I’m so excited to tell you guys all about the food we ate while we were in Puerto Vallarta. Everything was delicious. I picked our hotel based on how highly rated the food was and I’m so glad I did!
With it being all inclusive, we could order as much as we wanted whenever we wanted. Every place had a menu and we simply ordered what we wanted. There were two restaurants, one cafe, a bar, the swim-up bar, poolside service and room service. There were a lot of food options! I didn’t take my phone with me every day, but when I did I made sure to capture the meals. Here are some of them:
Our welcome champagne and our first meal in Mexico.
Our first breakfast we did in Mexico was actually at another hotel where we were going to the spa. More about that tomorrow.
Drinks with every meal! I loved this Mexican take on a caprese salad– they add avocado!
The tortillas, salsas, and guacamole in Mexico were out of this world! I wish I could take all these fresh flavors back home with me! Guacamole doesn’t taste like that here!
Our hotel had so many sweet surprises. A tray of goodies for our second anniversary.
There were theme nights for dinner at one of the restaurants. This one was Western. I wasn’t a huge fan of the chicken but I wanted to eat alllll the corn mashed potatoes!
Okay so my coworkers told me this looks disgusting but I can tell you it tastes amazing! A tortilla with scrambled eggs smothered in salsa and guacamole sauce. So good!
We explored Old Puerto Vallarta one day (more on that tomorrow) and decided to get lunch outside the hotel. It was hard to pick a place because outside our hotel our phones only worked when we ducked into a Starbucks. It made choosing a restaurant a little difficult. We were going to go to a taco place but they were not opening until dinner (despite saying otherwise online). We ended up doubling back and going to a place we saw on the same street. It’s called El Mole de Jovita. It was SO good! Their mole sauces were so fresh and all their food had so much flavor.
They even had beet tortillas! We definitely want to go back here.
Another delicious breakfast from our hotel. I’ve never had little tortilla chips in sauce for breakfast but it tastes so good!
The Italian restaurant on our property was fabulous. I loved everything we had there.
Like this eggplant stack. Yum!
Garlic gnocchi.
Spinach raviolis.
Grilled eggplant cannelloni.
Yummy breakfast. I was also in love with their coffee! It was really good!
We made use of the poolside service a lot. 😀 I made a vow to eat guacamole every day I was there and usually had it multiple times a day. The resorts guacamole was unreal. So were there nachos. Photographed with an already finished mint mojito and my Outlander book.
We ended the trip with a cake to celebrate our second anniversary! Josh teaches in the summer so our vacation times are limited to spring break, fall break, and winter break. It’s a few months early (we got married July 6, 2013) but it was still a well-deserved celebration nonetheless. I’m excited for a million more years together!
Questions of the Day: What is your favorite style of food? Are you a guacamole fan? What’s something you’d like to eat every day?
Joanna@Makingmine says
The guac was the first thing to catch my eye – it looks SO SO SO good! I’ve been checking the avocados every time I go to the store, and they never seem worth it. I guess I need to take a vacation 😉
Erin says
The guac in Mexico is so much better than it is here. I don’t know how it’s possible but it is not the same!
Floortje says
Looks all delicious!
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Erin says
Everything was yummy!
Eden says
That caprese salad looks delicious, love the added guacamole!
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Erin says
It was such a yummy touch to an already great dish!
Heather says
Omg it all looks so delicious!
Erin says
Everything was yummy! I loved all the food we ate!
Sarah says
This looks absolutely delicious! It doesn’t help that I’m super hungry right now 😉
Sarah
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Erin says
The food was so good! I ate well that trip! 😀
Samantha says
Looks delicious! Have fun lady!
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Erin says
We had so much fun! Thanks Samantha!
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl says
I want alllll of that guac AND those beet tortillas!! Yum!
Erin says
The guac was the best! I don’t know how but it does not taste the same as it does here!
jenessa says
oh so yummy! wonderful!!! Have a lovely day!
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Erin says
Thanks Jenessa! The food was wonderful!
Stephanie @ My Freckled Life says
Now I’m drooling. This all looks AMAZING!
Erin says
Oh man the food was amazing!!
Carlie says
Oh Erin, those gnocchi look heavenly! Glad you had a wonderful trip together!
Erin says
We had so much fun! I love that Josh and I are compatible travelers. I don’t know what I’d do if we weren’t!
Kelsey @ Snacking Squirrel says
oh my goodness all of it looks so good!
Erin says
Everything was delicious! I ate so much good food!
jillian says
All of this food is making my mouth water! I hope you enjoyed your anniversary!
xo, J
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Erin says
It was the best way I could have imagined celebrating two married years together!
Taylor says
All of this looks so delicious! Happy 2 year anniversary! I have had a serious itch to go somewhere tropical recently, and these photos are totally making it worse haha. Thank you for sharing!
Taylor
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Erin says
I hope you get to go somewhere tropical soon! It was an amazing vacation!
Emily says
Wow. That looks all really delicious. I love authentic Mexican (south american food). Did you have any favorites that you want to try to recreate at home?
Erin says
All of them!! haha But I’d especially love to recreate that guac!