As I mentioned in my last post, Alejandro's father celebrated his birthday on Friday. After breakfast, Alejandro and I drove to a "pastelería" (pastry shop) to buy a cake for his dad. There are plenty of "pastelerías" throughout the city, including several within walking distance of their house. However, the family really likes a chain of bakeries called "La Universal". They discovered it because there is one close to where Alejandro's sister Sandra works. So, even though it is a half hour drive from the house, that is where they usually buy birthday cakes.
The last several times that they bought a cakes there, they bought something called "mil hojas" (literally "thousand leaves") which is something similar to strudel. Even though it is very good, Sandra suggested that Alejandro buy something different this time.
There were a variety of cakes to choose from, but the clerk recommended the "rompope" cake. ("Rompope is Mexico's version of eggnog.)
So, "rompope" it was. After dinner, Alejandro brought the cake out to the table.
Of course, there was the singing of "Las Mañanitas", the traditional Mexican birthday song (accompanied, it would seem, by the family's dogs) and the blowing out of the candles. The pandemic has brought an end (at least for the time being) of pushing the birthday boy's face into the cake.
The cake was very good, perhaps even better than "mil hojas"!
Papa looks as if he enjoyed his Rompope very much! Good health to all!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gail.
DeletePedro seemed quite happy. Sometimes he is very sad at this time of year, because it is also the anniversary of his wife's death.