Loading ...Mexican cuisine is a style of food that originates in Mexico. Mexican cuisine is known for its varied flavors, colorful decoration, and variety of spices and ingredients, many of which are native to the country. Cultural influences left from Spanish colonization of the Southwest and California remains not only in the names of places but also in the ingredients in cooking; these influences are strongly reinforced today by their proximity to northern Mexican states like Sonora, Baja California, and Chihuahuha.
For those of you who are planning a trip to Mexico, don’t leave the country without trying their cuisine. In this category, we will be featuring traditional and modern Mexican Food that can help your travel to Mexico be filled with deliciousness!
Oaxaca is basically known for its coffee as their agricutural industry rely on growing cacaos. Theirs is a specialty coffee which comes with a mild milk-chocolatey flavor, produced in large amounts organically. Oaxaca coffees are usually for trade fair and export quality which is why you would wonder why elsewhere in Mexico, restaurants serve brewed [...]
The tamales is a traditional dish made of starchy dough called masa. It is then boiled or steamed with banana leaves to wrap it. The inside of a tamales is filled with different kinds of meat, chili, vegetables and cheese and preparation varies depending on the recipe. Tamales is a staple in every Mexican home [...]
You can find elotes mostly in the streets of Mexico and you would recognize this because they look like the traditional corn on the cob and are placed on sticks. This is a flavorful corn dish that is usually enjoyed for snacks. It’s easy to make an elote at home by boiling corn and preparing [...]
This traditional dish has meat, vegetables and all sorts of flavors rolled into a soft tortilla and is eaten by hand. The food can be messy to handle, but that is the best part about enjoying it. Tacos are a lot more flavorful because of the garnishes that come with the food, which may include [...]
No matter how glamorous and stylish the signature food of a country can be, there always exist a stream of fares that are common place and yet, are delectable in every sense of the word. Stuff that can be considered daily fare, something that you pick up from a vendor on your way to work [...]
Just one view of the magnificent Pico de Orizaba from Puebla gets you a feel of the city you are in. Puebla, being a colonial city and one of the most important of it’s kind, certainly has a lot to offer you in ways more than one, be it the fabulous cuisine, the breathtaking scenery, [...]
As much as food is signatory of a country, as much as it is a paradigm of a country’s culture, it is a feast for the senses ofr which it was originally intended. The very aroma that good food provides is sometimes enough to singlehandedly attract a wannabe tourist to a nation, and yet, the [...]
Restaurants to Recommend In Tijuana A visit to Tijuana in Mexico is particularly memorable because of the exquisite culinary experience it offers. There are plenty of excellent dining restaurants in Tijuana. Best Restaurants In Tijuana Cien Anos – One of the best places to eat out at Tijuana is the Cien Anos restaurant. This is [...]
Food is a diversity thing. It really separates one country from another. What;s more, each food, having it’s own unique taste is worth trying at least once in a lifetime. For this, you need to travel, travel far and wide, tasting each country as it comes. Right now you are in Mexico. You are hunting [...]
So you want to be adventurous and try the real taste of Mexico… Sure you’ve heard that the Mexican food is a real treat for your taste buds. It is! But as in any foreign cuisine, there are some special ingredients that provide a distinctive flavor to it, and in the case of Mexican food, [...]