As we were sitting outside the patio at García Madero, I heard a loud whrrr and buzzz right behind me. Then Tanya said, "That guy behind you has a knife". I was expecting to turn around and be beheaded. My melon was safe. It was just the "el afilador".
Whether you're a professional chef or home cook, you know it's always vital to have a sharp knife. Here in Los Angeles, I have to wrap my knives and lug them up to the farmer's market or drive to a knife shop to get my knives sharpened. Mexico has the perfect solution for sharp knives, at your door step. That solution is a man known as "el afilador". He arrives at your restaurant on his bike, which also ingeniously contains his entire knife sharpening shop. After just a few minutes of grinding and polishing on his bike/sharpening machine, the chef can hold his knife once again keenly sharp without having to leave his kitchen.
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