We've spent two weeks in Oaxaca, we have loved the food here so here are our favourites and
our must eats in Oaxaca.
Number one, Oaxacan tamales.
So traditionally tamales are a masa or a type of corn dough which is steamed in a corn husk
and filled with all types of fillings.
In Oaxaca the masa is steamed in a banana leaf, this one is filled with mole negro.
Mole is a really rich sauce which is prevalent here in Oaxaca and in other states like Puebla
in Mexico, it's filled with nuts, chocolate, spices, a whole range of things.
This one is mole negro so it's black, so it's got the chocolate in it and it's also got
pollo which is chicken.
So, so good, really rich from the saucy mole and the chicken is really tender because it's
steamed.
You can find tamales usually in the morning or late at night on the street or at markets
like this one which we bought at La Merced and brought it home to eat.
So good.
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Must eat number 2 you eat with your hands, memelitas.
The best in town.
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So memelitas are a thicker tortilla, grilled on the comal and then you add frijoles which
are beans, verde or roja sauce, green or red salsa and then Oaxacan string cheese, it is
so good it tastes a bit like fresh mozzarella.
Mmmm super crispy tortilla, really salty string cheese and that verde sauce, really spicy.
So good.
A mid-morning snack- perfect! 3rd must eat- nieves or ices and more specifically the leche
quemada con tuna combo.
So leche quemada is burnt milk and tuna is the prickly pear cactus and this combination
is famous in Oaxaca and I think you can only find it here.
Such a good combination the leche quemada is really savoury it almost tastes like you've
licked a BBQ because it's so burnt but not in a horrible way and then you've got the
really sweet, refreshing cactus to complement it.
You have to try this.
Must eat number 4, back to hands.
Tlayuda!
Also known as the Oaxacan pizza it's basically a really crisp tortilla which has been baked
and then it's covered with pork lard, frijoles which is refried beans, vegetables, so we've
got cabbage, avocado, tomato and I've also added cecina which is a slice of pork.
Traditionally you just get a tlayuda and it's folded in half and it's just got the beans
and the pork lard and sometimes a bit of cabbage and then the meat on top but this is a little
bit more modern with the veges added.
It's pretty good.
I forgot to mention it's also got quesillo, the cheese, Oaxacan cheese.
That's really good, you have to eat this when you're in Oaxaca, it's a must.
Must eat number 5, mole!
If you're in Oaxaca, you have to eat mole, Oaxaca is known for its famous 7 moles this
is just one of them, mole negro, which is made out of chocolate, fruits, spices, chilli,
all sorts of things they say there's something like 20 ingredients in a mole recipe or more.
I've ordered it with pollo, so chicken and there's rice on the side.
So sweet, really rich in flavour, so this has got chocolate in it but you can get all
sorts, you can get yellow ones, red ones which are a bit milder.
There's tonnes to try.
So when in Oaxaca, eat mole.
After 2 weeks in Oaxaca, those are our top 5 must eats by no means have we covered all
the food here but those are our 5 picks that you must try when you're here.
We have absolutely loved it in Oaxaca it has just been a dream come true right?
Mmm hmmm.
We'll be back for sure.
We hope we've inspired you to eat and explore like a traveler with this video, not a tourist.
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Adios!