Ok, so it doesn’t matter where we are in the world, we will find Mexican food.
Honestly, for this trip, we did not have to search. Roman and Laurel somehow knew to include a gem of a restaurant, Las Adelitas, on their list of recommendations for Prague.
Situated in Stare Mesto, Las Adelitas had 4-6 tables outside where we parked ourselves in sweet anticipation of quality Mexican food. We were not disappointed. We ordered 2 margaritas classicos, guacamole, and chips to start. The bartender poured nice and heavy, and the drinks were on the rocks, not frozen–yay! The chips were homemade and the guacamole was fresh, not laden with too many onions. There was also a side of prickly pear cactus that we tried. Yum! We saw mole on the menu and decided to order it for our main course. Good mole is hard to come by. We’ve had this excellent, chocolately love in Chicago, thanks to our neighborhood joint, El Tipico, and in DC, thanks to the hands of my lovely students. But we were in East Europe, and we weren’t sure if it would be good. Again, we were not disappointed. It was mouthwatering!
After my second margarita, I had to ask the waiter, Luis, how he ended up moving from Mexico to Czech Republic. I should have known. He slanted his eyes over to the cute waitress. “I came here for a girl,” he smiled. Then we smiled. I thanked him for letting me practice my Spanish, and we left full and happy.
