Mexico!

On my way to the states to meet up with the family, I had a short business stop to make on the way in.  On the last night in Suzhou, unthinkingly, I thought it would be a good idea to try a new Mexican restaturant that just opened close to the house.  As I rode the scooter back after a truly horrible taco (good margueritas though), I was again struck by what an idiot I was because the next morning I was off to Guadalajara and truly good Mexican food!

Anyway, the travel time was about 32 hours (more like 35 when you count rides to and from the airports), during which I achieved platinum status and was upgraded twice, but not on the long leg of the journey.  I just got an email saying that I've been upgraded on both flights into the U.S. tomorrow too.  Not too shabby.

Back to the food.  A colleague from the plant took us to dinner last night to an avante guard restaurant serving what is probably classed as "nuevo cuisine".  Awesome food.  For appetizers we had ceviche and quesedillas with rose petals and a sauce from raspberries (think the same flavor combinations as brie and a fruit compote, only better because it was Mexican).  Below is a picture of the main event, which was a poblano pepper stuffed with meat, fruit and nuts, topped off with a walnut cream sauce and pomogranite.  Note the colors of green, white and red correspond to the Mexican flag (as did the drinks we had, tequila with sides of lime juice and a tomato based drink similar to bloody mary mix).