Mexico City Trip Overview
Meet Lucía, a culinary expert, at Mercado San Angel, a bustling covered market filled with everything you need to make a traditional Mexican meal at home. Lucía will teach you about the local products on offer – from farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, to dried chilies and spices, to flowers and handicrafts.
After exploring the market together you will take a taxi to Lucia’s home to begin your cooking lesson. During this experience, you will cook authentic Mexican dishes with your host Lucía in her spacious home kitchen and learn some of her favorite cooking tips and techniques! Lucía is a gastronomic historican and can cook a wide variety of Mexican dishes, from traditional family recipes passed down through generations of home cooks, to modern dishes using fresh, local ingredients.
Your menu will be based on the season and might include dishes such as albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle mecos (meatballs in a smoked chili sauce) and sopa de nopalitos to name a few.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Mexico City, Mexico
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Meet Lucía, a culinary expert, at Mercado San Angel, a bustling covered market filled with everything you need to make a traditional Mexican meal at home. Lucía will teach you about the local products on offer – from farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, to dried chilies and spices, to flowers and handicrafts.
After exploring the market together you will take a taxi to Lucia’s home to begin your cooking lesson. During this experience, you will cook authentic Mexican dishes with your host Lucía in her spacious home kitchen and learn some of her favorite cooking tips and techniques! Lucía is a gastronomic historican and can cook a wide variety of Mexican dishes, from traditional family recipes passed down through generations of home cooks, to modern dishes using fresh, local ingredients.
Your menu will be based on the season and might include dishes such as albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle mecos (meatballs in a smoked chili sauce) and sopa de nopalitos to name a few.
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine.Meet Lucía at Mercado San Angel, a bustling covered market filled with everything you need to make a traditional meal at home. During this Mexico City market tour Lucía will teach you about the local products on offer, from farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, to dried chilies and spices, to flowers and handicrafts. After exploring the market together you will take a taxi to Lucia’s home to begin your cooking lesson.
Learn to cook authentic Mexican dishes with Lucía in this Mexico City cooking class. Lucía can cook a wide variety of Mexican dishes, from traditional family recipes passed down through generations of home cooks, to modern dishes using fresh, local ingredients. Cook together with Lucía and learn some of her favorite cooking tips and techniques. Note that Lucía can offer both a hands-on cooking class or a cooking demonstration in which you will watch Lucía prepare the dishes. Please specify what you prefer at the time of booking.
Stop At:
• Traveling Spoon, Mexico City 6080 Mexico
Sample Menu
• Nopalitos soup in bean broth, lima soup, tortilla soup, aztec soup
• Albondigas en salsa de chile chipotle meco, chiles en nogada, – encacahuatado with chicken, or veracruzana fish
• Chile ancho with fried beans
• Pork in verdolagas
• Mexican white rice, red rice, or black rice with platano macho
• Sweet dessert of dulce de guayaba, dulce de mamey, flan de cajeta, or gollorias
• Coffee or tea
