Mexico City's Best Street Food & Where to Find It | Travel + Leisure
Mexico City's Best Street Food & Where to Find It | Travel + Leisure
Notable moments
- 00:39 Tamales at Tamales Doña Emi
Host Anais Martinez visits Tamales Doña Emi in Roma Sur to sample unique gourmet tamale fillings. She tastes tamales stuffed with huitlacoche (corn fungus) and goat cheese, pork with olives, and candied pecan with cream cheese alongside a hot mug of chocolate atole.
Tamales Doña Emi, Mexico City, Mexico - 01:58 Trying a Chilaquiles Torta
Anais stops at a sidewalk street food vendor who prepares a chilaquiles torta on a fresh bolillo bread roll. Crisp tortilla chips are soaked in warm green salsa, tucked inside the bread with cream, chopped onions, and queso fresco, creating a classic Mexico City breakfast sandwich.
- 02:43 Exploring Mercado Jamaica Flower Market
Anais explores the expansive stalls of Mercado Jamaica, one of Mexico City's most famous traditional markets known for its massive selection of fresh flowers. Vibrant aisles are packed with sunflowers, roses, chrysanthemums, and elaborate floral arrangements sourced from across the country.
Mercado Jamaica, Mexico City, Mexico - 03:10 Eating Elote at Mercado Jamaica
At a food stall inside Mercado Jamaica, Anais orders a large cob of cacahuazintle corn slathered in creamy mayonnaise, grated cheese, and chili powder. She highlights the different preparations available, including coal-charred corn and boiled esquites served in bowls with salsa.
Mercado Jamaica, Mexico City, Mexico - 04:26 Street Food Anojitos Outside Mercado Jamaica
Outside Mercado Jamaica, Anais breaks down traditional street food made from blue corn masa cooked on a flat comal. She samples squash blossom quesadillas, pork crackling gorditas, and oval-shaped fava bean tlacoyos topped with fresh nopal cactus salad and crumbled cheese.
Mercado Jamaica, Mexico City, Mexico - 05:45 Green Chorizo Taco in Mercado Jamaica
Anais returns inside Mercado Jamaica to try green chorizo, a Toluca specialty sausage flavored with poblano peppers, serranos, and spinach. She orders a taco on double corn tortillas and dresses it at the condiment bar with fresh lime juice, cilantro, onions, and red salsa.
Mercado Jamaica, Mexico City, Mexico - 06:53 Artisanal Chocolate Workshop at La Rifa
In the Juárez neighborhood, Anais visits La Rifa Chocolatería to see how native Mexican cacao beans from Chiapas are processed into bean-to-bar chocolate. She tour the workshop to watch hand-sorting, roasting, hull winnowing, and marble tempering before enjoying a cold 70% cacao beverage.
La Rifa Chocolatería, Mexico City, Mexico - 09:21 Natural Wine and Esquites at Escorpio
Anais meets wine enthusiast Bogar Mendoza outside Escorpio, a specialized natural wine bottle shop in Juárez. Together they sip a chilled natural white wine paired with a bowl of rich bone marrow esquites purchased from a neighboring street food spot.
Escorpio, Mexico City, Mexico - 10:28 Mexican-South Asian Fusion at Masala y Maíz
Anais ends her culinary tour at Masala y Maíz, where chefs Norma Listman and Saqib Keval craft dishes combining Mexican, South Asian, and East African influences. She dines on an infladita filled with spiced vegetable salad, followed by nicuatole, a gelatinous corn dessert topped with fresh figs and pomegranate seeds.
Masala y Maíz, Mexico City, Mexico
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