Susan was speaking at and attending the National Medical Fitness Association Conference last week in San Antonio TX so I went along to hang out with her. We stayed at the Riverwalk Marriott right on the river walk which was nice. They put us in room 2323 which Susan and I simultaneously said we got the Jordan/Jordan room as we walked away from the check in counter. As you will see the majority of our trip consisted of eating Tex-Mex food.
Our first night in San Antonio we ate at Casa Rio. While Susan was in one of her sessions that day I had gone for a walk and I heard that this restaurant was on it’s 4th generation of owners so we figured they must be doing something right and decided to give it a try. We had guacamole for a appetizer then I had the Casa Rio Deluxe Dinner (Cheese Enchilada, Tamale, Crispy Beef Taco, Chili Con Carne, Guacamole Salad, Chili Con Queso, Mexican Rice, and Refried Beans) and Susan had the taco plate. For dessert Susan wanted to try flan because she had never had it before. It is unusual for her to want to try something new but I love flan so I went with. She wanted to share one since she wasn’t sure if she would like it or not so it turned out good for me that she liked it but it wasn’t her favorite (that meant I got more of it 
). It turned out that we made a good choice to eat here because the food and service was great. This ended up being Susan’s favorite place we ate (it was a close second for me). The enchiladas were the best I have ever had and the tacos, with home made taco shells, were excellent also.
The second night we ate at two restaurants. We started at the Cafe Ole’. We weren’t planning on eating dinner here but they had a appetizer special of chili con queso, Texas style nachos, quesadillas and guacamole for happy hour so we decided to give it a try. After the appetizers we were glad we weren’t eating dinner there. The food wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t the best either. After Cafe Ole’ we moved on to Rita’s on the River. Here we had guacamole for a appetizer, yes we had another appetizer, then I had fajitas for dinner and Susan had tortilla soup. The food here was pretty good but not our favorite place. The fajita meat was marinated very well and had a good flavor, the home made tortillas where also very good but the rest was just OK.
Friday we met and had lunch at Rio Rio Cantina. Here we had guacamole for a appetizer (again ), then I had pollo en mole and Susan had 2 cheese enchiladas and a taco. This turned out to be my favorite restaurant of the week. The mole here was one of the best that I have ever had. Susan said it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t her favorite. They made things here a little different than she is use to which is probably why I liked it so much and it wasn’t her favorite. Friday night we were so stuffed from all the eating that we ended up eating ice cream at Häagen-Dazs and pretzels at Auntie Anne’s Pretzels for dinner.
For lunch on Saturday before we left we broke from the Tex-Mex trend and ate at Schilo’s Delicatessen (a German deli). Susan read about this place before we went and saw they had home made root beer so we planned on going to try it before we left. I hadn’t had any soft drink since I was 16 but I love root beer (especially home made root beer) so I decided to give it a try. It was really good and I am glad I had it but I’m not going to go back to drinking soft drinks, they are way too sweet. For food I almost got the cow tongue but I knew I wouldn’t be able to eat for a while if I didn’t like it since we were going to the airport after we left so I went with a Ruben sandwich instead. If I can find it again I would still like to try cow tongue sometime! Susan had the creamy chicken soup and a piece of cheese cake. The food here was good and worth the evil stares we got when we wanted to order lunch at 10:58. Lunch started at 11 so apparently 2 minutes is a long time in Texas.
For the sake of not making us sound any more like pigs, since we ate the whole time, I left out our breakfeasts, airport meals and a couple others. We had a good time on the trip but ate WAY too much. This was Susan’s first time speaking at a national conference so she was a little nervous. She ended up with a full room for her talk and things went very well so I was happy for her.
You can see some pictures from the trip here.
