First Dinner!

Unbelievable first dinner last night! We were starting to drag and trying to hold off eating until 9 for dinner (which is still the early side for a lot of places). Cumana was the perfect choice. Around the corner from the hotel and no one speaking English were both bonuses. After looking over the spanish menu for a bit we were offered an English one which wasn't much better, simply because we aren't familiar with the cuisine. We ordered an appetizer platter and an unknown...Mondongo Argentino. The unknown stew was delicious reminding me of ribolita and my dad's soups with tomatoes, chickpeas and parsley, but with the addition of some unknown tasty meat...which turned out to be tripe. The platter was awesome with tortas, empanadas, queso, hamon, olives, cured ham and sausage! Our vino tinto came in a penguin :) pitcher and put us right to sleep.