Did it matter that it was the rainy season? No!
Did it matter that it wasn't exactly a European tourist hotspot? No!!
Did it matter that we were told by random groups of people not to go for fear of kidnapping? No!! (And don't be ridiculous)!!
None of this mattered because (as a student of archaeology) I was all too aware of the amazing treasures that would await us...this, of course, included the spice markers and the churros and chocolate caliente restaurants, or churreria. One such restaurant is, Churreria El Moro.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mexico/mexico-city/restaurants/cafe/churreria-el-moro
Whilst wandering the streets of Mexico city we were captured by the inviting scent of sugar and cinnamon, nothing could have been more enticing on such a stormy and chilly day than a mountain of churros and hot chocolate.
We entered a gorgeously decorated room, typically Mexican in style, which was noisy and busy. We found a seat, and I perused the menu for which hot chocolate I would have.
They have a number of hot chocolates, one is an Aztec hot chocolate, which is deep in colour, rather thin but spiced with chili, there is a sweeter and lighter French hot chocolate made with more cream and milk chocolate, making it perfect for a European chocolate lover, and there is a thicker Spanish hot chocolate which is deep and unctuous. This is what I opted for! It was perfect with the long, deep fried Mexican doughnut, which I promptly dunked into the hot chocolate.
With chocolate running down my chin and sugar on my lips, I realised that I had to capture this amazing moment, the moment when I fell in love with an incredible Mexican tradition, so I quickly put down my, probably eighth churro by now, and took a picture of a rather depleted mound of churros!
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