After class today my profesora, Magdalena, and her son Saul
took me out for dinner to the Fonda de Santa Clara. The Fonda is a classy and
very old restaurant in downtown Puebla. They are known for their intoxicating
atmosphere and comida típica. We were there for one reason…Chiles en Nogado or
Chile Poblano, a dish that Puebla is nearly famous for and which is only served
when the local chiles are in season (a month or two out of the year). It’s
early in the season so it was pretty hard to find a place that was serving this
but I HAD to try it, one last thing to check off my bucket list just two days
from leaving… it was…interesting. It is a pretty strange combination of tastes
but surprisingly delicious. Chiles en Nogado is a little bit different wherever
you get it but generally consists of a Chile poblano stuffed with a beef
filling. It is covered with a sweet nut sauce (pecans I think?) and sprinkled with what I was assured
was not pomegranate seeds but what seemed to me was definitely pomegranate
seeds. The best part about this dish is that it is beautiful…and it has all the
colors of the Mexican flag…yummyyyyy, thanks Doctora and Saul!
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| Saul and I |
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| making tortillas |
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| La Fonda de Sta. Clara |
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| Chiles en Nogado |
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