- [Norberto] Gadiel, what do you know about Mexican food?
- [Gadiel] Oh, I love Mexican food.
- [Norberto] Did you know that there's an entire world
of Mexican food that's left to explore?
- [Gadiel] I'm pretty sure there is,
but I never had anybody show me.
(Gadiel speaking foreign language)
- [Norberto] Today I'm gonna teach you.
We're here at Cancun Juice.
And my friend Antonio is gonna teach a little bit more
about some of the culinary dishes
that you haven't explored yet.
- What are we gonna eat?
- Tostada de Tinga,
Huarache de Hongos,
la Torta Cubana.
- Ooh. - And despite the name
it's actually very Mexican.
- I'm ready to try it.
- Bye, let's go.
(Hispanic music)
(speaking foreign language)
(ding) (buzzer)
- Gadiel, you ready?
- I was ready when I walked in here.
(speaking foreign language)
- [Norberto] Tostada de Tinga.
(Gadiel speaking foreign language)
- No, no, no, no.
You gotta grab it with your hands.
(speaking foreign language)
- Just bite into it.
What do you think of it?
- You can taste the tostada on the bottom,
the beans in the middle, the abuela carne,
you can tell that he seasoned the carne
and the beans separately.
This would be perfect in a picnic.
(Gadiel speaking foreign language)
The tinga part is just a little weird, ain't it?
- Tell us why, Gadiel. - I dunno!
- Why is the tinga (ding)
a little bit weird?
- 'Cause it rhymes with
pinga, aight? (buzzer)
- I'm trying to show you the beauty of Mexican cuisine
(Norberto speaking foreign language)
Here we have Huarache de Hongos.
- Look how juicy it looks. (angelic music)
You can taste the hongo,
but there's like a little sting to it.
And garlic, it's like a ping! of garlic.
- Do you know what I love about this?
- What?
- There's a little bit of garlic, a little bit of onion.
The mushrooms are well seasoned
and then you can taste just a hint,
a hint of the spiciness.
And then the salsa verde brings in a little bit of citrus
to kinda counterbalance, I guess the fricoles,
the cheese, and the mushrooms.
- I love how it has the beans on top,
and beans and cheese
is the shiznit! (angelic music)
- You know what this is?
- What?
- This is like a Mexican pizza.
- Yeah.
- That's what that is.
- If you are a mushroom lover, this is it,
try this out, you have to try this.
- La Torta Cubana. - Ooh! (laughs)
Salud. - Salud.
- I wanna eat this late at night, after the club.
Oh my god, the pork, the seasoning,
it reminds me of my childhood in a way.
- How so?
- Because for Christmas and the holidays,
we have pork shoulders, which is, we call it Pennill.
And this has Pennill in it.
It does kind of remind me of the sandwich Cubano though,
but it's with a twist.
- So the thing is with the sandwich Cubano,
you got all the meat.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - And then but on top of that,
you have the pickles, and then you have the mustard.
This doesn't have any of that.
- This doesn't have that, it's true.
- This has, fricoles, and this has, instead of pickles,
you got the jalapenos in there.
- There's a jalapeno right there, and I'm looking at it.
- Eat it.
- I thought it was gonna be terribly spicy.
- I think, first off, the bread
has so much flavor to begin with.
On top of that... - Okay it's getting spicy now.
But it's not like super spicy,
it's not like overly spicy like oh my god!
- Every element in this Torta is like...
- Yeah. - Packs a punch.
- This was delicious.
I'm definitely coming back and getting this.
- So out of the three dishes, which one was your favorite?
- This one.
All those flavors that was all at once,
also, it kinda remind me of home in a sense,
like the holidays, I wanna eat this.
Okay, which one was your favorite?
- I liked all three of them,
but I'm gonna actually go with la Tostada de Tinga.
It reminds me a lot of my aunts,
and I'm a very nostalgic person.
Whenever I have Tinga,
I always associate it my family cooking.
- Thank you for taking me out,
showing me other different foods besides tacos.
- There's still so much left to explore.
- So what's the next Mexican food you're gonna have me try?
- Chilaquiles Verdes.
- What?
I can't wait!
Let's go right now.
(Gadiel speaking foreign language)
- Are you gonna help me clean up?
(Gadiel speaking foreign language)