Restaurante Tasbaya (La Ceiba, Honduras)

Located inside Quinta Real hotel in Zona Viva (La Ceiba)

This is what happens when you walk aimlessly in the scorching heat. You end up walking into the first restaurant you see without looking around and only realize when you look at the menu that you're at the fanciest place in town. hell they even charged non-guests a fee if they wanted to use the pool. granted the food was amazing, but damn it cost an arm and a leg

ceviche. they make it with so much lemon it's almost offensive to the palate

the view from our hut

passion fruit juice

fried tortilla. we had to ask them to fry tortillas because i'm not down with crackers

calamari with veggies and mashed potato

mar y tierra. my sister's favorite. fish and meat with veggies and mashed potato

tres leches. they didn't have flan available

Maya Vista (Tela, Honduras)

We had 2 meals at the hotel we stayed at in Tela. The first was dinner then breakfast the next day

It was only convenient since i started a tab. The food was good though and the view was killer. That was the main reason we even stayed there in the first place. It was located at the highest point in the city so you had a 360 view of Tela.

Thank you to everyone at Maya Vista for the excellent service and amazing experience

camarones

halibut

garlic shrimp pasta

view from the restaurant (2nd floor of hotel)

Travel Menu (Antigua)

The bartender at our hotel suggested this place because he said it's where he hangs out on his off days. The food was so-so but it was definitely the spot to be at. The place is American owned so some of the staff were also American which made it convenient with the whole language barrier thing. Every single person there while we were eating happened to be American
It almost felt like i was home

The best part was you can pay in dollars and they give your change back in quetzals

that's all candle wax.....it was trippy

bar

melon shake

chicken, beef, pico de gallo, guacamole, chips and tomatoes

they called this chow mein. what a shame. it was ramen noodles topped with veggies. we had two bites boxed it up and gave it to a Mayan family we met on the streets

no bueno

i loved our tab....how gangsta is that

Doña Luisa Xicoteneatl (Antigua)

The first thing i did as soon as we checked in at our hotel in Antigua was ask the receptionist for restaurant recommendations. She couldn't stop raving about Doña Luisa so that was the first place we ate at. We had brunch there on our first day....loved it so much we went back the next day. Everything about this place is amazing: food, ambiance, service and overall look.
We ate in the garden area because it was so much prettier, there was a second level which seemed like the perfect spot for people watching

Shoutout to Magda who happened to be our server both days.....mucho gusto

Southern Hospitality (Hell's Kitchen)

We initially wanted to visit this place solely because Justin Timberlake is one of the owners
It wasn't very good. I was actually pretty disappointed with the overall visit.
And here's why:
1. they don't have lemonade. mind you this is suppose to be a southern restaurant. WTF
2. after looking at the brunch menu we saw there was a combo platter on the regular menu so we asked our waitress if the serving would be sufficient for 3 people. she looked at us said "eh" then followed up with "possibly."
we took our chance and when the food came it seriously was enough for 5 people. double WTF
3. the WHOLE meal only came with ONE piece of cornbread. seriously. look at that size
4. the ribs were too dry (even the ones that weren't suppose to be dry)
5. the coleslaw had too much liquid. the coleslaw at kfc was better. not kidding
6. the black beans tasted like it came from a can
7. the tater tots tasted like the ones you get from the groceries

The music selection was pretty great though, i'll give them that
While i'm glad I finally visited this place I am definitely not EVER going back




enough meat for the whole family



water and sweet iced tea



we had the top combo platter (bottom)



i wanted to get the steak n eggs. shoulda stuck to my original order

our damage. we finished about 1/2 of everything

that's suppose to be onion rings

black beans

coleslaw

tater tots

dirty 30 in the city

the last time i was in the city was 3 months ago....on new year's day
decided to spend the day there for my bday
lunched at bonchon, saw some street art by MoMa then dropped by crumbs for dessert
it was a great way to ring in my 30s