Laguna Bacalar Off The Beaten Path

Orizaba, a simple palapa restaurant for workers, Mexican tourists, and the local middle class has fed me cheaply and pleasantly for years. Exercise a little care about raw foods and it is safe. It is really an extension of the older woman owner's kitchen and she watches it carefully. Sadly, she does not have fish or seafood but the cosas preparado (things prepared) are often wonderful like chicken in chilamole or escabeche sauces. She makes (I am not allowed it) cochinita pibil, the long roasted Mayan pork specialty. My favorite (with my bad heart) is pechuga de pollo a la plancha or pechuga de pollo ajillo. These are skinless, boneless chicken breasts cooked simply or (ajillo sauce) is a chile sauce slightly spicy. Costs are about 34 or 36 pesos ($US3.10) for a dinner with a coke, soup, rice, lime wedge and some sort of vegetables or fried plantains.
Phone 983.834.2069.