Mexican food & Drinking water

Yeah, we have come to one of our big things in Mexico; simply the best food in the world!

To speak fairly about mexican food, we can certainly spend days to go through the richness and variety of it, but here are some hints on how to get a very pleasant encounter with the local gastronomy during your trip to Mexico.

Mexico has the second largest variety of food in the world and so inside Mexico itself, many of the dishes can be classified exclusive for certain regions or states.

Therefore, the food in the Yucatan peninsula can be quite different than the food in the northern states, or from the pacific coast.

But there is indeed one food that unites everyone in Mexico and you can find from one end of the country to the other: TACOS!!!

No place in the world you can find better tacos than Mexico.

I know and have been in many mexican restaurants throughout the world and in the US, but that is not really authentic Mexican food, that is more called Tex-Mex food, which is not bad, by the way.

But to try the real Mexican food you have to come over, and get into a taqueria, simply a restaurant or stand specialized in tacos.

Many of the greatest tacos you can also find by thousands all around Mexico are the street vendors or food trucks, also in the Mercados the markets they prepare the best homemade food available.

And often you can get real great tacos from a back of a car just parked there, just follow the locals.

The variety of tacos you can find is enormous but basicly, and in order to bring you directly to some of the best and common tacos,

you can stop at a taqueria where locals go, you know, if you see the place busy with mainly locals, go for it.

So, go for the order and ask for some 2 tacos al pastor (spiced pork), 2 tacos de bistec (beef tacos), maybe one taco of Costilla (pork rib). Or if you like a mix of flavours, ask for an alambre, a delicious combination of mainly beef, onion, green pepper, bacon, coriander and melted cheese, all accompanied of course with corn tortillas.

But to inmerse more into the Mexican food world, we have tacos de canasta, quesadillas, tlacoyos, mole, guacamole, pozole, enchiladas, chilaquiles, tamales and much more…

Chiles and sauces

Yes, we love chile, but practically most of mexican dishes don´t have chile in the recipe itself. The secret is in the sauce you choose to put on your food. And yes, in Mexico many people put chile to almost everything they eat.

And so you can find many different sauces that go from mild, hot, to very hot.

In the Yucatan area, for example the chile habanero is a favorite of the region and it is very strong!

Ask the waiters which sauces are hotter than others.

My suggestion: even if you really want to get into the chile world, and even more, if you are not used to, you have to start easy and see how your stomach reacts the first 1 or 2 days, then start to try the other salsas and other dishes.

Sometimes, even if you don´t eat chile, just the change of alimentation can be a little heavy to your stomach. In Mexico, we use to eat from 4 to 10 corn tortillas a day sometimes, but  that may be too much corn for you at the beginning, so go on easy with the food.

Anyway, even as we love our food, you can also find all kinds of foods around, from fast food establishments like Burger king, Subway, Domino´s pizza, to specialty cuisines as Japanese, brasilian, Chinese, Italian. And some local fondas too where home made food is served.

Drinking water

Although many people all around the country still drink water from the tap or natural wells, mainly we don´t do it anymore. At home, we buy 18 litters big plastic bottles and we refill jars from it, like those at the offices.

Using water from the tap for brushing your teeth and to take a shower represents no problems at all, just don´t drink it hahaha!

Also for cooking is fine.

For traveling, the best thing to do is to bring your own bottle that can be refiled. At many hotels they have these big 18 lts water bottles; or you can always buy a smaller one on the way.