- I'm trying not to cry 'cause this is so good.
What's up, y'all?
It's Mel from Thrillist,
and if you're looking for the ultimate churro spot
in Mexico City, then we've got you covered.
Right behind me is El Moro,
Mexico City's 24/7 churro spot.
They've been around since 1935,
so you know they're doing something right.
Let's go check out what the hype's about.
- El Moro started in 1935
when my great uncle moved from Spain to Mexico,
and he started working at a bakery.
He found out that there were no churros in Mexico.
So he began with a small cart.
People started liking it a lot,
and he was able to buy the first shop also
in downtown Mexico.
Right now we have nine shops.
The churro business is very climate-oriented.
So if it's very cold,
a lot of people come to consume churros and hot chocolate,
but in the warmer months, it was a bit of a struggle.
So that's when we started selling the milkshakes
and the consuelos, the ice cream sandwiches.
Our secret to making the perfect churro is
our 80-year-old-plus recipe,
always having the oil at a perfect temperature,
and always try to serve them fresh.
- So we have a whole table of churro options,
and I don't even know where to start.
But I think I'm gonna dive into these classic churros first.
We have hot chocolate, chocolate, condensed milk,
and cajeta, which is a version of dulce de leche.
But I'm actually gonna try it without any sauces,
no bells and whistles 'cause I wanna see
how good this churro is by itself.
So let's give it a taste.
Mmm!
Oh my gosh!
I'm really trying hard not to cry.
So I've had some pretty bad churros before,
mostly in the US, sorry guys,
and those churros were usually hard.
They either had too much sugar or too much cinnamon,
but these, these are so light and crispy,
and the dough-to-sugar ratio is just perfect.
It's not overbearingly sweet.
And my favorite part of these churros is
that it's not too oily.
They're fried just perfect,
and there's a nice snap to it.
So now we're gonna take this churro experience
to the next level with these consuelos,
which are churro ice cream sandwiches.
"Consuelo" actually translates to "comfort,"
and these look pretty damn comforting to me.
I'm gonna start off with strawberry
'cause it's my favorite ice cream flavor.
Mmm, this churro/ice cream combination is seriously
a match made in heaven.
We have these warm spirals of churros,
which perfectly complement the cold, creamy ice cream.
It's actually sort of like a donut ice cream sandwich,
if you ask me, which donuts are also at the top of my list.
But this is even better.
Mmmm!