Look at this place behind me
Pretty cool
So, I am in a part of the city that I rarely ever come to
and I am meeting someone who I actually never met before
He's another youtuber named Mike
and Mike's got a pretty good channel called Kick the Ground
I'm just waiting for Mike at the moment... I got here like 15 minutes earlier and Mike said
"What are you doing getting here earlier? this is Mexico"
What are you guys take? Is there some truth to that?
I know mexicans are usually a bit late
But with the crazy traffic in this city, I can understand it
While I wait, lend me try to show you what neighborhood I am
Ok, so we're in a neighborhood called "Santa María la Rivera"
You guys probably know, I've been in Mexico City for 3 months now
and I never even heard this neighborhood
wish this going to show you how many cool neighborhood are we to explore, I mean
I keep wanting to make this video, that shows all the neighborhods that you got to visit in Mexico City
But the video is never gonna happen because everytime I think I'm done, I found a new cool neighborhood
One day it will happen
Now, Mike is actually lived in Mexico City for over a year
So, I'm looking for to learning a bit of about living in Mexico from him
and I guess the first lesson he's teaching me is... Not to show up earlier
Alright guys, we're outside of the restaurant and look who's shown up
-Hello -Mister Mike from "Kick the grass" ;V
"Kick the grass"? Kick the grind!!!
I am here in Mexico City. I've been living here for abut a year and a half
I love the city and today I tough we get my man Dan, eating some bugs
and we're at "Tlayotitlan" (It's Tlacoyo Titlan actually), which is a restaurant near the "Kiosco Morisco"
and this place has some delicious insects to you
Let's do it
-"Sin... jarabe, sin azúcar" -"Si" -"Normal... gracias" -Ok
Have you eat some of those?
I.. I had "escamoles", I have a "cocopaches"
Which one will you goin' for try out first today?
Probably...
-"Chinicuiles" -"Chinecuiles"
Ok, guys they're just talking to the owners right now.
I'm getting a bit worried. I though we're gonna have just a few insecs and like mostly a normal meal
But it sounds like it's going to be mostly insecs... so
I never had insecs before
"¿Qué los inspiró a ustedes como familia para hacer un restaurante... como éste?" (What inspired you as a family to make a restaurant... like this one?)
"Es que... comes en... en muchos lados, "
"y (*nervous)... es el sabor de harina"
"una quesadilla de harina, dices..."
No, no... no sabe... sabe mal!
Their mom, their family used to cook the original way with the corn
like the "quesadillas", the "guaraches", all that like... this way, like this, this culture
and then they went like, they grew up, and they went to another restaurant, then let's say they ask for a "quesadilla"
-and it was like "No! this is... not the taste like the real flavor" -This is real flavor
-"we want to keep the tradition... we want to keep the original flavor, so..."
-so, they did it themselves
-Exactly... exactly -That's great, that's great
"aqui vamos a hacer un... a hacer un tlacoyo"
-"Perfecto... ok, vamos!" -"¿Empezamos?"
-"Tlacoyo... lo pasamos aquí a la máquina"
"ay, perdón eh"
"jalamos "
"Es un tlacoyo de frijol"
*no entendí :V
-"... son como una tortilla" -("me puede preparar una quesadilla de queso")
"una tortillita"
"y luego se le dan unas palmaditas"
"¿me regalas* una quesadilla de... con frijoles? (*not seriously)"
-"Es un tlacopal tlacoyo" -("¿me regalas tantita crema por favor?")
"lo ponemos aquí en el comal"
"lo ponemos aquí"
"Éste lo mueves para acá... todo, todo, todo... y la aplastas"
"ahí, sino le va a salir... muy grandote"
-This is so cool -"Si... mire"
-"Benito" -("agarramos todos los...") -"No! Tlacoyo"
Be generous, be generous
-"Hola" -"Hola" -"... y ya"
... Dan is trying... some part succeeding
I'm going to go that far
the ah... the intense focus on this... *inaudible
"Es la *peor (maybe) quesadilla..." no, the other side
-("ahorita le damos la forma") -I need to look at this, it's perfect -"oh yeah!"
Where did I go wrong?
It's almost like... when you're... play doh... it's a little bit like playing with Play Doh
-"Gracias... gracias" -What was that?
I just hope that's not going out... to anyone out there
I can't even tell wich one was yours, men
Mine's like it looks like a death whale
Ok guys the corn was one thing...
this just goes to a whole different level
-and now they're gonna grow different levels... for ours experience -It's level one
-we are sitting front of... what? -"escamoles"
"escamoles!" and then... after the tutorial, today what are "escamoles"?
-They are the ah... caviar of Mexico -No! ahjaja
Is there actually ant eggs... I never knew you could eat ant eggs... I never seen ant eggs, but...
Now that I see it like "guacamole".. like it looks good... I'm excited for this
-They look like... yeah? -Is it crazy ah how much of like...
eating, let's say exotic food it's kind of mind of a matter
It's only when you think about the words "ant eggs" that
you start to be like "uh do I want to eat this?"... If I just look at it, it looks great
you know...
I agree with you, because I'm quite an adventurers eater
and what I discovered is that...
textures sometimes are a little bit strange
taste wise thought, if people eat it,
it probably taste pretty good
it's the part of the video, where my girlfriend Nari, stops watching... should not kiss me, if she sees me eating that
Nari! Don't look!
What do you think, are we crazy?
That's a "yes"
Ok, I'm here with my men Mike, from "Kick the grasshopper"
-We'll do it that latter (-"Kick the grass... keep the grass" XD)
Anyway... and this is our
-feast -this is our meal, this is our
"guarache... guarache, ancestral"
-That's the one -So, "guarache" it's like the big beaver tails shaped piece of "tortilla"
-yeah
and on top off we have an insane amount of insects
do you know what of these are?
I've already started to mentally changing this all in my mind
-So, like when I see this, this is a little hot dogs
-Chocolate chips -Chocolate chips
These maybe like... you know toasted japanese peanuts
-Oh yeah! I can see that -The only one I can't figure it out is this
I don't think I can change that from being a scorpion
-It's just kind of... it is what it is -It is the biggest scorpion I ever seen
Look out what sharp that it is
That's my crickets in "tamarindo", for guys thursday, afternoon
She's like the little hot dog
That was not a hot dog
It's surprisingly light
I... I think you're fine, it's like, it's like a roasted crispy little thing, there's not much left on the inside
as far as guts go
-This one however -Oh god -This one
I'm sure there's a lot still inside
We'll find out
-Dan's first beattle, cheers man -Three, two...one
There's not much inside
-You got a lot, you got a lot heap word -Does it, does the taste coming after?
Mike had a full stomack
That's so delicious,
mine didn't... has got a bit of a sour taste, it doesn't taste like too much, it can taste a bit like just wood
You know
-It's not too much, for taste it, at least to mine -Really?
-Did we have different bugs? -Mine's taste like a beattle
Maybe we have different bugs
Mine tasted alright, mine tasted ok
So, what we're looking at? ...we have ant eggs, we have
crickets, we have
beattles, we have...
this worm, looking guys
this scary looking creature, oh my god, I don't even like to touch that one
So we say, we said, we saved the big point for
last, we took the scorpions off of the "guarache"
It's enough a fork and knife for it
-Seriously -"Ese se antoja"
So fancy
alright, let me cut the ring pieces
A fresh crunchy scorpion for Salt to enjoy for the outro
-One... one piece of scorpion -(Oh... you left me the big piece)
Two pieces of scorpion, three pieces of scorpion
-Done that and, and Dan is the head -Cheers
-"Scold, prost, salute" -"prost"
"Uno, dos, scorpion!"
Oh I got to do it
I like it
He almost cut your arm
Actually is got like... a taste of a bird yeah?
You cannot be cripping that fork any further
-and scorpions! -and your arm, where most like...
Is it taste a bit of a slope
I've never tasted any like that before in my life
Oh I watched before you have
Thanks for just disinfecting it for me
-That's your payback for all these bugs -What do you think?
-No... I didn't like it -How it was it... for a scorpion?
No I have scorpions more affordable, on the streets of Tailand
and this was actually better
-(Take that Tailand) -But it has... But it does taste like it stays in the back of your throat, right?
Yeah
and you feel it stopped in back of your throat, it's like... you know when you eat peanut butter sometimes
and is like a haste in this, it sticks throughout your mouth
I have that back in my tongue right now
Like... I need like a knife to script about
You already there
You're not so scary body, you're like peanut butter with claws
"Peanut butter with claws"
Hi guys that has been more than the craziest meals in my life
With my man Mike from "Kick the gringo"
-Kick the grind... we ate -(Kick the gringo)
Upwards of 100 bugs today
we need a couple of... we probably ate in total of... take all the bugs we ate
400 bugs each
Which is like 95% more than I wanted today but...
-She said "no"... as I "yeah you have a couple of bugs today you know?" -It was a good time men... yeah
Mike has
awesome shots
that meal and he's going to get more... he just want to show another side of it and
So, I highly recommend you check out his videos well
as always guys, I'm Dan from new travel
See you next time
Ok guys, it is now... 2 days latter
and I just want to make a quick little ending to this video
because when was at the restaurant, everything is happening so fast
and I didn't have a lot of time to actually tell you how it felt to be eating that food, how it taste it
ah first of all, I got to show you
I bought from a scorpion
Oh my god!
Look at this thing
My camera doesn't even want to focus on it, because my camera it's scared of it too
yeah, I brought at home, 'cause I was like "Oh I'm gonna prank my girlfriend Nari"... and I'm just gonna like
Casually, bring this out
and then I thought... If I do that she probably break up with me 'cause she really does not like this stuff
But... how did I feel about it
Honestly.... what this experience talked me is that
a lot of stuff like this, a lot of trying new unusual food
it's a mind of a matter, because
If I were like other people who were really...
uncomfortable in that situation, and were like making gross faces and stuff like that
I might not been comfortable with that situation
but because it was with Mike who like, I loved to see his channel, but
This is just another day for Mike, like he's always eating crazy things
His girlfriend
She had also have experience eating insects, so I just felt like "Ok it's normal for them..."
It's gonna be normal for me, and I just went in with that mind set
I just started like "oh, these are not crickets, these are japanese peanuts"
mmm... salty
That guys, before we go, I want to do one more really important thing
I have to give a big shout at to the team at
T-coy-al, (inappropriate for children :V)
(These guys: "Tlacoyo Titlán") and seriously I mean that
I know, I was joking around abut eating food a lot in this video
but the team at this restaurant, the owner, the staff,
they took us in the kitchen and show us how to corn tortillas were made from scratch
So, you know is a little bit ucomfortable to me to try this new foods
everywhere at that restaurant, their hospitality cannot even any better
if you doubt for trying something adventurous, I would recommend this restaurant
They also have things that don't have insects in them, but that was kind of...
Not the point at this video
but, yeah, overall impressions, I think I got over by
fear eating bugs, because I realized that
they can be cut pretty well
would I make this a regular part of my diet? we'll have to wait it see
guys it's only been two days... and
my stomack needs some more time to think about that
but... if you feeling adventurous
definitely check this place out
As always guys, I'm Dan from The New Travel
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