Fun visit to Plaza Mexico paleta shop in Lynwood with Ad teammates.

Susana, Samantha and I had a fun visit to Plaza Mexico's Paletería La Michoacana Thursday after class.  I used to pass the huge sign  advertising the Plaza when I went to work at the special educ school but had never stopped there.  It's a lovely mall!  After par-taking of an enchilada lunch I ordered a delicious coco de leche paleta.  The salesgirl said the owner would not allow photographs.   The Plaza didn't have too many customers as it was a Thur afternoon.  Susana showed us many unusual vegies and suggested how they could be cooked.  She may share one of her family's secret recipes with me.  

Below if info from L.A.Times on-line article which talked about this wonderful paleteria.

Handmade paletas — Mexican ice pops — have traditional flavors and cutting-edge style.By Betty Hallock for L.A. Times Living

August 22, 2007

...That's not just some idyllic Latino-Rockwellian fantasy. On a recent 80-degree-plus weekend in the courtyard of Plaza Mexico in Lynwood, a family of five took advantage of a park bench and a view of a replica of the Ángel de la Independencia, each of them holding fast to summer by his or her Popsicle stick. Customers at the nearby Paletería La Michoacana, a small, often crowded shop tucked into a corner of the plaza, lined up for paletas in flavors such as tamarindo, hibiscus flower and mango con chile. (If summer in L.A. had a flavor, it might be mango con chile.)

When I googled the name of the shop later I found out there are many shops by the same name and one comment that was posted on a Flickr site indicated:

BTW, Paleteria La Michoacana is not a chain, nor a franchise. It is just a tradition to call your paleteria "La Michoacana" because of the delicious paletas, nieves and natural flavoured water that are homemade and sold in Patzcuaro Michoacan.

Below is an image of a paleta shop in Michocan, Mexico and paleta images from LA Times article.