I checked my bank account before this trip and set myself a strict budget. Three days in, I had already broken every rule I made for myself, and I regretted absolutely nothing.
It started with a five dollar plate of fish that tasted better than meals costing five times as much. Then came a sandwich so good I circled back the next morning just to have it again.
Every stop seemed to prove the same point, good food does not need a fancy price tag attached to it. Locals kept pointing me toward spots with no signage, no website, just a line out front and a menu written on a chalkboard…