The lord of the ceviche: The two cities

San José del Cabo is the city where my brother lives. It is located in the southern part of Baja California and if you drive 30 Kilometres heading west through the coast highway, you'll reach San José's twin city: San Lucas.

In San Lucas, I tried two ceviches at eateries for locals; tourists prefer to have giant steaks with giant shrimps or giant hamburgers at hooters or Johnny Rockets. I assume that good food in San Lucas is reserved for Mexicans ;-)

One of the ceviches I got there was interesting and the second was very good.

I bought the first one from a guy who selling fish and shrimp ceviche from the trunk of his mini-van at the marina. He prepared it with fish, coriander, red onions, lime and something that surprised me: shredded carrots! The flavour was very balanced since the carrots added a sweet taste to it. The ceviche was served over a tostada, which is nothing but a tortilla chip the size of a cd.

“Las tres islas” was the place I had the very good ceviche, their ceviche was perfect: White fish perfectly marinated in lime juice with the ideal amount of red onions, coriander and tomatoes and it was served along with tortilla chips.

In the city of San José I also had very good ceviche, it was actually nearly amazing. My brother drove us (my mom and me) to the “container”, a shipping block adapted as a restaurant. It is located at the new San José Marina. They prepared an incredible good ceviche: Big chunks of fresh tuna*, loads of red onions, coriander and the perfect amount of lime juice…and the right amoutn of their secret ingredient: Mango. To add even more points, they serve the ceviche with fresh home-made tortilla chips.

Not far away from the posh container, there is a couple selling excellent ceviche, oysters and clams on the street. They use an old cable barrel as both, kitchen and table for the guests. The atmosphere there is magic: Locals, gringos, dusty streets, dogs and chickens blend perfectly with their excellent ceviche using the traditional ingredients.

Want to see how some of the eateries look like? Click here

* In Baja California there is no industrial fishing; fish comes from sustainable lane fishing.