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Decent restaurant in Tecate with secure parking?

Ken Cooke - 7-23-2007 at 01:55 PM

I am leading a group of 4WD vehicles into Tecate for dinner on Saturday evening. I was thinking about us parking at one of the bank lots across from the main plaza, but it would feel best if the place had some sort of security. We will be hot and sweaty from a day on the trail, so, we cannot just 'crash' a nice restaurant. We were thinking about one of the places near the main plaza, but not sure if we can just leave our Jeeps sitting around while we eat & drink...

craiggers - 7-24-2007 at 12:02 AM

There is a good Chinese restaurant with a big parking lot & big windows to watch your rigs. I don't remember the name of it but it is just southeast of the brewery on the south side of Blvd Oscar Baylon.

From Hwy 3, turn west onto Blvd Oscar Baylon (at the baseball stadium). The restaurant will be on your left just before the first stop sign. Can't miss it.Google earth says it's coords are 32 34 12.96 N X 116 37 40.15 W

The place has long family style seating to accommodate your group with a full bar to quench your thirsts. I had one of the shrimp lunch combos for about 65 pesos. It was muy delicioso but I still couldn't finish it all. "Chinese food in Mexico?" you say. It may seem wierd but Northern Baja is known for it. I've only been to this place once but I'll be back.

PS: What camera setup are you using for your website pictures. They look fantastic.




[Edited on 7-24-2007 by craiggers]

Bob and Susan - 7-24-2007 at 05:16 AM

the chineese came to work on the railroads in the USA...

when they were "asked" to leave and "go home" some came to northern mexico...the president of mexico granted them a stay of 50 years...

by the end of 50 years ALOT of babies had been born in mexico and were natural citizans...

ALOT traveled to all parts of mexico and to this day keep chineese names

Ken Cooke - 7-24-2007 at 08:34 AM

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Originally posted by craiggers

PS: What camera setup are you using for your website pictures. They look fantastic.




Thanks for the info and comments on the photography. I will definitely look up this restaurant! The camera is the Sony Cybershot 7.2 Megapixel camera.

Info:
The groundbreaking Sony CyberShot DSC-P150 is the world's smallest 7.2 megapixel digital camera. Set for release in September of 2004, the Sony DSC-P150 looks similar to previous CyberShot models, but offers substantially higher resolution. For photographers who wish to create large prints, the DSC-P150 could be the ideal fusion of power and size.
7.2 megapixels (effective), 3x optical zoom, autofocus only, program and manual exposure, JPEG file formats, proprietary Lithium-Ion battery.

Ken Cooke - 7-24-2007 at 08:38 AM

This camera captures everything so well, and it is very easy to use. Just point and click. It even has a function to reduce the red eye in peoples eyes...

Neal in Tijuana, Mexico last November:


[Edited on 7-24-2007 by Ken Cooke]

toneart - 7-24-2007 at 10:12 AM

One of the large Chinese family networks throughout Baja is the Yee clan. In Mulege they drive a lot of the business community. You will see the name Yee on restaurants, a hardware store and a market.

larry - 7-24-2007 at 10:28 AM

The Ley Supermarket chain, based in Sinaloa, was Chinese-Mexican owned and operated until it was bought out by Safeway a few years ago.

Larry

bajaguy - 7-24-2007 at 01:49 PM

Will my Safeway frequent shoppers card work there???

larry - 7-24-2007 at 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by bajaguy
Will my Safeway frequent shoppers card work there???


I don't think so---I was in a Ley store in Mexicali last year and as I recall, it wasnt accepted there. They will take them at Safeway in Canada, however.