January 30th

Dining with the Fish

There were lots of huge Koi fish in the hotel lobby and Noelle really liked seeing them.  She was excited this night because we got to eat by the fish.

Bana Restaurant
Paradisus Resort
Cancun, Mexico

This restaurant was located on the "Zen terrace" in the hotel.  It was surounded by lush, tropical plants, colorful lights, koi fish, a fountain, and live music.  Another great atmosphere. It is a Japanese fusion restaurant.

Here's what we had:

Megan: appetizer: tuna tartare
             entree: soft shell crab roll, and a Philadelphia roll
Doug: Appetizer: scallop, salmon, and tuna ceviche
          entree: spicy tuna roll, puebla roll, and a seabass roll
Noelle: Appetizer: ceviche
            entree: Butterfish fillet

Grades:

Megan - A (I love sushi so this restaurant was right up my alley.  The fish tasted fresh and all the plates were beautifully presented.)

Doug - B+ (Doug says the ceviche was good.)

Noelle - A- (Noelle surprisingly loved the ceviche.  She seemed to think the Butterfish was ok.  She tried some of my sushi and also thought that was just ok.  She loved the tempura fried banana we had for dessert.  And she had a lot of fun trying to eat with chopsticks.)