La Dulce Vida

There are some definate delights to living in the tropics, one is the availability and variety of exotic fruit that appear in the shops throughout the year. Now if you are following FIT for LIFE eating you know that its fruit in the morning, while your body is detoxing.In these latitudes i supplement my normal fruit intake (bananas apples gapes pears melon ect which you can buy anywhere) with some of the exotic tropical Mexican delicacies. I went on the hunt this morning for a Marme Sapote, a brown skinned fruit about the size of a big Avocado with a creamy orange flesh inside that tastes like would you believe chocolate suffle,unfortunately i didn't track one down . What i did find was these 2 : A Starfruit, The Carambola, its got a watery zingy taste to it that wakes up your taste buds, and a Sweet Prickly Pear called the Tuna here, its got a purple inside that tastes like a sweet beetroot , but its not a beet but a member of the Cactus family.

Another tropical delight on a balmy tropical night is the joy of smoking a Vainilla Cubanitos cigarello and sipping from a shot glass of chilled D'AARISTI a Yucatan Licor de Anis y Miel de Abejas. Honey & Anis ......Fit for Mayan Kings. I discovered this combination in the Grand Hotel Merida some years ago and have fond memories of sharing La Dulce Vida Yucatan & Vainillas.