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Malarrimo in GN
Last time at Malarrimo in 2017 we were kept awake most of the night by bar/disco across the street that was blasting away with really awful music. The
night guard told me when he calls the police they do nothing. Has anyone has a similar experience there lately? I will be going through soon.
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Have you considered staying at Terra Sol instead?
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We were there last November , no disco music but maybe it wasn't the weekend .
Same great Waiters that have been there for years but unfortunately no manos de leon . Some folks and reports claim the whole population has been
effectively whiped out in the Ojo de Libre lagoon by disease or ?
Lionel 
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Several years ago I saw HUGE piles of manos de leon shells a bit south of GN near the highway on both sides - a few piles were at least 7' x 10' -
smaller piles one after another for 50 yards. I stopped to pick up a few. I'd say they were probably wiped out by fishermen - maybe even in one
season.
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Isn't easier to say "scallops" or is there a difference with the manos de leon (lion's paw) variety?
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Quote: Originally posted by Marc  | | Last time at Malarrimo in 2017 we were kept awake most of the night by bar/disco across the street that was blasting away with really awful music.
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This is part of Mexican culture. It occurs in every small town on Friday and Saturday nights and extends far past midnight. We who live here have
learned to accept it and embrace it. Mexicans like to party often and loudly, with loudspeakers turned up. That's just how it is.
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Dk,
Sometimes people use specific names of animals in speech or writing instead of simple general names like “scallop.”
For example, when talking about mt lions, many people us the term “mt lion” or “cougar” instead of the simple, less-descriptive term
“cat.”
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| Quote: Originally posted by Skipjack Joe |
This is part of Mexican culture. It occurs in every small town on Friday and Saturday nights and extends far past midnight. We who live here have
learned to accept it and embrace it. Mexicans like to party often and loudly, with loudspeakers turned up. That's just how it is.
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That is true, Thursday nights as well, but you can find places that are away from the action.
We stay at La Mision in Loreto partly for this reason. There are signs saying "Absolut Silence after 10PM." (Funny how they misspell absolute on
nice engraved signs.) I like a party more than the next person, but not where I'm sleeping.
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David, with all due respect to your map making and contributions to this site, "if your a shoemaker, fix shoes." Stick to what you know best.
In marketing, the sizzle sells the steak and what sound better and exotic to you, "scallops" or "Mano de Leon?" I have always found the Manos del
Leon excellent there and there was a few years that they passed off small ones as that dish but around 8 months ago had a great dish with large Manos
del Leon.
By the way, I was always under the impression the Manos del Leon meant paws of the lion, not tiger. Wouldn't it be call Manos de Tigre?
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| Quote: Originally posted by Howard | David, with all due respect to your map making and contributions to this site, "if your a shoemaker, fix shoes." Stick to what you know best.
In marketing, the sizzle sells the steak and what sound better and exotic to you, "scallops" or "Mano de Leon?" I have always found the Manos del
Leon excellent there and there was a few years that they passed off small ones as that dish but around 8 months ago had a great dish with large Manos
del Leon.
By the way, I was always under the impression the Manos del Leon meant paws of the lion, not tiger. Wouldn't it be call Manos de Tigre?
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It was a QUESTION... I wanted to know, I never heard Lion's Paw at a Mexican restaurant, only scallops. Happy Easter to you too. Man o man..
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Where can the above referenced "Manos del Leon" be found in GN?
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At the restaurant in the subject line, Malarrimo in GN. At the hotel restaurant.
I'm not a big fan of Mararimmo in general but their Manos de Leon in garlic and butter are usually excellent and large.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Howard | At the restaurant in the subject line, Malarrimo in GN. At the hotel restaurant.
I'm not a big fan of Mararimmo in general but their Manos de Leon in garlic and butter are usually excellent and large. |
Thx for the pro tip.
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Lencho, thank you for the informative reading. I Googled it and it clears it all up. Now that I have learned my one thing for the day I can
rationalize an early siesta.
So the reference isn't because of the size, just the shape?
Please be careful on your answer as 2 new things in one day might put me into overload. 
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Lencho, there are actually several kinds of scallops. The Catarina are the small thumbnail sized ones, super tender. There's another that's in a
fan-type shell, and the shell is prized for the nacre produced on the inside, and also totally protected from harvest as they were overfished years
ago.
The two large muscled scallops are Penn Scallops and Rock scallops, also known as Purple Lipped scallops. In Baja Sur I never did hear of 'Manos de
Leon' in all the years of going south. The Penn (Manos) was known as Ancha, and the purple lipped as Acha... the latter more prized and a wee bit
more tender.
Even more prized was not the 'puro' muscle, but the 'talon' found at the hinge of the shell. I wouldn't buy the 'puro' muscle, the 'talon' was way
more tender and delicious, not to mention a little cheaper cost as the'puro' muscle is what most wanted. That's because they never had (or heard of)
the talon.
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| Quote: Originally posted by lencho |
David--
There are at least two different kinds of "scallops" found in BCS, and they're different.
Almeja Catarina (Argopecten ventricosus)
Almeja Mano de León (Nodipecten subnudosus)
If you insist on speaking English at a restaurant in Mexico  and just
ask for "scallops", I suspect they could legitimately serve you either variety, but you might be disappointed in the former. |
Many times in Baja Mexicans translate callo de hacha as “scallop.” It ain’t a scallop, though it is a muscle of a big bivalve, so is sort of
scallop-like.
I think “Almeja” translates as clam, at least that’s the way I understand it, and clams and scallops are different in English.
Learn some Spanish, DK!
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They can also be had at the restaurant on the right side of the main road as you first come in to town. Don't remember the name. Or the seafood
distributor across from the electrical switch yard.
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Lencho, you answered the question I asked, but don't assume when I typed "scallops" it means I order in English. I speak enough Spanish to order most
things. I just have never noticed mano de XXX on a menu. Maybe because I wasn't looking fot it?
The word for scallops is hacha or vieira. Yes, goat, I know about the hacha clam found in the Sea of Cortez. The meat inside is pretty close to a
traditional scallop.
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DK, the word for scallops is CALLOS (pronounced KAY-os).
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