Mexican flavours

Mexican flavours, in Mexico City

Mexican cuisine, recognised throughout the world and inscribed in the heritage of humanity, is one of the great prides of the country, rich with a pre-Hispanic and Spanish heritage. The Mexico City audio-guided tour stops here to evoke these thousand flavours, from the maize and the chili of the origins to the famous tacos, quesadillas and guacamole, a true art of living to be discovered in the streets and markets of the capital.

A thousand flavours between maize, chili and tortillas

How to visit Mexico without speaking of its thousand flavours, recognised throughout the world? Rich with its heritage at once pre-Hispanic and Spanish, Mexican cuisine is of a great variety and pleases everyone. It must be known that, since always, the basic foods of Mexican dishes are maize, bean, chili, avocado and tomato. It is moreover all that you find in the famous tacos, doubtless the most famous dish today. During the conquest, the Spaniards brought rice, olive oil, onion, garlic, but also domestic animals such as chickens, oxen and goats, that enriched the local recipes. Quesadillas, enchiladas, burritos: so many dishes based on tortillas, meat, cheese and vegetables that make your mouth water. To begin a Mexican meal, nothing like guacamole, this avocado purée seasoned with lime, coriander and chili, or a good mole, a complex sauce sometimes mingling even cocoa. Recognised by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage of humanity, Mexican gastronomy is tasted everywhere, from the colourful markets to the street stalls by way of the great tables. In Mexico City, each district reserves its specialities and its taste surprises. An art of living and a heritage of humanity, Mexican flavours are a fine stop of the discovery of Mexico City.

What to taste

Here you discover the richness of Mexican cuisine, heir of pre-Hispanic and Spanish flavours, founded on maize, bean, chili, avocado and tomato; you taste tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas and burritos based on tortillas, guacamole and mole, in the markets, the street stalls and the great tables. Recognised by UNESCO, Mexican flavours are an art of living of Mexico City. It is a fine stop, to be savoured.

Practical information

Mexican flavours are tasted everywhere in Mexico City, from the covered markets to the street stalls and the restaurants of the historic centre, reachable on foot or by metro. The hours vary according to the establishments; midday remains a good moment to enjoy the specialities. It is best to taste where the inhabitants flock, a guarantee of freshness and authenticity.

What are the basic foods of Mexican cuisine?

Since always, they are maize, bean, chili, avocado and tomato, that you find in the famous tacos; during the conquest, the Spaniards brought rice, olive oil, onion, garlic and domestic animals, enriching dishes like quesadillas, enchiladas and burritos. Mexican gastronomy is inscribed in the intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

Where to taste Mexican flavours in Mexico City?

Everywhere in the capital, from the covered markets to the street stalls by way of the restaurants of the historic centre; each district reserves its specialities, and it is best to taste where the inhabitants flock, a guarantee of freshness and authenticity.