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Authentic Mexican Food in Finland

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Since I came back from Mexico at the end of March, I’ve been missing Mexican food almost every day. The first couple of months were the hardest though. Luckily my host family in Mexico taught me how to make some delicious Mexican food, so I have been able to make it at home in Finland too. Even though, it doesn’t taste the exact same as in Mexico. In the beginning, I even refused to eat bread for breakfast and made chilaquiles instead. I made corn tortillas and tacos by myself for my family, made fajitas and quesadillas, bought jalapenos, and tried to have the taste of Mexican food at home in Finland. I was really missing the Mexican food as you can tell 😀

After 6 months of being back in Finland, I got to eat some authentic Mexican food, and oh how happy I was! I spent one week in Tampere, which is a city in western Finland. I know a friend from Mexico who lives there and I was asking him if there are any real Mexican restaurants in Tampere. He suggested to me a couple and I knew right away that I have to go and try them out.

The first one I went to was called Tacos ‘n’ Tequila, a very creative name for a Mexican restaurant, right? 😀 In their menu, they had tacos, burritos, and quesadillas. The vegetarian option they had for all of them was nopal (cactus) and cauliflower, so I went for the vegetarian tacos. The tacos were very good and I was so happy to eat nopal again, haven’t had that since Mexico. But to be honest, the tacos were missing some spiciness, they weren’t served with a hot sauce like in Mexico. Apart from that though, the taste was very good. My tacos were served with nachos and guacamole. The nachos had the same composition as in Mexico and were really delicious with some guacamole.

The chef in the restaurant was Mexican and he was super friendly. I told him that I’m writing my thesis about Mexican food culture and wanted to ask him some questions. He wrote his name on the paper and said that I can find him on Facebook and Instagram and he would be more than happy to answer any of my questions. That was just super nice of him. Such a nice restaurant with friendly customer service.

The other Mexican place was a street food stand at the market place (located in Tammelantori). The stand was super cute and the owner so friendly. I went to eat there with my Mexican friend and I felt like I was back in Mexico. My friend and the owner started gossiping and catching up right away we got there, it really felt like back in Mexico. It was so nice to listen to people to speak Spanish again, I just love the sound of the language, so beautiful. But back to the food… I ordered two tacos with nopalitos (cactus) and the tacos tasted AMAZING! Exactly like in Mexico!! They were served with either green or red sauce, I took the spicier as the red sauce and I got the spiciness I was missing in the other restaurant. Just. So. Good.

After we finished eating we talked a bit more with the owner. I was curious where she gets all the Mexican ingredients for the food such as nopal and corn tortillas. She told me that she mostly has her own contacts and providers from Mexico but the nopal she can get from wholesalers here in Finland. She also told me about the culture in Mexico and how the food is so important for the people and for the whole culture in Mexico. It connects and brings people together.

I can 100% recommend this place for anyone that either lives or is visiting Tampere. If you would like to taste what authentic Mexican food tastes like, go to have some tacos, quesadillas, or gorditas at La Negrita at Tammelantori. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did! Let me know in the comments if you are planning to go there or if you know some other places where to get real Mexican food, either in Finland or in other countries. I’d love to hear where other good Mexican restaurants are located and to go to try them out.

Love, Emilia

Street Food Culture in Mexico

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After a little break, I’m back here writing about street food culture in Mexico. As I was living in Mexico last spring, I saw that street food has a big role in Mexico’s culture. There are street food stands all around the cities. Food brings people together from all backgrounds.

For this blog post, I interviewed some Mexicans from different backgrounds such as a Mexican cook, students, and people that were born in Mexico but live elsewhere nowadays. I wanted to hear what the street food culture means for them and all the Mexicans. I asked them a few questions about the street food culture such as what makes it important for the people, how’s the hygiene, are there places where they wouldn’t buy anything, and what are the most common street foods. It was super interesting to read all the answers and I’m hyped to share it all with you guys.

Mexicans cannot even imagine a city or town without street food. It’s deeply rooted in their culture. For Mexicans, street food is like a network that connects all the people together, no matter where they come from. Food is a common language that they all share. In Mexico you can find yourself enjoying a plate of food and a community you feel you belong to. You might hope to see people you know at the food stands and share news, talk and make jokes with them.

When visiting a new place in Mexico, one of the things you should do is to visit a local food market. The food tells a story about the place, what are the customs of its people, how they think etc. Even though the most popular street foods such as tacos, tortas, tamales, elotes, quesadillas, enchiladas, and tostadas are mainly made the same way, there are still regional differences and specialties. Trying out the regional specialties you get to know the place and its local customs better.

Esquites

Many of the street food stands are family-owned that has been passed from generations to generations. The food stands are not just a business for them but also a tradition and a way of life. The same recipes are passed for new family members and the whole families dedicate their daily lives to the process of preparing the food and sharing the joy of delicious food to others. With time some stands get popularity among the society and they become the places you preferably go to satisfy some particular appetite.

The street food culture is important for Mexicans but also for the economy. Many Mexicans wouldn’t have the money to pay rent for a place where they sell food at so selling the food on the streets make their businesses possible. Also, some people couldn’t afford to eat in restaurants so they get their food from the street stands. It’s a winning situation for both, the businesses and the customers. Buying food in the streets is part of Mexicans daily routine, they could not imagine their life without it. It’s the way how people socialize.

Meat tacos (here you can see how the plates are covered with plastic)
Vegetarian tacos filled with white onion, tomato, avocado and cheese.

The hygiene on the stands cannot be compared to the hygiene standards for example in Europe but in most places, it’s still fine. For foreigners, it might seem that the stands don’t have good hygiene but the locals think it’s okay. Of course, there are some stands that are not so clean but those stands are not popular among people. Usually, the stands where you can see many people enjoying and eating their food are clean and safe places to eat. When ordering food at the stand or a restaurant, the plates are often covered with a plastic bag (see the picture above with meat tacos). I visited one of these places where that was the case and stupidly just thought that the plate was new and I was supposed to take the plastic bag away when starting to eat. Luckily I was there with my Mexican friends and they told me to keep the plastic on the plate because the restaurant doesn’t clean the plates, just cover with new plastic bags. So that’s their way to keep the plates clean. Well, we got a good laugh at it :D.

Usually, a good tip when traveling to Mexico is to wait for 2-3 weeks before buying food on the streets. During this time you and your stomach will get used to the new climate and the food so you wouldn’t get food poisoning or any sicknesses from the stands. Also, you should always check the hygiene on the stands and see if the stand is clean and it’s safe to buy food from there. Another thing you should avoid, especially in the beginning is buying fresh fruits on the streets. You might think that those are safe to eat but the problem with those is that how are the fruits washed, are they washed with clean bottled water or not? If not, there’s a chance to get ill.

Churros ❤

Some of my favorite street foods I tried in Mexico were tacos, esquites, and churros. Tacos are a perfect snack any time of the day and you can eat them as many as you want depending on your hunger. Esquites are “corn in a cup” with seasoning, mayo, chili powder, and cheese. It’s similar to elote which is made with the same ingredients but the corn is in a stick. And then there are churros… always a good choice when you are craving something sweet. In Mexico the churros are often filled with some sweet sauce, my favorite is churros with caramel. Ahh, I really miss all the Mexican food!

Now it’s your turn. Tell me in the comment box what is your favorite street food. I’m excited to read your opinions. Also, I would love to hear some feedback on my new banner and the layout. How do you like it? Do you like it more than the previous one? I felt like I wanted to make it more simple this time. Looking forward to your comments! 🙂

Love, Emilia

PS. If you didn’t know, I’m writing this blog as part of my thesis so getting all the comments and having conversations with you mean A LOT to me. It’s part of the way how I will analyze my work and success. So I’m very grateful for all the comments and conversations that I have with you ❤

Typical Mexican breakfast recipe: Molletes

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Molletes is a typical breakfast meal in Mexico, especially along students because it’s very cheap, quick and easy to make. Normally molletes are made of bolillo rolls (white Mexican bread rolls), refried beans, cheese, and pico de gallo. Additionally chorizo or bacon can be added on the top. Among students, it’s more common to stick on the original molletes recipe. But, if you feel like you’re craving some meat and want to add some chorizo or bacon on the top, feel free to do so. I’m going to share with you the recipe of molletes like they are originally made. So, let’s begin!

Molletes (makes 8 molletes):
4 bolillo rolls (or similar)
1 can of refried beans (or can of black beans)
Cheese
1 tbsp oil
Pico de gallo

Pico de gallo:
1 half of an onion
1 green chili pepper
1 tomato
Fresh coriander
1 lime
pinch of salt
pinch of pepper
few drops of olive oil

How to prepare Molletes:

  1. Start with preheating the oven to 200C. Prepare an oven tray with baking paper.
  2. Put 1tbsp of oil on the pan (to prevent burning the beans) and add the refried beans into it. If you’re using canned black beans, smash the beans before adding them into the pan. Heat it up.
  3. Cut the bolillo rolls (or similar) in half.
  4. Spread some of the heated beans on the halves of the bread rolls.
  5. Cut some cheese and add on top of the beans on the bread.
  6. Put the filled bread rolls in the oven and let them cook until the cheese is melted and the bread is crispy, around 10-15 minutes.
  7. Serve with pico de gallo.

How to prepare pico de gallo:

  1. Cut the half of an onion, green chili pepper and tomato into small cubes. Put them into a bowl.
  2. Cut the fresh coriander into smaller pieces. Add them into the bowl and mix.
  3. Squeeze some lime juice in the mixture.
  4. Add salt, pepper and few drops of olive oil. Mix all together.
  5. Put the pico de gallo on top of the crispy molletes breads.
  6. Enjoy!
The ingredients in pico de gallo have the colors of the Mexican flag

Enjoy the molletes, they are best to eat warm with the fresh pico de gallo on the top.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe and want to try it yourself. I wanted to share with you a recipe that is a bit different from the normal Mexican food when corn is the main ingredient but is still very commonly eaten in Mexico. Molletes are also easy to make in other countries as you just need white bread rolls, beans, cheese, and the ingredients to make pico de gallo as onion, tomato, green chili pepper, coriander, and lime. Simple ingredients that can be found in every country.

Let me know in the comment box if you decide to try this recipe. And how you like it! I always love reading your comments so if you have any questions, thoughts, or any feedback, just write me. 🙂

Love, Emilia

Specialties in Mexican grocery stores

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I find it interesting to walk around in grocery stores in different countries and see the different products and specialties each country has. I think with just going into a grocery store abroad you can already see what the food culture is like in that country. It’s also fun to try to think and guess which ingredients are used in each dish that is special to that country. In this post, I want to point out a few of the common things you can find in a Mexican grocery store but are not as common in my home country, Finland.

CHILI

In Mexico, one of the most used ingredients is chili. You can buy it in many different ways as fresh, dried, powder… and it’s used in many different products. Even though before going to Mexico, I knew that the food is going to be spicy and chili will be a common ingredient, but I had no idea how much and which all products have chili. The products that most surprised me were candies and ice cream. Most of the candies in Mexico are spicy and they are made with chili. The first time I tried a special Mexican candy, I didn’t like it at all. I thought I was eating some kind of spicy sauce, not a candy. It wasn’t sweet at all, more like spicy and a bit sour I’d say. After telling my candy tasting experience to my host sister, she got upset because she loves the Mexican candies.

Different types of chilies
Dried chilies
Ice cream topped with chili flakes… yes, when I said they put chili everywhere, I meant it 😀

I also brought some Mexican candies as a souvenir to my family back in Finland to taste but they weren’t big fans either. The candy they liked the least was a candy made with tamarindo (very commonly used in Mexican candies) and chili. They said it was too spicy with a very strange taste. The other candies I brought them were candies with milk, they were a lot better. But a strange thing about one of those candies was that the caramel filling was inside of “church bread” or at least it tasted exactly the same as the one you get in church and gets stuck in your mouth. So, I have to say that the Mexican candies are a bit strange.

Mexican candies; made with fruits or tamarindo, chili and salt
Tamarindo candy with chili and salt. This is the one I mentioned earlier, that my family didn’t like. It has a strange taste – something between sour, sweet and spicy, but I like it.
Traditional Mexican milk candy selection. These are the other ones I brought to my family. The one which says “San Pablo” is the one that tastes like the “church bread”.

NOPAL

Cactus, as in Mexico more commonly known nopal, is often used in Mexican cooking. Before going to Mexico I didn’t know that cactus can be eatable. When I arrived in Mexico and sat on the bus for 3 and a half hours from Mexico City to Querétaro, I saw many cactus plantations. In the countryside, cactus was growing everywhere. First I thought, that it is just a common plant that adjusts well in the hot climate, but later on, I learned that it’s eatable. In the Mexican grocery store, you can find fresh, flat nopal pads. The nopal pads can be used for example to make a delicious cactus salad.

“Very Mexican – Nopal – very healhty”
Nopal pads
Cactus trees are huge. In this picture you can compare the size of the tree with me standing in front of the tree.

TOMATILLO

Tomatillos look like green tomatoes covered in a husk, but they are more closely related to gooseberries than they are to tomatoes. In Mexican cooking tomatillos are often used in salsa verde, giving the beautiful green color to the green sauces. The price of tomatillos is around 40 pesos for a kilo, which equals to ~2 euros per kilo.

Tomatillos at the grocery store
A tomatillo

CHICHARRONES

Chicharrones are crunchy, fluffy pork rinds. Mexicans eat chicharrones as a snack. They can be bought in a bag of one kilo which cost around 142 pesos, which equals to 6,5 euros. In grocery stores they are also sold in smaller bags with different flavors, for example, chicharrones with a taste of chili and lime (very Mexican combination).

Pork rind in a one kilo bag
Chicharonnes
Chicharrones with different flavors
Chicharrones with more flavors

LIME

In the grocery store in Mexico, there can be found large shelves of limes. Lime is a very common ingredient in Mexican dishes. It is usually squeezed on top of the dish, for example on tacos but also on many other dishes. In restaurants, limes are often ready on the table, so they can be squeezed on the food you eat. Another common way to use lime is to make lime water. For that, you only need water and lime (squeezed in the water) and if you want the lime water less sour, sugar can be added.

Limes at the grocery store

These were some of the products and ingredients that mostly took my attention while walking in a grocery store in Mexico. I would like to know if you have these ingredients in your home countries or were these new to you too? Also, what are your country’s special products? Please write your thoughts down on the comment box, I cannot wait to hear them!

Love, Emilia

Recipe: Chilaquiles

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Chilaquiles is a traditional Mexican breakfast dish. It’s made with corn tortillas that are cut into triangles and lightly fried. Chilaquiles can be made either with a green or red sauce that is poured on top of the crispy tortilla triangles. In Mexico it’s very common to eat chilaquiles for breakfast or brunch, either made by yourself or ordered in a restaurant. Chilaquiles are commonly garnished with cream cheese, grated cheese, onion rings, jalapeño and avocado slices. It can be served with eggs (scrambled or fried), pulled chicken or beef.

Chilaquiles is my favorite Mexican breakfast. When going out for breakfast, I mainly order chilaquiles. It’s a very filling and tasty dish. I thought chilaquiles would be difficult to make but when my host family showed me how to make it, I was surprised that it’s very quick and easy. When making the chilaquiles by yourself, you can skip one step by buying ready crisp corn chips from the store, instead of cutting the corn tortillas into triangles and frying them. That saves a lot of time and makes the preparation much quicker. The recipe I’m sharing with you, is chilaquiles with the red sauce. I made a very simple version of the dish so you can add the toppings of your choice.

Recipe (serves 2 persons)

2 tbls olive oil
1/2 onion
1 can of tomato paste (or half can of tomato paste with chili and half can of normal tomato paste, if you want it spicier)
100 ml cream
half a bag of corn chips (or as much as you can fit on your pan)
salt
pepper

Toppings of your choice
(e.g. scrambled or fried eggs, pulled chicken or beef, cream cheese, grated cheese, onion rings, jalapeño and/or avocado)

1. Put some oil on a pan.
2. Cut the onion into little pieces and add them on the pan. Fry the onions a little bit.
3. Add the tomato sauce to the pan. Let it boil.
4. Add the cream and mix all together. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
5. When the sauce is ready, add the corn chips into the sauce.
6. Mix the sauce with the corn chips so that all the chips are covered in the sauce.
7. Add the toppings you want . I put scrambled eggs, grated cheese, cream cheese, jalapeños and onion rings.

Enjoy this easy and delicious breakfast! Which one do you prefer, chilaquiles rojos (red) or chilaquiles verdes (green)? If you never tried chilaquiles before, let me know if you are interested to try it with this recipe. If you have any questions about the recipe, let me know! I hope you have a wonderful time making chilaquiles!

Love, Emilia

Food markets

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Markets in Mexico have a huge impact on the Mexican food culture. That’s the place where local farmers sell their products and earn their income. For Mexicans, a popular thing to do on Sundays is to go to a market. Sunday is a family day for most families. They go to a market, buy fresh veggies, fruits and meat from the local farmers for the whole week. Depending on the time of the day the families go to the market, they’ll often have either breakfast or lunch there after buying the food. This is a way for them to enjoy some family time together.

Mercado Benito Juárez, Querétaro

Usually, the food markets have two different areas; outside area and inside area. The inside area is like a big hall full of little stands where they sell veggies, fruits and meat. Also often in the indoor halls, piñatas are hanging from the roof. So while walking inside the market hall and looking up, you will see many different colorful creatures hanging down on the roof. In the Mexican culture, piñatas are a tradition for kids’ birthday parties. During a birthday party, piñata full of candies will be hung on a tree outside in the garden, or inside the house on the roof and the birthday boy/girl will be smashing the piñata blindfolded. After the piñata breaks, all the candies will fall on the ground and the kids will race each other to get the most candies to themselves.

In the outside area, there are many food stands. For example, you can buy gorditas at the market. Gorditas are small thick tortillas, which are cut and filled inside. They are delicious, so be sure to try them out when visiting a food market in Mexico.

Mercado Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Mercado Benito Juárez, Queretaro
Mercado “La Cruz”, Querétaro
Gorditas

One thing that really jumped into my mind about the markets, is hygiene. Being used to the hygienic standards in my home country, Finland, Mexico is not even close to them. All the food are prepared openly. The market I visited in Guanajuato, was in two floors; the main floor downstairs with all the food stands and a second floor with souvenir stands “around the food stands”. But as the second floor was around the food stands, and the food stands were without any roof on top of them, anyone could throw or drop something from upstairs to the food. Even though people are probably not doing so (at least I hope), it still made me feel a bit uncomfortable eating there. I felt like I wanted to eat something “safe” and I found a food stand that had some cover on top of the food, so I ended up eating there and having a torta. I’m also not sure how they take care of their hand hygiene, as the stands don’t seem to have water taps where they could wash their hands. If there are any Mexican readers, lighten me up in the comment box, please.

Mercado Hidalgo, Guanajuato
Torta filled with onions, lettuce, avocado and tomatoes

I’ve only visited few food markets in Querétaro and Guanajuato which are probably nothing compared to the ones in e.g. Mexico City. But the ones I visited were all a bit different from each other. And by that I mean, the one in Querétaro had the piñatas hanging on the top and the other one in Querétaro didn’t and was more of a “Sunday market” type. The streets close to the main market hall were also full of people selling fruits and veggies but also other things, like dishes, plants and street food. The market in Guanajuato (the big, open hall in the photos) was more full of street food stands than fruit and veggies, but also had a few stands of selling those.

In my opinion, it’s very interesting to see food markets in different cities or areas. Markets in different parts of the country have different food specialties. Gorditas are the speciality in Querétaro region. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to explore more this time, because of the whole situation in the world. But I hope to visit many more food markets in Mexico soon. I’m eager to learn more about the culture around it and taste the different specialties.

Let me know in the comments what are your thought about Mexican food markets, and what you found interesting in this article.

Love, Emilia

Recipe: Mexican tortillas

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Like I already mentioned in my previous post, tortillas are the base of almost every Mexican dish. Tortillas are eaten for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. It’s kind of like bread for Mexicans, even though they do eat bread as well but not as much as tortillas. You can always find tortillas in a Mexican’s fridge. I thought it would be a good idea to share a recipe with you all, so if you’re interested, you can make tortillas the Mexican way too. Something to do during quarantine. 😉

A few days ago, I was lucky enough to learn how to make tortillas the Mexican way; from the scratch. I made the tortillas with my Mexican host family, which was a great experience. To learn more about the local food culture, it’s the best to cook together with the locals. One thing in my bucket list for Mexico was to learn to make tortillas, and I’m super excited to share the recipe with you. Surprisingly, it’s very easy to make them, you only need three ingredients: corn flour, water and salt.

Recipe:
2 cups of corn flour
1 1/4 cups water (lukewarm)
1 tsp salt

1. Mix all the ingredients together.
2. Use your fingers to make little balls from the dough.
3. Divide the dough into 16 same size pieces.
4. Make the pieces round with your hands.
5. Put plastic on the “tortilla maker” and place one of the round pieces in the middle. (This step can also be made with only the plastic and a rolling pin).
6. Make the dough flat. (without the “tortilla maker” just place something on the top of the ball e.g. a chopping board and press the dough flat. Finish with a rolling pin).
This is what the flat dough is supposed to look like.
7. Place the pieces on stove and cook them through.
8. Turn them around when the bottom has cooked well (remember you don’t want to make them crispy, just have them cooked but soft).
9. After cooked from both sides, place them in a basket and cover with a kitchen towel to keep them soft and warm.
10. To make tacos, serve with fillings of your choice. Our fillings were papas con chorizo and guacamole sauce. We made the papas con chorizo by cooking onion, vegan chorizo and potatoes in a pan together, seasoned with some chili, salt and pepper.
Guacamole was made with avocados, green chili, tomatillo, onion and koriander smashed all together, and seasoned with salt, pepper, lime and a few drops of olive oil.

I hope you all enjoy making tortillas and have fun with it. I would love to know if you plan to make these, so please add a comment and let me know if you do. Also let me know what’s your favorite taco filling. Let’s continue the discussion in the comment box below! Stay safe and healthy!

Love, Emilia

Introduction to Mexican food culture

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When thinking about Mexican food often the first things to come in mind are tortillas, tacos and burritos, right? Well it’s true, because those ones are the most commonly known outside of Mexico. But the thing that people usually don’t know, is that Mexican food in Mexico taste and looks totally different than from the ones you get e.g. in Europe.

When I first came to Mexico and tasted the Mexican tacos, for me it looked like I am eating a mini tortilla. As in Europe, or at least in Finland where I come from, tacos are the ones made of corn with a hard cover. But in Mexico the cover is soft and looks and tastes like tortilla, it is just a smaller version of it. I have learned that the plane corn “pancake” is called tortilla and it’s used in different ways in different dishes. Tortillas that are filled are called tacos, tortillas with sauce on top are called enchiladas and tortillas which are filled and rolled are called burritos. So in Mexico, tortilla is the base of most of the dishes. Also, nachos are made of tortillas that are cut in triangles and fried or cooked in the oven to make it hard and crispy.

When I read books and studied about Mexican food culture, it was said that corn is the most important and appreciated ingredient in Mexican kitchen. But it’s accurate as tortillas are made of corn and like I said earlier, tortillas are the base of almost all of the Mexican dishes. Other common ingredients used in Mexican cuisine are chili, tomatoes, tomatillos (green tomatoes), squash, avocado, mango, papaya and nopales (cactus). Also meat as pork and chicken are used in most of the dishes, so for vegetarians it’s fairly hard to find food especially when eating out in restaurants. And now I should probably mention that I’m vegetarian or vegan always as possible (not often possible when dining out) so you’re going to see mostly the vegetarian way of eating in Mexico. Sometimes I try to include some meat dishes (if my friends order them for themselves), especially when dining out so you get a better picture of all the foods.

In the upcoming posts I’ll be deepening my knowledge in different topics about Mexican food, for example writing about grocery stores, markets, eating out, street food, festive food, drinking culture, giving some recipes etc. I would also love to hear about what kind of topics you’d like to read in this blog. So, please comment below your ideas! Also, I would like to know what’s your favorite Mexican food, so please write that below too. I’m looking forward to continuing the discussion in the comment box.

Love, Emilia

About

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Hello and welcome to the blog – A Taste of Mexico.

Emilia, a girl who is passioned about traveling, learning about new cultures and loves food. I love to explore and learn about new cultures and taste all the delicious dishes different places have to offer. While exploring the world I like to stay at one place for a longer time to get a better picture of the whole country and its culture. So far, I’ve lived in 4 different countries: Germany, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and currently I’m on my 5th country as living in Mexico.

This blog is about Mexican food culture. In this blog I write about Mexican food culture while living in a local family and seeing how and what Mexicans really eat. I also explore local restaurants, food markets, supermarkets etc. to get the full picture of Mexican food culture. I hope this blog to be helpful for those who are willing to travel to Mexico and are curious what people eat here.

While fulfilling my dream of living in Mexico I’m writing this blog as part of my Bachelor thesis for my tourism studies. I’m hoping to create a place where people can happily comment and discuss about their experiences towards food cultures, especially Mexican food culture. Let’s be kind to each other and enjoy the life the best we can. Also, if there’s anyone who becomes interested about travelling to Mexico after reading this blog, I would love to know that. This country is amazing, I’d highly recommend this for everyone to visit, not just because of the amazing food Mexico has to offer but also because of the beautiful landscapes and colorful culture.

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Love, Emilia