Today I met some moms from Iris’s class for lunch. We ate at El Fogon,  a popular place we’ve been meaning to try but haven’t since it’s not on the water, and therefore, HOT. It was, indeed, HOT, but the food was delicious.  I finally saw something on the menu I’d been looking for: Gibnut Stew. For you southerners, I think this is basically mulligan stew. Here is a picture of a Gibnut:

Yep, it’s a rodent. Blech.

No, I did not order it. I had the chicken curry (or so they say???).  At least they do cook basically right in front of you.  This was my view from my seat:

I may do two posts today because I was finally brave (foolish?) enough to take my phone on my sailing outing.

elizabeth, does the Gibnut stew remind you of that restaurant in Vietnam and us wondering what the “special” actually was?