresh honey for 49 pesos or $2.50.

We finished our business at Actinver at 6:15 and drove north about 45 minutes in dense traffic to Sayulita.

We found our rental unit without any difficulty and unloaded the car.

We had our usual first night dinner, chicken tacos with slices of avocado, salsa, slices of potato with a Negra Modelo, which required only a couple of minutes to prepare, thanks to the Wednesday Chicken special.  Suzette simply sliced an avocado and a couple of potatoes, opened the bag of salsa and tortillas, and re-heated the chicken in the microwave.

After dinner we walked to the beach and lay on lawn chairs on the deck at the sea wall and looked at the waves roll in an the stars and a half moon in a clearing sky through three coconut palms on the property.

It was good to be back in Sayulita and at Villa Palomar.  After a long adventurous day it is only 8:30 p.m. as I drink a cup of camomile tea laced with fresh honey and lime juice and nibble on Principe cookies.

Bon Appetit