{"id":50737,"date":"2023-04-14T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=50737"},"modified":"2025-03-18T00:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T13:43:58","slug":"mexico-food-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/mexico-food-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bueno, Bonito & Barato: What I learned on Intrepid’s Mexico food tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We sent Colby Holiday (<\/strong>@worldofawanderer<\/strong><\/a>), one of our favourite travel bloggers, on a <\/strong>Mexico Real Food Adventure<\/strong><\/a>. The stakes were pretty high \u2013 Colby actually lives<\/em> in Mexico. Here\u2019s her guide to snacking, sipping and munching your way from Mexico City to Huatulco.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we walked into the market, the smoke kind of consumed us. It was everywhere. The place is called Pasillo de Humo. Translation: Smoke Alley. It\u2019s this little alley off a market in Oaxaca, and there are vendors everywhere cooking different meats: carnitas<\/em>, sausages, different types of pork and beef, fresh tasajo<\/em> and cecina<\/em>. We tried everything, of course, but the highlight was this little stall that has been women-owned and run for generations, an absolute hidden gem that seems like a rare find on a Mexico tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karla, our Intrepid leader, said a good rule of thumb in Mexico is the three B\u2019s: Bueno (good), Bonito (pretty) and Barato (cheap). This place ticked them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My Mexico food adventure was actually my third group tour. My previous one was a trip through Morocco with 50 people, which was a bit of a nightmare. I\u2019d almost written off group tours, but this one was different. There were only seven of us, for a start, and Karla was amazing. She\u2019s Mexican, obviously, but she\u2019s also a chef! So she really<\/em> knows good food. She took us to places we would never have found on our own, and even went off script a couple of times. \u201cThe itinerary recommends this restaurant,\u201d she\u2019d say, \u201cbut I know a better taco place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was super excited about this tour, even though I\u2019ve lived in Mexico for three years. Two of those years were during the pandemic, so there\u2019s still a lot I haven\u2019t explored. We hit up four different cities, and the best thing about Mexico is the diversity. Region to region, everything tastes different. Where I live, on the Yucatan, the food is totally unlike Mexico City. People rave about the capital, but they rarely talk about the food culture there! Honestly, I didn\u2019t have a bad meal while in Mexico City!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let\u2019s talk menu. We had tacos, of course \u2013 you can\u2019t come to Mexico and not try the tacos. But the interesting thing was how different they all were. We had Al Pastor tacos from El Huequito in Mexico City. This spot is like the birthplace<\/em> of Al Pastor tacos, and they served them without the traditional pineapple (a good move in my opinion \u2013 pineapple on tacos is like pineapple on pizza). We even ate tacos from someone selling them from a basket on the back of their bicycle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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