La Habichuela
PRICE:
Frommer's Exceptional
ADDRESS: Margaritas 25
CITY: Cancun
STATE: Q. Roo
COUNTRY: Mexico
PHONE 1: 998/884-3158
WEBSITE: www.lahabichuela.com
In a musically accented garden setting with flowering white-lit hibiscus trees, this downtown Caribbean seafood restaurant is ideal for a romantic evening. For an all-out culinary adventure, try
habichuela (string bean) soup; shrimp in any number of sauces, including Jamaican tamarind, tequila, or ginger and mushroom; and Maya coffee with Xtabentun (a strong, sweet, anise-based liqueur). Grilled seafood and steaks are excellent, and the menu includes luscious ceviches, Caribbean lobsters, an inventive seafood "parade," and shish kabob flambé. For something divine, try
cocobichuela, lobster and shrimp in curry served in a coconut shell and topped with fruit. Top it off with one of the boozy butterscotch crepes. Service here is fabulous.
Copyright: Excerpted from
Frommer's Cancun, Cozumel and the Yucatan 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

Cancun
, Mexico