Day 5: Still hungry?? Our Last Day :(

After only being here for a few days we could really stay a whole lot longer! The food and wine scene is really way more amazing than we expected... not a bad thing we were just pleasantly surprise! This morning we woke up with the sun and having no schedule to follow until 11 we decided to walk around the city center of Ensenada... The same center than was hustling and bustling last night with the sounds of hot dog and taco vendors and dance music blaring from the local bars and clubs. At around 11 Aldo came to pick us up for our last day in BAJA. We started at a local favorite fresh fish cart which prides themselves on the freshest fish and all homemade sauces buy the owner. This little old woman who was an absolute delight greeted us with tostadas, fish, seafood, avocado slices, homemade chili and nut sauces and didn't miss a beat from our last bite of one thing to the first bite of the next. It was like being in Bubby's house... NEVER GO HUNGRY!! After our amazing feast we were on our way yet again to taste some incredible wines from more local smaller vineyards. After more wines guess where we are headed? You guessed it! LUNCH! We went to a restaurant on a farm called La Querencia. Owned my a fisherman, hunter, farmer, chef and all together a down to earth cool guy. We sat and ate course after course with his family and friends. Lunch included incredible seafood that he had caught that morning in cabo, and of course I can't forget about the lamb roasting outside that he caught earlier from his uncles farm just up the street. We ate and drank until I had to let loose my top button... but that wasn't stopping me! We topped off dinner with his homemade mezcal that had been soaking with a rattlesnake for the past 15 years. Yep I said it... RATTLESNAKE! They drown the snake in the mezcal until it releases all of its venom then they take it out, clean it and put it back in to age 15 years. Apparently its an ancient Mayan ritual... I was not about to pass up trying something like that! It had an erie calmness to it that gave you a buzz like nothing alcohol could ever do. It was a very cool experience to share in something like this with these people in Baja that love food, drinking and friends as much as we do. After lunch we were off to dinner... you think im kidding... IM NOT! We stopped into a local Tijuana restaurant called Cesear's and believe it or not this was the birthplace for the CESEAR SALAD!! The food was fantastic and the company was even better. Tomorrow we fly home but it has already been decided that we will be back! This place is busting at the seams with incredible culture and food and we have so much more to explore! Next trip I will bring my stretchy pants cause boy do we know how to eat!!