Identifier: mexicotodaycount00brocuoft (find matches)
Title: Mexico to-day, a country with a great future; and a glance at the prehistoric remains and antiquities of the Montezumas
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Brocklehurst, Thomas Unett
Subjects: Mexico -- Antiquities Mexico -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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ary in price from one to three dollarsper night. You can obtain handsome suites of rooms at fluc-tuating prices. During my stay General and Mrs. Grant andparty occupied a fine suite of apartments at the Iturbide, pro-bably costing twenty or more dollars per night. General Ochoaalso had nice rooms au quatrieme. To all these hotels are attached restaurants, the proprietorsof which charge for what food you consume, independently ofthe hotel. I always breakfasted at the Gillow restaurant aboutten oclock, after returning from my mornings ride; and havingat first tried all the varieties of the dishes of the cuisine, I in-variably afterwards made my breakfast of two sweet limes (aspreferable to oranges) chocolate, omelette and a dish of frijoles,without which no Mexican meal is considered complete. My day usually went in this way: an early ride on horseback,till nine or ten, bath, breakfast, rest during the hot noon hoursin my own room, and from then till my dinner-time visiting the PLATE V.
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HOTEL rrXJBBIDE, CALLE SAN FBANCISOO. (page 22. CHAP, in. MENU. 23 various institutions and sights in the city and neighbourhood.It is the custom in Mexico for all the banks and businesshouses to be closed for two or three hours from noon, when everyone goes to almuerzo. After this the day seemed somehowdisjointed, as there was no certainty of finding any one atbusiness again. If I ordered a private dinner at the Concordia in an upstairsroom for half-a-dozen or more friends, it was not badly served.Let me give a memi in full; not that the chef of an English clubor Paris restaurant would like to imitate it. Potages.Eatioles a la Mexicana. Arroz a la Parisaua. Eeleve8. Filetta a la Criolla. Ilauchinango a la Ilolaudcsa.Barcalaa a la Vizcaina. Carnaroncs frescos. Entrees. Vol-au-veut a la Financiere. Cordonius a la Proven^alc. Foics Gras. Patoa a la Veracruzana. Croquetas a la Duqucsa. Puuch a la Romainc. Legumes.Esparragos. Bdtis.Roast Beef. Ensalada. Entremets.Gelatines. Puddings. Crem

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