Lunch at Oceana at Dreams Riveria Cancun

What's for lunch at Oceana?  Let me tell you. Lots of delicious seafood.  

The Tuna Tiradito was my favorite. 

Barely seared, thin-sliced tuna in a soy sauce based glaze.  So flavorful but the tuna still was present.  

We also has the Mexican shrimp cocktail.

This is very different than your standard American shrimp cocktail.   The Mexican version is sweeter and saucier compared to it's American "cousin". I also feel that the shrimp are  fresher then you would would see in most US restaurants.  

Also tried the seafood aquachile which was primarily scallops in a spicy brine with cucumber and onions. 

The scallops were a bit soft which tells me the brine needed more acid.  It also needed a bit more bite. There was hardly a hint of heat.

The signature dish was the whole fried fish.

 If you have travelled to Mexico and never had this, add it to your must do list.  I have had this dish many times over the last fifteen years.   Each place will have its signature take.  But keys to look for are respecting the fish.  Do they want you to enjoy the whole fish?  Do they fry the fish in oil with the correct temperature?  How do they plate it?  

Here they met all the criteria.  Perfect plating.  The whole fish was presented creatively.  The skin was so crispy yet the flesh was moist and flavorful.   And it was garnished with perfectly fried green onions and lemon grass slivers. 

So creative and made.it so flavorful.  One of the best I have ever had.  Please order this when you visit.

Lunch at Seaside Grill at Dreams Riviera Cancun

Checked in today after having stayed three nights at Now Sapphire and three nights at Dreams Natura.  I will start by saying there seems to be a lot more people here compared to those two resorts.  Now was at about 25% capacity.  And Dreams couldn't have been much higher.   Based on chair availability and the pool bar, there are quite a few people here.  

We had lunch at Seaside while we waited for our room.  They bring up tricolored chips, guacamole and salsa. The guacamole was so smooth - almost like a puree.  I liked it as a change to guacamole that has been mashed.  

Salads were caesar and thai.  Thai was my favorite.  A spicy, creamy peanut sauce with thai noodles and greens.  There were also lots of spicy nuts for crunch.  There was a bit too much dessinh for me.  If you order this, see if they can have the dressing in the side.  

The chicken wings were hot and crispy, served with a spicy sauce similar to Frank's Red Hot.  These tasted especially good with the cold beer. I loved that in addition to celery and carrot sticks, they also had jicama sticks.  I could have had more of those - and had a use for the extra dressing from the salad. 

Both the beef burrito and beef fajitas used grilled flank steak. The steak was seasoned very well and had some crispy edges which helped with the flavor.  The peppers and onions were also seasoned well.   It was fun that the flour tortillas were also tricolored like the chips that came at the beginning.