Hidden back on a dusty side street a bit away from the center of Copan, Honduras is Don Udos Restaurant and Hotel.It came highly recommended, but I was a little skeptical that we were going to get gourmet food in a tiny Honduras town.
The restaurant is set up in the requisite hotel courtyard. It is dim and candlelit. Only one other table had people when we arrived.
The adorable and friendly hostess/waitress showed us to our seats, very close to an adobe oven and communal table they have near the kitchen.
After getting warmed up on Don Udos special rum, vodka, and oj drink, we ordered. First course was a tortilla soup filled with avocado chunks and tortilla strips. It was lighter than many tortilla soups, probably a seafood base rather than meat. The breadsticks were soft, tasty, and accompanied by herbed butter.
For an entree, Chris had a perfectly cooked steak covered in a coffee and rum sauce. My camarones (shrimp) piri piri were also cooked to perfection in a vat of butter, garlic, wine, and some special magic that made it sweet and spicy at the same time. Even the vegetables were cooked perfectly. I ate cooked carrots and I normally hate cooked carrots.
Although we were both completely full, we finished off the meal with some vanilla ice cream topped with kahlua, strawberries, sprinkles, and some crunchy granola-like substance.
Truly a perfect meal.
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