Today's post is all about the interesting and delicious food we ate while in Texas...beginning with the waffles served for breakfast each morning in our hotel! This was definitely a unique enough waffle to photograph before adding the butter, jelly, and syrup.
Hey, let's wait until after the food conference to put into practice the healthy things we learned. It's not likely we'll get Texas-shaped waffles back in Virginia!
For almost all of our lunches we brought our own sandwiches and veggies in a cooler from home and found a place to eat quickly before the next session began. Here we are right outside the Gonzalez Conference Center as we weren't allowed to bring food inside. Since it was almost 100 degrees, it made us really appreciate the cool air back inside. 
The Achiote Restaurant below is along the River Walk and very close to the conference center. This is where we ate the first evening:
I ordered the Cilantro-Lime Chicken Pinchos as did both Hannah and Sarah. We all loved our meal which consisted of: sweet peppers/onion/poblano peppers, zucchini/yellow rice with pigeon peas and local harvest vegetables with sweet-sriracha mango sauce. Excellent!
Tom and Jonathan ordered the Peruvian Lomo Saltado, Stir Fry Beef Tenderloin with tomato/ onion/jalapeno/fried potato/rice. Ooh, the jalapeno bread they served was great, too! Here's Jonathan enjoying his meal:
We knew we had to try Mexican food at least once in Texas...so off we went walking the streets to LaVillita Village to find a restaurant. Here we are in front of Guadalajara Grill ready for an authentic Mexican meal:
Here are two delicious plates we were served--yum!:
Doesn't everyone take pictures of their food on vacation? Just wondering...because we always take pictures at unique restaurants! :)
Another interesting place was County Line Barbecue located alongside the San Antonio River Walk:
Everyone wanted to taste brisket while we were in Texas. And this was the place! We enjoyed eating outside on the patio while watching the riverboat cruise down the river. The food was super delicious!
Here's another view of us at our table. Sarah's taking a video of the area:
We also enjoyed some great food with friends at their home in southwest Texas, but I'll write about that on a future post. (Other posts in this series.)
~ Deb
Next Up: Deep in the Heart of Texas ~ Flowers in Texas ~ Bloomin' Tuesday
I always enjoy food photos, but often forget to take them. I think it's a good way to remember a special family meal. So much about our food connections involve family connections. My hubby is a professional Chef so we have had these kinds of discussions many times. Blessings, and thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Melissa N | Friday, July 27, 2012 at 04:09 PM
What a tasty trip! :) Hope we can make it there someday. Thanks for sharing all these great photos.
Victoria
Posted by: victoria | Friday, July 27, 2012 at 04:42 PM
I'm enjoying the mini vacation ...living vicariously through you. Look forward to the rest.
Posted by: Cathy | Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 01:08 AM
LOVE the Texas Waffle! :) Yep, we take food pictures all the time and I usually say "Casey is gona love this!" All the Mexican food looks pretty but I am not much on peppers or real spicey foods. Italian is about my speed. This has been fun visiting Texas with you, looking forward to the flowers post! :)Do we have to wait for Bloomin' Tuesday? :)
Posted by: Chris | Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 07:31 AM
Cathy said it best!! Texas waffle is neat.
Posted by: Tammy C | Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 08:50 AM
My goodness! I have a list of words to look up on Google as I haven't heard of half of those ingredients. It all looks superb and b-i-g! But Texas is the biggest state isn't it? So I guess they are living up to their name. If any of you girls cooks anything similar please share your recipes.
This is a great series Deb.
Posted by: Rose | Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 07:43 PM
Looks great! I love the waffles. How cute!
Posted by: Stephanie in MI | Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Oh, that brisket! We love it! We had a guy in our church when we lived in TX who could make the best smoked brisket you ever ate. He smoked a turkey for us one Thanksgiving too. Mmmmmm . . .
The Mexican food looks good too. We love authentic Mexican food! My husband's favorite is tamales, which the Hispanic ladies in our church in TX would make for him. He was a spoiled man! ;)
I loved seeing all the food you sampled. Makes me a little homesick . . . till you mentioned 100-degree weather! LOL
Posted by: Susan | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 06:54 PM