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Beaches in Playa del Carmen (part 1)

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12Feb

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Breakfast time!

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07Feb

last time when we were here, we found a really nice place close to us for breakfast. They sell fresh bread, pastries, cakes, croissants, cookies , macarons, empanadas, and more. Here are some pictures of what we had for a couple days: Dos leches with strawberry, Capuchino tiramisu, Empanadas with ceso, and Tres leches. They also have a delicious...

Winter can be like this

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07Feb

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Smoked Salmon on a Gas Stove-Top

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06Feb

Our family loves fish and especially smoked salmon. In the summer we often smoke fish on our grill! However, now that it’s winter and very cold outside, of course it doesn’t work (well it does but no one wants to watch the grill for hours when its 0 degrees outside) but we were really hungry for smoked salmon...

Great seafood place by the beach

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03Feb

We found another great seafood place (El Pirata). So fresh and perfect prices! My son had shrimp ceviche, my daughter had grilled shrimp, and we shared red snapper with my husband (more…)...

Tonight is Peruvian cuisine

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02Feb

It was my first time when I tried Peruvian cuisine (Lima 12 05 Cocina Peruana Playa del Carmen), and the food was fresh and so delicious! Medium rare steak with shrimp and slightly spicy and creamy pasta, and seafood with creamy rice. Definitely will come again some day to try more! Read more

Homemade Corn Tortillas with Puerto Rican Shredded Pork with Pico de Gallo, Guacamole and Black Beans

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27Jan

Usually on weekends we love to cook dinner with the whole family. I think it's a great family tradition, and benefits all of us, parents and kids. And with big pleasure everything is eaten :) This past weekend we cooked together again one of our favorite cuisines, Mexican! We decided to make tacos, it’s a perfect choice for dinner...