Welcome to Oaxaca or Oaxaca or
In today's video we are going to be looking at why Oaxaca is awesome on second thought I might
be a little bit too german for this so we are going to be looking at why Oaxaca is very good
One of the first things that comes to mind when you think about what makes Oaxaca
awesome very good is the markets so we're going to start off at Benito Juarez.
Something that we keep hearing about and especially when we came to Oaxaca a lot of
people were recommending us to go and try the mezcal the mezcal and the mezcal and we have
seen that coming here to Benito Juarez checking out all of the stalls there is so much flavours
of mezcal available here we're not too sure if we're going to get ourselves a bottle
but we definitely have to try it out asap why is it so green if you want to start
your day off right here in Oaxaca you should definitely come to one of the local markets here
and get yourself a fresh juice and we got a maracuya juice and Luke got a citrus juice
they have this really interesting drink here that we didn't really know what to think about in the
beginning it's called Horchata con tuna and we were thinking okay tuna that's a fish right why are you
gonna put fish into our juice but now horchata is basically a rice milk and the entire tuna part is
nuts it's some fruits that are mixed into it and it's like a sweet drink a little bit like a cereal
fruit nuts type of drink that you could drink in the morning for example so if you I know this is
the part where people are probably going to click away but if you want to get your juices flowing
in the morning come here mercado Benito Juarez is really the one-stop shop in terms of markets
they have everything that you need from meat all the way to handmade artisanal goods so definitely
a must-see when you come to Oaxaca located just directly across the street from mercado
Benito Juarez you have mercado veinte de Noviembre aka the 20th of November market and this place
is wild it's buzzing with life just like mercado Benito Juarez was here it's a little bit different
you're going to find more food focused stuff and we're gonna show you guys every last bit of it.
this place here is genuinely food and bread heaven oh my god look at those stands
if you're looking to get any traditional Oaxacan food for small amounts
of money you will definitely find it here and I got into a traffic jam of people
but no matter what you're looking to eat that is typically oaxacan
you will find it here at the market we got ourselves two of these sugar cookies and
not too sure what exactly it is but it was very cheap we paid 14 pesos for those for these two
for these two really huge sugar cookies but we're gonna give it a try
wow wow it's super tasty very sweet and buttery um amazing texture
yeah definitely recommend getting yourself a sugar cookie when you come to the market here
guys this is another thing that just makes oaxaca awesome very good is we got these
two cookies that are absolutely delicious the size of our freaking heads for just 60 cents
this mercado here it looks like you can basically pick whatever meat you want
here directly from the stalls and they are going to freshly grill it for you
on one of these grills directly beside the stall it's absolute madness you can like there's
so many different meats different sausages different just have a look for yourself wow
this is absolutely amazing at mercado veinte de Noviembre you have the prepared meat section
that Naomi just showed you there where you can literally just pick out a nice a nice cut of meat
throw it on the grill and it's grilled and prepared right in front of your eyes which is
absolutely amazing and I'd say it's an experience that cannot be missed when you are here in Oaxaca
and then on the other end of that market you have the more already prepared food section where you
don't have to have it cooked directly in front of you but you do have some nice quick fast and
easy food right there in front of yourself as well here at the zocalo it really is the
life and center part of oaxaca city and it is the place to be if you want to come to restaurants
cafes or you just want to chill out and watch the people walk by this is the spot to be in oaxaca
city here directly behind me is the cathedral Metropolitana de Oaxaca and if you notice it's made out of
like a kind of a green stone and that's actually a defining factor of oaxacan architecture you'll
see it dotted all around Oaxaca City and it's something that really stands out and captures your
eye just as you're walking around and this church definitely caught our eye so let's go and explore
there's two sort of main areas that you want to keep an eye out for
when you do visit Oaxaca City and it's Centro and then there's Reforma which is where we are
right now it's where we're walking through right now um Reforma is a little bit more of a boho chic
more similar to Tulum style kind of vibe of a place you do see a lot of you know sort of low-key
all wood furniture laid back with a hammock and a cup of coffee with some strong wi-fi that type of
a place so Centro which we already showed you guys and this is Reforma we're just currently
walking to a supermarket now to stock up on some food and then we're going to show you guys the
area where we're actually staying which is called Jalatlaco so wait until the end of this video to see
that as well so this is actually our first time here properly exploring this area and we came in
here to the supermarket called Chedraui and it just so happens to be the fanciest Chedraui
that we've seen in Mexico so far so guys if you are wondering how cheap Mexico is
or how cheap it is to stock up on food while you are here in Mexico definitely
keep watching the video because we're going to show you guys just how cheap Mexico can be
guys we're from Europe like I'm Irish Naomi's German we've never seen this many varieties
of milk in one place check this out there's an entire aisle dedicated to milk
literally lining all along
you can walk for like two minutes and there's even more on this side continuous here
fanciest supermarket that we've ever been in and we are getting a lot of stuff and so the promise
that I told you guys that this was going to be cheap yeah it might not be very cheap um oh god
it's not going to be very cheap this time around guys but um definitely in the next
few videos we'll show you guys just how cheap Mexico can be um for now see what we paid check
the next clip but guys we got a bunch of stuff at that supermarket and it only came to 257 pesos
which works out to be in and around 11 euro 10 euro 11 euro which would be
somewhere close to 14 or 15 USD so super value now we're going to head back to our area
the area where we're staying show you guys around show you guys maybe the area
see what it's like it's called Jalatlaco and it's actually an area that I recognized
from our good friends the country collectors they had a few videos in Oaxaca and they showed the
area of Jalatlaco and it is a beautiful area it's a little bit more down to earth than Reforma is
you have a lot of nice cafes and beautiful artwork around on the streets so let's go
all of these are reasons why Oaxaca is awesome very good we are going to be staying here in
Oaxaca for the next month so we will be having a lot of really amazing videos coming up for
you guys thank you all for watching and see you in the next video why is it so green