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I'm so glad you enjoyed your meal and I was really impressed, as that's something I could cook with it being so seafood based. Looks like you had a lovely relaxing time after your exertions cooking.
This seems like the perfect excursion! I wonder if they cook the same thing all the time. If so, maybe another PPer who does the excursion can get the recipes for you.
Looks like you had a wonderful day, good food, fun water slides for Luke, relaxing beach time....and even some excitement in the form of a visiting pelican!
Glad you were able to get so much enjoyment out of the excursion! The pool and beach area look so nice as well Definitely adding that one to my list of very high contenders for November.
What a great port activity! And the beach/swimming even sounds great! Except for that pesky pelican I would have been among those screaming!
Your food looks delicious!
The resort had a kids' pool and play area plus a large adult pool with a huge bar (I forgot to take a picture of this.). We enjoyed everything about this excursion.
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Can't believe the other couples were so late in getting back, but I guess no harm in the end.
Your meal looked delicious; nicely done!!
One of the staff members kept assuring us that we'd get a ride so I wasn't worried.
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Originally Posted by Pris
That sounds like a really fun excursion. How much free time did you have after your cooking class?
We had about 2 hours after finishing our cooking workshop to enjoy the rest of the park.
This gives me an idea for our trip. I'm still debating on excursions and this looks like fun. Except the food would be lost on me - I don't like seafood, shrimp or anything spicy. But I like margaritas while cooking! And chocolate!
The margaritas were replenished regularly, too. I only had the one as the glasses were quite large, but Luke had a second one.
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Originally Posted by chezp
I'm so glad you enjoyed your meal and I was really impressed, as that's something I could cook with it being so seafood based. Looks like you had a lovely relaxing time after your exertions cooking.
I hadn't really thought about the menu being vegetarian but it was, and all of it was quite delicious once we had finished.
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Originally Posted by Thomhazel
This looked fantastic, I'd love to learn to cook seafood properly I'm always a bit scared to buy any incase I don't know what to do with it.
I don't cook seafood either for the same reasons, Hazel. I'm afraid I won't cook it well enough or the opposite over cook it.
This seems like the perfect excursion! I wonder if they cook the same thing all the time. If so, maybe another PPer who does the excursion can get the recipes for you.
According to their website, that is the usual menu, though a disclaimer says the chef has the choice to change it. That sounds like a good chance that someone doing the same excursion could get the recipes.
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
Glad you enjoyed your excursion with Chef Luis! Looks like it was a great time!
This excursion easily made Cozumel our favorite port.
Looks like you had a wonderful day, good food, fun water slides for Luke, relaxing beach time....and even some excitement in the form of a visiting pelican!
I do enjoy seeing wildlife, so the pelican was a bonus on this excursion.
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Glad you were able to get so much enjoyment out of the excursion! The pool and beach area look so nice as well Definitely adding that one to my list of very high contenders for November.
Playa Mia seemed to have quite a variety of activities from relaxing in a lounge chair to boating adventures.
Yay, Chef Luis! We took that same class years ago! He was so much fun! We will have to do it again as we fixed a different menu, but in the same way. He was VERY STRICT about washing your hands! "Pull the paper towel handle BEFORE you wash your hands so that all you touch is the clean paper towel after your hands are clean!"
Because of him, I am the 'proud owner' of a tortilla press! Dave was POSITIVE he would be making his own tortillas from then on!
Yay, Chef Luis! We took that same class years ago! He was so much fun! We will have to do it again as we fixed a different menu, but in the same way. He was VERY STRICT about washing your hands! "Pull the paper towel handle BEFORE you wash your hands so that all you touch is the clean paper towel after your hands are clean!"
Because of him, I am the 'proud owner' of a tortilla press! Dave was POSITIVE he would be making his own tortillas from then on!
Ready for more!
I have considered buying a tortilla press, too, but figured I'd never follow through at home. We got the exact same instructions for the paper towels.
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Originally Posted by KMB733
The rest of your meal looks delicious. The water slides look like a lot of fun, along with some time at the beach. Too bad about that pesky pelican!
The pelican was not fond of yelling kids, so he made a hasty retreat.
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Definitely adding that one to my list of very high contenders for November.
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