¡Hola a todos!
¡Ayer fue el viaje de los alumnos de 7o y 8o grado al restaurante El Comal en Detroit! Nos divertimos mucho, y nos gusta la comida. (We had a lot of fun, and liked the food!) It was a great follow-up to finishing el proyecto de países - it was very interesting to hear what everyone learned about the countries that they studied in their presentations, and fun to be able celebrate afterwards by sampling foods from different places in Latin America. El Comal put on a great buffet for us, providing a good spread from México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.
To give you an idea of a few of the foods that we enjoyed:
A number of us sampled empanadas de carne, huevo y papa (meat, egg, and potato empanadas) de Colombia similar to those pictured in the recipe. Algunos de los estudiantes raved about the guisado de res (beef stew) de Guatemala y México, y a otros les gustaron mucho el pollo, el arroz, los frijoles y las enchiladas. El director (principal) and a few others tried the chicharrón y yuca, or pork rinds with yuca (picture of this dish at the bottom of this blog post. If you're not familiar with yuca (or cassava), you can read more about it here.) Los alumnos also did a great job of greeting Elda and staff, ordering bebidas (drinks), and thanking Elda and telling her what they liked en español!
In case tú y tu familia would like to try out El Comal for yourselves, a map and directions are here. It's on the corner of Hubbard and West Vernor in a red brick building with green trim, with parking in back. Elda usually places a standing blackboard out front with specials, but since she just opened recently, there's no sign out front yet. El Comal was once at a different location closer to Xochimilco's and such, so don't be fooled by the old location's sign! For now, it's only open on weekends, 10 am-9 pm.
If you do end up going, I'd recommend asking if they have any pupusas, de El Salvador. (Pictures and a quick definition can be found here.) Normally, they're eaten with curtido, a picked cabbage relish. Mmm, ¡delicioso!
After you're done, I'd recommend heading down West Vernor towards Clark Park to Café con Leche for some Café Cubano (Cuban coffee - very strong and sweet), or Mexican hot chocolate!
¡Disfrútalo, y hasta lunes! (Enjoy, and until Monday!)
YA, it was FUN!!!
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