I’ve created a new routine for Sunday mornings on Isla Mujeres. I’ve been packing a beach bag and taking it to church so that immediately after the service at Jax, I can change into my bathing suit and cross the street to the beach. After a couple hours on the beach though, we are all hungry. So today my sister Kathryne picked up lasagna from Il Pomodorino. Located on Juarez between Madero and Morelos you can’t miss this colourful building where you can grab and go.

We’ve had their delicious pizza as our beach meal before but today we tried their lasagna. Advertised as a special of the day it will become a fixture on the upcoming revised menu.  It’s a good value at 165 pesos for a single serving and 275 pesos for a double.

We ordered the double and fed three people a nice sized lunch as it also comes with a good portion of “panzas” which are breadstick like piece of their excellent pizza dough brushed with garlic butter. The perfect vessel to sop up the extra meat sauce.

We all agreed that the lasagna was delicious. Homemade pasta with a tomato sauce that was full of ground beef and pork. Sometimes tomato sauce in Mexico is too sweet for my liking, but this was savoury with a good depth of flavour. You won’t find ricotta or béchamel sauce in this version, making it a lighter dish overall. Topped with mozzarella cheese and fresh Parmesan was delectable!

Insider tip: If you are going to eat on the beach the way we did, take your own forks.

Kath’s quote: “Once again, my life has been saved by the miracle of lasagna.”-‘Garfield’ (Jim Davis)

Love never fails. 

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