CupCakes and CrabLegs

                                           Whimsical sketch by SMA artist, Meagan Burns
May 30,2013...it seems like yesterday when we arrived in San Miguel de Allende, planning to stay for six months and write about food. Five years later, we’re still here....

There are plenty of restaurants in San Miguel de Allende where you can get lunch for under $200 peosos/$10.00 USD but which restaurants use the best ingredients?
For the next 30 days, we're here to let you know because we think high quality ingredients define great food....

San Miguel de Allende is one of the top food cities in Mexico; just ask Chicago restaurant owners Mary Nguyen Aregoni and Theresa Nguyen of Saigon Sisters and Bang Chop Thai Kitchen who flew in to SMA last month just to eat.
Photo: Saigon Sisters
Some of the best things to see in SMA are found on a plate; celebrated dishes created by chefs like Matteo Salas of Aperi, Marco Cruz of Nomada cocina de interpretacion, Donnie Masterton of The Restaurant, El Vergel Bistro and Market, Birdies Burgers...

How great is it to have another incredible restaurant in SMA! We just can't stop raving about the food at Casa Blanca Cafe, Juarez #9, in the Casa Blanca 7 Hotel.
Chef Donnie Masterton created another winning dish with the cafe's BLT salad; loaded with pork belly, pumpkin seeds, hard boiled egg and dressed with a blue cheese vinaigrette....