Tasting The Food in Cancun - Your Taste Buds Are In For A Treat

Tasting The Food in Cancun - Your Taste Buds Are In For A Treat

Exploring the wide variety of Cancun cuisine will be a highlight of your visit to the local restaurants and various other food enhancing outlets in this wonderful destination. You will discover the greatest selection of dishes available to you here in a variety of places.

La Habichuela will be a must stop for authentic Caribbean cuisine, this restaurant has been in operation for 29 years and knows how to please your palette. A favorite menu item is Cocbichuela, this is an in house specialty, cooked with large chunks of lobster and shrimp simmered in a curry sauce and presented in a coconut shell, garnished with a layer of fresh fruit. You will find a menu stacked with an amazing choice of seafood dishes cooked with local tropical ingredients.

If you love the taste of the south then head to La Casa las Margaritas will get your taste buds sizzling with their tantalizing fare on hand for you to try. Mexican culture oriented and attention to detail in all foods prepared. The layout and design of the place and costumed staff take you to new dining heights with reminders of just where on the planet you are. Low music in the background and take yourself to a cantina where you can enjoy shrimp tacos or tequila chicken.

To try authentic Mayan food explore Pascal's menu, the owner of the restaurant; Augusto Pastacinni has studied for years on the traditional ancient and exotic tastes of the Mayans, you will not be disappointed here with the taste of ancients! You will never experience anything anywhere else with the very popular Papadzules which are corn tortillas stuffed with hard boiled eggs topped with a pumpkin sauce and sprinkled with fried tomatoes.

Try some of the best Yucatecan food in the small place named Labna, located to the side of La Habichuela. Here they combine the food of the Mayans with a Mexican touch, try the deep fried turnovers bursting with shark and smothered with tomato sauce. To experiment, you can try the cactus salad pork rinds with cream cheese and for the more adventurous a classic menu item is chicken in mole sauce.

Recipes here are far different from anything else in the world and they will tempt your taste buds on a daily basis, with tantalizing ingredients on offer you just have to try all the foods on offer to truly discover the wonders of this place. Herbs and spices used here are grown locally and many items used are native to only this area. Poblano peppers, bananas, and cactus are widely utilised as is the abundant seafood used in everyday dishes, with such a variety on the menu it will be difficult to try everything but you must try it to savor the taste of this region.

Nearly every restaurant in Cancun will have lobster on the menu and if you love to eat this crustacean then you will be in your glory here. You can watch as they prepare it just for you and it will be done very often in the traditional manner at the Lobster Shack. Be wary though as you may be paid a visit as you dine from the local crocodiles as they tend to frequent the areas around this restaurant, they are kept at a safe distance so you will be able to dine in peace. This food stop will definitely make it a pleasurable stop on your vacation and in the pursuit of fine dining.

So, while you are there make sure you visit as many food types as you possibly can and this will make your holiday a very memorable experience.

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