The first time I alighted on Puerto Vallarta was just over fifty years ago. I was a young hitchhiker (saw every spectacular corner of Mexico “by-thumb” in six unforgettable months […]
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Author: Byron Ayanoglu
Byron Ayanoglu is a writer of many hues. Memoirist, travel columnist, cookbook author, film-scenarist, playwright, restaurant reviewer, novelist. His most recently published novels are A Traveler's Tale and Fresh Blood, which followed Istanbul to Montréal (simultaneously published in a Turkish version); a memoir, Crete on the Half Shell (published in four languages; optioned for film); and a satirical romance Love in the Age of Confusion. Widely traveled, Byron speaks five languages and lives about forty miles north of Montreal.
Byron Recommends: Arty Lunch at Fonda Franchesco
Art is everywhere in this town, in the air, on the walls of countless galleries, deep in the hearts and souls of the citizens, even inside its name: VallARTa. One […]
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Byron Recommends: A Swim at Las Palmas
Despina, my late-great mother, regaled me with countless favors and gifts (I was an only child), the most significant among which was to teach me to swim, when I was four. […]
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Byron Recommends: Maki Rolls at Mitsuba Sushi
Some forty years ago our collective culinary sensibility stumbled onto the vast expanse of Asian cuisines. We graduated from our fondness for Indian curry-houses and westernized Chinese cooking to the […]
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Byron Recommends: The View at Las Carmelitas
Eagle-size hawks circle the baby-blue, skimming the highest peaks of the tropical trees. The verdant mountain-side sweeps down meaningfully to the coast and its majestic bay. To the north, it […]
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Cazuela at Mariscos La Tia
There is something gritty and delightful, even exciting, about eating from a professional kitchen that has been set up outside. Some of the most diverting meals I’ve had have been […]
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Byron Recommends: Brownie at Pie in the Sky
There is a wealth of cakes and pies here, which I’m told are all artisanal and truly delicious.
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Byron Recommends: Fish at Isla de Mexcaltitan
What makes them attractive to retail shoppers is their in-house eateries that serve the same for consumption on-site.
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Byron Recommends: Pozole at Teresa’s
You’ll get as authentic a family-dining experience as there is (except that you get to pay at the end).
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Byron Recommends: Coffee+And at Dee’s Coffee Company
Hanging out at a cafe is ground-zero of “cafe-society”
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