{"id":21901,"date":"2019-12-21T23:36:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T05:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=21901"},"modified":"2019-12-21T23:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T05:36:56","slug":"dinner-at-las-cuevas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=21901","title":{"rendered":"Dinner at Las Cuevas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129090927\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129090927_e0b949dd9d.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the amazing restaurants at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hotelxcaret.com\/en\/gastronomy\/\"  target=\"out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotel Xcaret<\/a>. The restaurant is set inside caves carved out of peninsula rock, which made for a unique setting and fabulous views like the one below.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129090822\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129090822_360e77e4aa_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture of Becca below while we were waiting for Justin, Tina, and Jay. Justin and Tina got lost on the way (not hard to do because the resort is vast and maze-like) so Jay went to rescue them.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128415753\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128415753_bac933b0cb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three of us were left to take a bunch of pics while we waited for the rest of our party. Here&#8217;s a pic of Brian.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128421663\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128421663_d39256d2ae_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is of the three of us.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49067028248\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49067028248_a769b45912.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a great table, toward the outside, with an amazing view of the lagoon and other caves across the way.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128907511\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128907511_3d519bcd46.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soup, salad, appetizers and other starters were served buffet-style while servers came around to your table with the different meats.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129090772\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129090772_bac933b0cb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was too busy enjoying the food so this is the only pic I got. They came to our table several times though with all types of meat.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128907361\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128907361_2e7a9c667b.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures of the amazing buffet set up.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128907476\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128907476_b50541c732.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129091017\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129091017_09d64ec561.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128416048\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128416048_7a41d4cd0b.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129090867\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129090867_e6fdf39dcd.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129091002\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129091002_eea6cbb885.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128416063\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128416063_613f1d8b8e.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128415993\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128415993_711350d126.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128907436\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128907436_0234b92c67.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides the food buffet, there was also a booze buffet.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128907411\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128907411_b30b60d72c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128907326\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128907326_0abcde9771.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The all-female mariachi band performed at the restaurant the same night we were there. They were in different outfits this time but I recognized their voices even without seeing them.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129090907\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129090907_b67bcfed4b.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129090702\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129090702_f943cb3862.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took several pics. They probably thought I was stalking them.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129090862\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129090862_06dee22038.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128415843\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128415843_782682d35b_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128907281\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128907281_eef3d4b4a7.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short clip of their performance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fflipandching%2Fvideos%2F477043216258262%2F&amp;width=500&amp;show_text=false&amp;appId=162933833794177&amp;height=280\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When I went to the restroom, I found them eating in one of the private dining rooms. They were nice enough to let me get a group pic.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129096632\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129096632_382eedb98b.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In terms of food pics, this is all I got. Since it was a buffet, my place was pretty much just a mishmash of stuff. Everything was good and I enjoyed dinner immensely. My only regret was that I didn&#8217;t have as much of an appetite because it seemed like we had just finished eating only a couple of hours before.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49129096552\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49129096552_d103b0db09_c.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I felt like all we did was eat on this trip. And, of course, celebrate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fflipandching%2Fvideos%2F607104833361958%2F&amp;width=500&amp;show_text=false&amp;appId=162933833794177&amp;height=885\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"885\" frameborder=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Everything is pretty over the top at this resort so instead of ordinary birthday candles they have put a Roman candle like flare in your dessert.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/49128913176\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49128913176_1faebe1e08.jpg\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is without the candle. That&#8217;s all for tonight. Until next time. GNG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the amazing restaurants at Hotel Xcaret. The restaurant is set inside caves carved out of peninsula rock, which made for a unique setting and fabulous views like the one below. Picture of Becca below while we were waiting for Justin, Tina, and Jay. Justin and Tina got lost on the way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,21],"tags":[115,3199,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21901"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21919,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21901\/revisions\/21919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}