Last Saturday night was a special treat. We were invited to a friend's house for some authentic Mexican food. Francisco (aka Paco) works with me at Fuel Systems. He's from Juarez, Mexico. He and his wife, Esmerelda (aka Esme), invited us over to their new home.
Paco and Esme moved to Wuhan just over one year ago -- so they have about four months experience on us. They lived in Hankou their first year. (More on that later.... that sounds like another good post.) For our purposes here, that means they lived in the downtown Wuhan area. Paco had a 45-60 minutes commute each way to/from work. (My commute is less than 10 minutes in contrast.) While enjoying many aspects of Hankou, they decided it was best to move closer to Cummins. They moved to the Development Zone in mid October.
Back to the fiesta.... they invited us and some others to their new home as a little house warming party. The main attraction, of course, was the food. Paco and Esme made quite a feast. They made guacamole, salsa, and pico de gallo. There was bread topped with beans and cheese as well as theses delicious breaded cheese balls. The main course was fajitas. They had beef, shrimp, and mushrooms for the fajitas. There was also quesadillas for the kids. The fajitas were spectacular -- both the beef and shrimp! The beef and shrimp were even great together -- we learned that's called campechana. You can't exactly get authentic tortillas in Wuhan. We felt extra special because they broke into their stash of tortillas from home. Everyone went through quite a few tortillas.
Their new home was nice too. It's a two story apartment with an incredible amount of space. It has three or four bedrooms downstairs and then a bunch of odd shaped rooms upstairs. Here's a photo from the night. This is an area next to the dining table. We couldn't eat at the table because it was full of food. From left to right.... Chessie's back, Sarah, Tracy, Esme, and Tony.
Tracy works at Cummins with me and Paco. He and Sarah live next door to us. Tony is the relocation guy that helped all three of our families find our homes here in Wuhan. He also helped Paco and Esme move to this new home in the Development Zone.
Sorry there's not more photos. As you can see I remembered the camera. Right after I took this first photo, the battery died.
All of us were still talking about the food all day Sunday. That should be your takeaway from this post.
> Clayton
Sounds yummy! I actually made tortillas from scratch when I was living in Guinea. Not something I'd want to do frequently, but if Chessie is feeling ambitious in the kitchen, you might be able to pull off a Mexican style dinner at your place.
ReplyDeleteChessie has made tortillas probably a half dozen times since we've been in China. They turn out pretty good -- but they're not quite authentic. She says she needs lard to really nail an authentic tortilla. Apparently there is no lard to be had in Wuhan.
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