- It finally happened.
(tape rewinding)
So today we came to a Centro de Enmarcado
to get a couple pieces of art framed.
I'm not sure how long it's going to take
or how much it will cost, or anything like that but,
we'll find out,
I could not believe how inexpensive that is!
It's Tuesday today
and they're going to be ready on Friday.
It's about $10 dollars to get the little one framed
and that's with a frame behind glass and everything.
And then about $20 USD to get the big one framed.
So, it was less than $30 for the two of them
which was a huge surprise to me.
I was expecting something
like maybe 30 or 40 dollars each,
We had to refuel.
So May took me to one
of the most famous places for tacos
here in Querétaro.
It's called Tacos De Copete,
and it's on the street Cinco De Mayo.
And they've been around for 30 years, you said?
- Yes.
- [Jordan] And what's good here?
- I mean, they just have three types of tacos,
and for all of them the price is 20 pesos,
so, there's not a huge variety of them
but the three of of them are super good.
- I would never have known that this place was here,
because it's just like a door!
On one street!
On this street, with no signage out front
indicating it's a business or anything like that.
So if you wanna come here,
follow those directions on Google Maps.
What are your favorite tacos in the city?
(clock ticking)
- Uh...
- I think these ones.
- [Jordan] These, really?
Okay.
- Yes.
- You said you have to get here pretty early
before they run out?
- Yeah, because they're just open
from 7:00 to 9:30 at night.
But if you arrive,
for example, here at 8:30,
or something like that, you won't find anything.
- Really, okay! - Yeah.
- And we're here a little before 8:00.
- Today, it's, yeah, today it's pretty calm
because it's Monday.
But if you come here on Friday or Saturday.
- Yeah.
If you come here on the weekend.
Make sure you're early.
7:00 to 9:30?
Is when you're open? - [May] Yes.
- Okay. Good to know.
All right, well, I'm excited to try this.
Apparently May is really hungry today (May laughs)
because she's like, "How many do you want?"
And I was like, one of each.
And then she starts ordering,
"Hi, I'll have 10 of this,
and then I'll have four of this
and two of this, please."
- Ah, come on!
It's because I...
They are my family's favorite tacos,
so honestly
every time that I come to a place
that I really know they like,
I always buy more for them.
I really like to do that.
So I perfectly know
that they're going to be as happy as I am right now
but I'm super anxious to arrive home so I can eat it.
(both laughing)
- All right.
On that note, we gotta go eat.
- Actually, something that I really like about these tacos
is that they're for real,
one of the most traditional
it's nothing fancy.
But I love the way that he prepares the tacos.
He takes a lot of care in the whole process.
He was wearing gloves as well.
So that's something that you cannot usually see
when you are eating some kind of street food.
So I think it's really worth it to go and try these tacos.
- [Jordan] Put some verduras on that.
- [May] Be careful with the salsa!
- [Jordan] Oh, it's spicy?
- [May] Maybe.
- [Jordan] Okay, we'll just...
Okay, I hope it's not too spicy!
Okay.
Trying May's favorite tacos
in the city for the first time.
This is the Montalayo.
It's pretty good.
So, we actually got the tacos quite a while ago
because it took us a while to get home,
because we first had to stop
by her parents' house to drop off some tacos there.
And then we had some deliveries.
So now, finally, like an hour later, we're eating tacos.
So we had to reheat them,
which I would rather not do.
- But I think they're good.
Even they are reheated.
- I just realized that I forgot to put limon
on the tacos before I ate them.
So now I have to try them all over again.
Okay, montalayo,
Copete.
Y "bucho"? What's it called?
- [May] Buche.
- [Jordan] Buche.
Okay.
All right, I'm gonna try buche with everything,
including lime.
- I can't believe you didn't use lime.
- I forgot.
- And you are spending every day with me,
and that's a shame.
- Yeah, I would've used a yellow lemon.
But unfortunately we don't have any.
- And your shitty salsa.
Yeah.
I highly, highly recommend the copete tacos here.
They're so good.
It's pretty tender,
there's a lot of flavor there too.
- Which is um, carnitas.
Like the meat
you can usually have are carnitas, but...
- Okay.
- chopped in small pieces.
- Okay.
- So the taste is similar to carnitas,
but maybe not too salty.
- And then you add the cilantro, the onion, the salsa.
The salsa isn't too spicy.
I can put as much on as I want and
it doesn't burn my mouth off,
which sometimes is a bit of a risk.
Today for lunch, we came to this place that I've been
wanting to try for a long time.
It's called Hacienda "Los Laureles".
Really highly recommended by a lot of people.
My first impression here is like, okay,
this is where all the rich business people
in the city come for lunch. (laughs)
Everyone's like really dressed up,
and I'm just in a T-shirt,
so I'm a little underdressed.
If you come here,
you might wanna put on a collared shirt
or something.
To drink, I got a Perrier.
It was 55 pesos, and then they brought out these limes.
They're, they're enormous.
They're, like, twice the size
of a normal lime, three times the size?
It's crazy!
To eat, I got the lengua en salsa verde
or beef tongue in green sauce.
And before I had lengua,
I was thinking, "Oh, that's disgusting.
I would never eat that."
But, if you've never tried it
it tastes like a tender roast beef.
That's how I would describe it, at least.
And I've only ever had it in tacos before.
I've never actually ordered it where it's,
like, the main thing on the plate.
So here's just kind of covered
in a green sauce that you might find in green enchiladas.
And this was kind of pricey.
It was 320 pesos.
And then, May doesn't want to be on camera today
but she got three sopes and they were 140 pesos.
I'll ask her how they were,
and then I'll relay that information to you.
May, How were they?
How are the sopes?
(thumb swooshing)
Okay, so she gives the sopes a thumbs up.
They look really good.
Oh, here's a piece that has too many taste buds on it.
All right, I'll give this a try here.
Yeah, it's really flavorful.
The green sauce has a ton of flavor,
maybe a little bit citrusy,
and it has a tiny bit of spice,
but it's not too spicy at all.
I was sad for a moment
because the waiter came and took the tortillas away
without saying anything, without asking me.
But then he came back with warmer tortillas witch
I really appreciate.
Oh, and by the way,
the food came out here really, really quickly.
The service is super fast.
Someone's enjoying their meal. (laughs)
This thing is really close to me.
He doesn't care!
He's just here for the food.
The paintings we dropped off to get framed
were supposed to be ready yesterday, but they called May
and said they weren't gonna be ready on time.
I'm not sure if they're ready yet,
but I was in the neighborhood,
so I'm stopping by
today to see if I can pick them up.
Oh, they look so pretty!
Today we came to Franco Cocina Urbana
and I've been wanting to come here
for a long time because this is actually one
of May's favorite restaurants.
To drink I got their watermelon margarita
which sounded really good,
and it looks amazing too.
This was 145 pesos.
(restaurant clamoring)
Yeah, I like it.
- It's really good!
- I like it.
- Actually, it has natural watermelon.
I thought it was going to be something like...
- With syrup.
- Uh huh.
- Like fake stuff? - But it's not!
- No, it's like legit watermelon.
So I got the French burger, which has goat cheese
and sun dried tomatoes and arugula and onion.
Mmm! I'm excited for this.
And then it came with french fries
but then I asked for something else on the side
and they offered mashed potatoes, so I went with that.
(atmospheric music) (restaurant clamoring)
So the mix of flavors is nice.
For the price of the burger,
I was honestly expecting like
a more flavorful meat.
The meat tastes like it's a little bit drier
than it should be,
but the rest of it is really good.
I really like the combination of everything else together.
So May got the roast beef sandwich,
but this
looks nothing like what a roast beef sandwich looks
like in the U.S.
It looks more like a French dip
sandwich kind of thing.
- I don't know what that is.
I'll try it.
- Is it good?
It smells really good.
- You're going to love it
- May I?
- Because it tastes a lot like butter.
(both laughing)
- She thinks I put butter on everything, but I really don't.
Only bready stuff.
- This is bready stuff.
It's amazing.
Amazing! (laughs)
- May made me this ramen that was totally amazing.
And she's like, "You know,
this is something I like to make
when I don't really feel
like cooking, when I feel lazy."
And it was so freaking good!
I'm like, "This is what you make when you're feeling lazy?!"
- Yes. (laughs)
- But I've been wanting more of that since that one time.
And she's like,
"Well you have to buy this particular type of ramen.
And then I add my own cheese and meat to it."
So that's what we're here today.
We're here in Juriquilla and there's a Korean store.
So we're gonna hope, cross our fingers that
we can find that ramen in here.
- [Jordan] Oh, hell yeah!
- Do you think we should get the individual boxes?
Or there's one which has five packages?
- [Jordan] I think we should get like five of these.
- Okay. - Five,
with five packages each.
- Okay. (both laugh)
- So just one.
This one? That's all?
- [Jordan] No, no.
- You want more?
- [Jordan] Si. - Okay.
- No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Because I,
no!
Because this is good as well,
but you haven't tried it.
This is... - [Jordan] Carbonara?
- This is good as well.
- [Jordan] Okay.
- I don't know if you want to take one,
and a couple packages of this,
because you haven't tried it.
And if you like it we can come back.
- [Jordan] Have you tried it?
- This one, yeah.
- [Jordan] Okay, then you like it?
- It's good.
- [Jordan] Okay, let's get a big one then.
- I think we should get one of this as well.
- What is it?
- It's a jar with honey.
- Yeah.
- And it has pieces, a lot of pieces of ginger in it.
- Ooh.
- So basically you add it, for example
to your cup with hot water.
And you can have a honey and ginger tea.
- That'd be really good for your stomach.
- You can, you can put another kind of tea as well.
So, I really love it.
- And, interestingly,
here's a honey ginger tea right here.
- Yeah, but this is much better.
- Okay, cool.
- Ive tried it before and I love it.
- Alright.
Oh, this is a cool store. - Ah!
What'd you find?
- Oh! they have my thing!
- Oh my gosh, can I have this one?
- What is it?
- It's my favorite brand of coffee.
- Your favorite kind of coffee.
- It's amazing, yeah.
- This is coffee?
- Yes, but it's amazing.
- Huh?
- They have this strawberry milk I love.
- [Jordan] Does it have to be refrigerated?
- It can survive, let's take it.
- [Jordan] So what is that?
- It's a milk.
Milk-- strawberry milk.
But honestly, I love it
because it doesn't have like a lot of sugar.
- [Jordan] Oh, okay.
- It's like, I don't know, 70% less sugar.
Than these normal beverages.
- [Jordan] Okay.
- It's really good, but it's weird.
Because it's, it's strawberry and apple.
- [Jordan] Hmm.
- But it's not sweet at all.
Nice.
- By the way, if you guys didn't know,
Juriquilla actually has a lot of expats,
but most of those expats are
Korean or Japanese, because there's a lot of
Korean and Japanese companies here.
So you'll be able to find Korean stores, Japanese stores
and restaurants of those kinds as well.
By the way, if you wanna learn how to make
May's cheesy ramen, go follow her on Instagram.
But if you want to come to this store and buy some
of this cheesy ramen, I'm sorry, I bought almost all of it.
- You took all of it.
- Sorry!
Hopefully they'll replenish the stock soon.
And each package of these was 200 pesos
and it contains five packages of ramen.
(mellow music)
Since we got a new home,
we need some stuff for that home.
So we're at this new store here in Juriquilla
or maybe this is Jurica.
It's right next to Antea Mall.
And this is called The Home Market.
So we're gonna check it out
and see what they have in here.
But if you want angel wings, you need a second one.
(May laughing)
- [Jordan] 43 pesos for the bunny ears.
- I want them. I want the bunny ears.
- [Jordan] Okay. Which color?
White or pink?
- White.
- [Jordan] Okay.
- And one for Laska. (dog whimpering)
- [Jordan] For Laska.
No, Laska doesn't need any.
What are you getting?
- [Jordan] What do you use them for?
- For the kitchen.
- [Jordan] For what?
- We can cook things with this.
They're very useful.
- [Jordan] Do you like stab things with it and-?
- Yes.
- [Jordan] Okay, cool.
I like having these things to close up bags.
And there are 30 pesos.
- I was thinking about this one for my art room,
because there's nothing on the walls there.
This one is really cute as well.
(lively music)
- (laughs) We already have a fan.
- [Jordan] What are these for?
Are they put like hot dishes on, on the table, or?
- I think they're for table,
or you can just hang it. (laughs)
- Okay.
- Because they have the hole.
But I was thinking to put some hot stuff over it.
- [Jordan] Yeah.
- And it's very nice actually.
- [Jordan] Yeah, that's fine.
- I think I'm gonna take this one,
but I don't know if we should take just one or two.
- [Jordan] I don't know either.
- Okay, I'll, I'll take this.
- [Jordan] Okay.
- 'Cause I've already bought two,
but we have three spaces.
So one is missing.
- [Jordan] Okay, yeah. Find it.
- But I don't know which one.
- [Jordan] Do you think we'll be able to keep it alive?
- (laughs) Yeah.
Oh, it's so hard for me to choose.
(lively music)
(scanner beeps)
- Well, we were able to get outta there before going broke
but let me tell you, it was close.
- [May] You're lying!
- It finally happened.
It's October 2022
and a long time ago
the US repealed their mask requirements
and since then, one state at a time
pretty much in Mexico
has been deciding, okay
masks are no longer required here.
But it seemed
like it was never going to end here in Querétaro.
But just as of a couple of days ago
at the very end of September,
they're like, okay,
masks are no longer required for businesses.
And I'm here at Starbucks right now.
And of the guests that were in line,
about half were wearing masks and half weren't.
So I'm interested to see how that plays out
over the coming weeks,
if more and more decide to stop wearing masks.
I have been craving camarones (shrimp).
So today I came to Mariscos Mary
where they have a whole bunch
of different options for shrimp.
I don't know, they probably have like 10 or 15 different
ways you can get your shrimp prepared,
and no matter which you choose, it's 210 pesos.
I got the coconut shrimp,
and normally when I get coconut shrimp,
they give me like five shrimp or something.
But there's quite a few on this plate here!
So I'm really excited for this,
and it seems like a pretty good value.
All right, let's give this a try.
I'll dip it in the mango salsa.
I always love the mango salsa that comes
with coconut shrimp. Mmm!
This is so good.
And for 210 pesos here, you get a lot of them.
It's a lot of food.
So I'm really happy with this.
I'm definitely gonna come back here.
(upbeat music)
I was asking May tonight, I'm like
"Can we please go get dinner at Tacos De Copete again?"
Because ever since I had those, I've just been craving them.
So we came here to Centro and
they're closed tonight,
which is super disappointing.
Google Maps says they're open
but you can't always trust that here.
Anyway, if you like this video, click on this one.
It's a video we made last week
where May and I went out
into Querétaro asking people
if they felt safe living here,
if they wanted to live here their whole life,
if they wanted to move somewhere else.
I thought it was a very interesting video.
So watch that one
until we see you next Saturday.