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Aftenoon snacks?
What happened here?
We set out looking for good local comida corrida at about 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon. The first place we stopped, which had been recommended to us, was not even open. We wandered up towards 30th and stopped at El Paisano, near Juarez, because of the variety of dishes painted on the wall.
Okay, we don't speak much Spanish, but were hoping for a little guidance. Our waiter asked us what we wanted to drink (We've learned that!), and with our beers brought us two forks with ten saucer-sized plates of appetizers: mango with lime and chili, beets, pickled carrots, cochinita pibil, tongue, gizzards (I think)...totopos, and salsa. Hmm, we thought, he will be back to ask us what we want for a main course. But as we finished a plate, he brought more of the same appetizer.
Other customers received the same as they sat down...though I noticed that some tables were getting more substantial dishes instead: sopa de fideos, for example.
No printed menu, of course. And while it was good and certainly cheap, and tasty--no complaints there. But we thought that at "dinner time" we would be offered a real meal at some point.
Can someome please explain what we experienced? It's a custom we never ran across before.
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