Turn It Up World.
So we woke up a little bit later today, but that's okay because we had such an amazing time last night at the SAOSIN concert
But today we have really cool and fun activities that we have planned today one being a taco tour
Here's Mexico City so we can wait for that. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Looking forward to that.
And then before that though, we're gonna check out an old Aztec ruin that was really discovered here in the 70's
They started digging it out. What's the name of that place?
It's the Templo Mayor. Templo Mayor. Apparently they did some human sacrifices there
So it might be a little creepy too, but I'm excited to check it. Human sacrifices! It's gonna be fun
Oh, it's gonna be great. But first we're gonna need some coffee. Let's go get the coffee. It's time for some coffee!
So we're about to have a little coffee.
A little, i guess avocado and toast here at Monsieur Croque which
We have not had anything here as if yet. We walk past this place a dozen times already
So he finally actually stopping and getting a little coffee before the adventures begin
Welcome to Templo Mayor!
Alright so this is the map of the original Aztec city. It was amazing. They talked about kind of this being the Venice of the Americas
All of these waterway. It is absolutely beautiful.
This road they show here. One of the main roads
Still exists today, which comes up somewhere around that Church over there.
Okay, so we are finally off getting ready on the taco adventure with our guide right there
Right over here. That's Emilio. It's awesome to have a guide to really kind of kick off the street tacos here in Mexico City
So here's the first stop on our tour. It's called
Callejeros. Which means
People of the street.
So, this is our first stop here at Callejeros checking out some of the street tacos here and let's go
This first taco hear has some pablanos, some cheese, corn and made in this homemade blue corn tortillia.
And I put a little bit of the green chile sauce on it so let's see what this one tastes like.
Definitely a little spicier. I think I put too much green chilli sauce.
So I am now trying the mushroom version of this
Our lovely host is going to recommend a special sauce, that's gonna go well on this one. I recommend this red sauce
is going to recommend a special sauce, that's gonna go well on this one I recommend this red sauce
I recommend this red sauce
because it's a combination of the broth tomato
And it's like very spicy
Alright so we're going to try this one here. He recommends a little bit of the red sauce. It's very spicy. Kind of a tomato base.
It's very spicy. Kind of a tomato base.
Would that be enough you think?
I love onions and vinegar. This is like one of my favorites. Real hispanic flavor.
Yeah, this is like very very hispanic. I like onions. So put this on before the sauce. So before. Before.
This is very good
and i think what makes this is definitely a little bit of that red sauce
and those, we call them pickled onions, but their onions and vinegar.
Absolutely delicious.
So first stop, Callejeros was a absolute success
We have our mint-infused
Water drink here - cucumber and it was absolutely delicious.
We're actually headed to the next stop got a whole different vibe there. So Callejeros went there, which is basically a spot
known for it's breakfast taco. So now going to the next spot, which is known for its lunch
See what we got going on. Moving on up to the lunch taco. Cheers!
So we are here at our second stop which is, Tacos De Canasta Los Especiales
Which is kind of like the soup nazi of Seinfeld.
Where you know you have to get in, get your tacos, get out
The line is pretty short, it looks pretty Long, but it's pretty short for what a normal day would be
So we're gonna get in and get out, we're going to have some of these lunch special tacos
And I'm excited to dive in aren't you? Oh, yeah
Because I think this is real street
The greasy tacos
Here it is. Our little lunch tacos. Dave has the frijoles
Oh that tastes good. I like it. It's really good.
I love the guacamole. It's really nice. Spicy flavor.
Alright! So this is the chicharron taco
i mixed it with a little bit of the spicy guacamole which is highly recommended.
So let's see what this one tastes like.
This is very good.
Very spicy. I think I put a little bit too much of the spicy guacamole.
NEVER!
but the flacor is unbelievable
Never too much spice
Thumb up!
That place was exactly what we said.
A little insane. Fast, greasy street tacos. But it was so good.
I mean to be honest, if it weren't for our incredible guide that we have today, just kind of showing us all the different
street taco places of Mexico City, I don't think we would have ever stopped in there.
I would have never tried it. I mean it was basically a basket just full of pre-made tacos, but they're also fresh really good
Now we're inside of a coca-cola bar
Now we did hear a little bit difference between the coca-cola here and the coca-cola in the United States
The difference is the Coco Cola in the United States
uses corn syrup. What is that corn syrup. Here in Mexico City it's sugar. It's absolutely the best. You hear that, sugar!
Let's go have a Coco Cola.
Okay, so the third stop is a pretty interesting and almost famous stop here. We are at Taquiera Los Cocuyos
Which is a highly recommended
taco spot here in Mexican City by the famous Anthony Bourdain
So Dave and I are actually going to try the brisket taco and the Chorizo taco
and we're gonna have a little bit of cactus. I'm dying to try this and see what it's about.
Dave's already over there getting his eat on.
The brisket he said is gonna be damn good. So here's the Chorizo
Put some lime on. First put the lime.
Man the brisket here is cooked for 24 hours. So it should be really tender.
Really good, huh. It's really good. I'm not going to say anything more than that.
I'm getting jealous
If you could see the other side, Dave's mouth is like watering
over there. He's dying to try a bite of this;
But ma'am, this is really good brisket taco
Really nice flavor. That's good. It's got some spice in there;
Look he's ready to go in for another bite, Hey you gotta share that with me. (laughing)
What was that?
So it's called Papalo. It actually helps the digestion so basically after eating
one of these tacos like the chorizo, you wanna have
a piece of Papalo. Which helps with the digestion, but you don't want to have too much of the papalo
other than the fact it has a strong taste because it will definitely upset your stomach.
It will help too much. (laughing) It will help a little bit too much.
Alright, so this is the chorizo taco here
Really nice. It's got a red sauce in there.
So I'm dying to try this. Not sure about the color of the meat
cause I'm not used to that but they sai said it was great so, here we go
Really good, huh Wow
It's really good. I was expecting it to be really salty
it has a nice combination. Not super salty. The sauce does help.
I find a lot of these taco places, the sauce is kind of like the icing on the cake.
So what do you think, Dave?
What do you think?
Lot of blend of flavors
I taste the sauce quite a bit.
The sauce does help, right. good flavors David gives it a thumbs up and second bite
Really quick before we wrap this up
I just want to say that these taco places that Dave and I tried are
Strictly our opinion in terms of what we think were the best breakfast lunch and dinner tacos in Mexico City
We were actually guided around Mexico City by a Mexico City chef and let me tell you these restaurants did not
Disappoint which leads me to this have you guys ever tried the restaurants that we been to before?
If you have what are your favorite tacos?
or
Do you have some cool taco spots that you would recommend that you try the Mexico City if you have leave them in the comments
Below because we would love to hear your thoughts and we'd love to try some of those places because we like to eat
Alright back to the program
Wow. That was a jam packed day full of tacos, and walking, coca cola
It was a really great experience and we just want to say thank you so much for joining us.
We just rounded off our last bit of tacos here
and we're gonna try and wash some of that down with a little bit of cerveza. So cheers.
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Cheers!