Meet Cesar

ENSENADA BLANCA - This is Cesar. He runs the palapa bar on the beach of Ensenada Blanca.



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There is no written menu and only three meal choices: Fish Tacos, Ceviche, or Clams. When you order the clams you better have some time to sit back and enjoy a cerveza because after bringing your drinks Cesar will don his fins and snorkel and dive into the ocean to dig them up. Talk about fresh!



Getting ready to get some clams



After about 20-30 minutes he comes back with pockets full of clams



Fresh chocolate clams (spanish: almeja chocolata) from 4-8 feet of depth


Cesar gets the knife just between the shells to up open the clam



Ready



Whack



My picture taking must have made him nervous because he sliced his finger while opening clams



Chocolate clams inside



Rinsing and scooping the clams out of their shells



Chopping clams 



Cesar then sautés the clams in lard (!) and garlic



And then he spoons the cooked clams back into their shells for presentation



Yum!



Enjoying clams with some cruising buddies