On the (6 hour) drive to Paradisus, our tour guide stopped at a food stand in the middle of nowhere:) I started with Horchata...it's a drink made with rice flour, milk and cinnamon. Kinda like a blended rice pudding!...
Before we left for Costa Rica, I told Scott about this and he didn't believe it existed...so here I am with my "Victory drink" ;)
They DO NOT FEAR THEIR CARBS!! Let me tell you!! Here was some AWESOME Arroz Con Pollo with FRENCH FRIES!! (and cole slaw...which I didn't eat...it was too vinegar-y)
And for dessert...(finally a good picture) of more Tre Leche Cake!!!! This one was perfect...not too sweet...
Here was our "welcome to Paradisus" mimosa (with a cool towel;) hahahahhahaha....
Dinner our first night was at Agave Azul (of course we hit up the Mexican restaurant first:)Here was our chips & dip appetizer...
This was Scott's guapa salad...I can't judge, I didn't have any;)
Here's my chicken and lime soup...
And right about now was when I started getting embarrassed about taking pictures of my food with the FLASH in the middle of the "mood lit dining room"...so I made do without;)
Here's the non-flash version of my tuna steak with orange and pepper sauce, Mexican rice and a zucchini blossom..
And here was a random mix from the breakfast buffet the next morning....and yes, those are chicken quesadillas on my dish (and this was at like, 8:30am;)
My 2 favorites were the fresh fruit smoothies and those little cinnamon rolls on the bottom right...I seriously think I had about 47 of those in the 5 days we were there;) They kept them under a heat lamp so the brown sugar was all gooey...(do you think they would ship well??)
I failed to take a picture the night we ate at the buffet...but let's just say it involved "cheese tacos" (like, mozzarella sticks wrapped in a tortilla and deep fried...insane)...and the length of a buffet table covered in COCONUT desserts: Coconut cream pie "bars", marble coconut cake, coconut flan, coconut cream puffs. I went to bed sick that night!!! So bad (but so good;)
This was Scott's guapa salad...I can't judge, I didn't have any;)
Here's my chicken and lime soup...
And right about now was when I started getting embarrassed about taking pictures of my food with the FLASH in the middle of the "mood lit dining room"...so I made do without;)Here's the non-flash version of my tuna steak with orange and pepper sauce, Mexican rice and a zucchini blossom..
And here was a random mix from the breakfast buffet the next morning....and yes, those are chicken quesadillas on my dish (and this was at like, 8:30am;)
My 2 favorites were the fresh fruit smoothies and those little cinnamon rolls on the bottom right...I seriously think I had about 47 of those in the 5 days we were there;) They kept them under a heat lamp so the brown sugar was all gooey...(do you think they would ship well??)I failed to take a picture the night we ate at the buffet...but let's just say it involved "cheese tacos" (like, mozzarella sticks wrapped in a tortilla and deep fried...insane)...and the length of a buffet table covered in COCONUT desserts: Coconut cream pie "bars", marble coconut cake, coconut flan, coconut cream puffs. I went to bed sick that night!!! So bad (but so good;)
The next day was actually Valentines day, so we had dinner in the "adults only/fancy restaurant"....Scott had eggplant ravioli to start, and I had pumpkin soup (SO GOOD!)...and I forget what the salad and cheese thing was. I know I only ate the fancy beets on top!
For dinner, I had a seafood casserole...
Dessert that night was chocolate cake....that was OK, but the resort made AWESOME ICE CREAM!!! I don't know why it was so good, but it was! The vanilla tasted just like cake frosting!! So good:)
For dinner, I had a seafood casserole...
Dessert that night was chocolate cake....that was OK, but the resort made AWESOME ICE CREAM!!! I don't know why it was so good, but it was! The vanilla tasted just like cake frosting!! So good:) And see...here's where I start to get VERY weary of the 'resort' thing...Granted it, this dinner was excellent...but I don't need to eat Italian food in Costa Rica. I'm from Jersey, for goodness sake! We have plenty here!!!!! Again, very good...but just....outta place, is all I'm saying;)
Anyway, for appetizer we had a tomato bread soup...which was good...
And for dinner, I had spinach and gorgonzola risotto with almonds...
The last morning we had breakfast at the 'fancy buffet'....I took this picture because they actually offered CONDENSED MILK as a topping...so I had some on waffles;)
And this was what I called the "last hurrah"...It actually wasn't as good as it looks...not even remotely comparable to those hot lamp cinnamon rolls;) hahahahhahahaa....
So all and all, a tasty trip to say the least:) The resort was not our favorite...but we got to do some really amazing things while we were in the area: 
Anyway, for appetizer we had a tomato bread soup...which was good...
And for dinner, I had spinach and gorgonzola risotto with almonds...
The last morning we had breakfast at the 'fancy buffet'....I took this picture because they actually offered CONDENSED MILK as a topping...so I had some on waffles;)
And this was what I called the "last hurrah"...It actually wasn't as good as it looks...not even remotely comparable to those hot lamp cinnamon rolls;) hahahahhahahaa....
So all and all, a tasty trip to say the least:) The resort was not our favorite...but we got to do some really amazing things while we were in the area: And here's one last one...me and some real coconut juice aka. aqua pipa;) True Love:)
As Scott says: "The only way Costa Rica can be topped...is Costa Rica again"...and I'm starting to truly believe he is right;)
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