White Linens, cheerfully painted skulls, cigars, tequilas, vibrantly painted ceramics, and trinkets of all sorts abound. Under the pavilions’ steaming hot maze of shops playfully, aggressive hawkers try to offer high prices and attract your attention any way possible. “Cheaper than Walmart” is continually being heard. Named from its neighborhood district number, Mercado 28 is…
Category: Culture
La Parrilla, Restaurant – Spotlight Cancun, Mexico
La Parrilla has been dishing out the best local cuisine in Cancun since 1975 and has aged like fine wine, now with 3 restaurants in town! I have been coming to the downtown location for years and it’s amazing every time. La Parrilla is a Cancun Facet that has great local atmosphere and authentic, homemade…
Cenotes, Yucatan Peninsula
Soft limestone in the Yucatan gets eroded over time forming gigantic cenotes dotting the Yucatan peninsula edge where the impact crater that wiped out the dinosaurs hit the earth so many millions of years ago. The mayans believe that the caves and cenotes were literally gateways into the underworld. When drought came they sacrificed many…
Chitzen Itza – Mexico
The temple of Kukulcan, the central temple structure, built around 670, took 200 years to design and over 13 or so to build. Chitzen Itza, or the sorcerers of water, was central to Mayan culture which began around AD 600 thriving from a long period of heavy rain that enabled a population boom. It is…
Street Tacos – Cancun, Mexico
Locals can be spotted eating at pop up taco stands between Cancun International Airport and the mainland city of Cancun Proper. Some of the best tacos and tortas are found here. and in stalls at Mercado 23 in the center of Cancun. Easily spotted on the drive, many vendors are set up mornings to evenings and you can…
Sea Turtles Nesting in Cancun!
Starting in May each year the loggerhead turtles begin crawling up the shores of Cancun to lay their eggs in the dunes. 40 to 60 days later tiny baby turtles being breaking out of their soft skins and crawling out of the sand toward the rough ocean waters for the first time. They have to…
The Spanish Inquisition, Ham & The Catholic Church
During the later years of the Crusades the Christians started running out of money and went to the Jews to gets funds to pay for the holy war. Once the crusaders pushed the Moores out of the Iberico Peninsula the Jewish lenders wanted their debts collected and this became problematic for the newly victorious Christians….
Chocolateria San Gines – Churros & Hot Chocolate Madrid
To Madrilenas churros and chocolate in the evening are akin to donuts and coffee in the morning. Chocolateria San Gines has been famous for making the best since 1894. Dipping these crispy, hot churros into the warm, melted chocolate makes a perfect combination of sweet, hot and crunchy! Absolutely spectacular for chocoholics! Open into the late…
Jamon Iberico De Belotta – Pata Negra
Since the times of the Spanish Inquisition ham has become an important part of the Spanish culture and represents a lot more than food for Spaniards! After 400 years they got pretty competitive at growing and curing these big, black pigs mastering the art of creating Pate Negra. Ham is so polular the Spanish dedicate…
Suckling Pig at Restaurant Botin – A Madrelenian Tradition
Central Madrid – Just south of Mercado San Miguel Suckling pig roasted in a wood fired oven is an age old tradition in Madrid. Nowhere is more famous for preparing them than the restaurant La Botin . This restaurant has been in business since 1725 and is world famous for its suckling baby pigs.
Journey Into Cuisine 