Audio Guide Details
- Duration
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Product Type
- Audio Guide
- Venues
- Roma Neighborhood
Preview
Mexico City Food Audio Guide in La Roma
Jardín Pushkin
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Audio Guide Description
Mexico City is a highlight for foodies who long for an adventure in Mexican gastronomy. From street food to fine dining restaurants in the 50 Best Restaurants or Michelin Guides, this walking tour is a chance to not just indulge in the area’s cuisine, but also its historical, cultural, and architectural standouts. It was created by food journalist and Context Travel expert, Raquel del Castillo.
The tour starts at Jardín Pushkin, an iconic park surrounded by coffee shops and restaurants. You’ll walk through one of the city’s gorgeous avenues, Alvaro Obregón, famous for its Art Nouveau houses, now converted into restaurants, galleries, and shopping spots.
As you eat your way through the Roma Norte neighborhood, you’ll see where locals have a cup of coffee in the morning, where they eat tacos for lunch, and the kind of restaurants and bars that are popular for celebrations. You’ll get an industry expert’s insight on famous chefs like Elena Reyagadas from Restaurante Rosetta, Lalo García from Máximo, and Mónica Patiño from Casa Virginia. The tour ends at Licorería Limantour, one of the best cocktail bars in Mexico.
Along the way, you’ll have a chance to:
• Try some of the most popular tacos in the city at Taquería Orinoco, where people are crazy for pork tacos – just ask Dúa Lipa!
• Sample sweet Mexican favorites like churros and popsicles at Churrería el Moro, and find out how churros are linked to the Moorish heritage that Spaniards brought over
• Indulge in flame-grilled fish at La Docena, a seafood restaurant named in the top 50 best restaurants in Latin America
• Sip café de olla, coffee with a hint of cinnamon and brown sugar, at Dosis Cafe
• Do a bit of shopping, so you can take home a nice souvenir for your kitchen!
• Learn about Mexican coffee, including how we drink it, and the origins of the beans at Qūentin Café
• Enjoy some fresh air in two iconic parks, Pushkin and Rio de Janeiro
• Hear about the writers of the Beat Generation like Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, who enjoyed the pleasures of Mexico City and incorporated it into their writing
• Sample sweet Mexican favorites like churros and popsicles at Churrería el Moro, and find out how churros are linked to the Moorish heritage that Spaniards brought over
• Indulge in flame-grilled fish at La Docena, a seafood restaurant named in the top 50 best restaurants in Latin America
• Sip café de olla, coffee with a hint of cinnamon and brown sugar, at Dosis Cafe
• Do a bit of shopping, so you can take home a nice souvenir for your kitchen!
• Learn about Mexican coffee, including how we drink it, and the origins of the beans at Qūentin Café
• Enjoy some fresh air in two iconic parks, Pushkin and Rio de Janeiro
• Hear about the writers of the Beat Generation like Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, who enjoyed the pleasures of Mexico City and incorporated it into their writing
At the end of this 75-minute walking tour, you’ll have enjoyed fun facts about the country’s food history from the prehispanic to the present.
You’ll also be inspired about where to have a cocktail or a nice dinner with Raquel's recommendations.
Meet Your Expert
Right now Raquel Del Castillo is the editor-in-chief of Menú (the food issue) at El Universal newspaper and writer at 7 Caníbales. She has been a food journalist since 2000, writing for publications such as Forbes online, Munchies (Vice Mexico), chilango.com, and the national newspaper Milenio. She studied culinary arts and Communication at university. Now she mixes this knowledge of cooking and writing in her everyday work. She loves teaching recipes and leading tours to the local markets of Mexico City. She thinks that the best way to know the flavors of Mexico is to walk through these public places and go to the restaurants to see how chefs prepare the ingredients for the numerous traditional Mexican recipes, some of them published in her three recipe books.
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