The king is dead, long live the king!

"Life's to be eaten in a continuous feast, in a huge table, and a never-ending after-dinner conversation. Foodie in Mexico City and where my hunger goes"

That's at least how this idea that is “Pantagruel Journeys” is introduced to all of you through its different versions (Instagram, Facebook and Blogger). And the concept is easy, to record in my personal way all the experiences had or to be have regarding the world of a nowadays Pantagruel.

And who is Pantagruel you may ask? The original, the one after who’s inspired this blog, is Gargantua’s son, as told in the novels written by François Rabelais in the 16^th century, and they –son and father- both voracious giants, like to live their lives in the most excessive way, and this applies of course to the food among others. That’s why gargantuan or pantagruelic have passed to posterity as synonymous of “massive, gigantic, tremendous, colossal, etc, etc”. And is commonly used in sentences as “a gargantuan task” or “a gargantuan meal”. While Gargantua remained as the representative of this concept in the English language, his son Pantagruel was adopted for the same matter in the Spanish terminology. In a strange mix of wording between English and Spanish, and maybe a language disorder of this blog’s writer, Pantagruel takes his father’s seat in order to show you tremendous amounts of amazing food, found most of the times in the Mexican environment, and wherever myself have the luck to travel with him.

It wouldn’t be fair if in this introduction I wouldn’t name the predecessors that led the way that took me here today. “Puro Albur Güerito” was my first blog –written in Spanish- explaining my experiences as I landed years ago in Mexico City. Most of these episodes where conceived around incredible dishes of Mexican food, and it was of huge (even maybe gargantuan) help to explain those friends and family back home, how this rewarding experience of living abroad was evolving. Regarding Instagram, my personal account has collected several of the pictures that you may find in @pantagrueljourneys.

But it was time to focus in the amazing food, gather around specific concepts, and try to keep polishing my English while expanding the limits of the idea I’m willing to share. So prepare to follow Pantagruel in his tasty quest, full of continuous feasts, huge overflowing tables, and never-ending after-dinner conversations.

I hope that you’ll enjoy it as much as I will!