Oaxaca (pronounced Gw-haka) is the culinary capital of Mexico and I´m here!! Yippee!
Last night in my half asleep state I stumbled out of the lovely Posada del Centro Hotel to check out the city. In the central square I settle on one of the tourist spots - Bar Cafeteria Terranova. Being a mole virgin I decided that I had to get right in there and have something with the famous chocolate chilli sauce. So Tamales de Mole it was. A maize parcel stuffed with chilli chocolate sauce and chicken wraped and cooked in a banana leaf. Yum yum yum. So good and suprising light on the digestion.
Maybe the Mescal helped. Mescal (very similar to Tequila) is delicious but it´s what came with it that was the best part of the meal! You know how we take tequila shots with lemon and salt? You want to know how its really done? The mescal comes served with a side plate of orange eighths and pieces of lime and a little mound of sal de gusano. This brick dust powder is what you dip the orange or lime in and suck on after taking a sip of Mescal. Soooo dam tasty!!! You want to know what is in the Sal de gusano? Thats right. The bug that you get in the bottom of some tequilas. Thats the gusano. They come from the root of the plant. They are dried, ground and mixed with ground chilli and salt. My god you have to try it!! Whats more is its very nutritious!! Loads of vitamin B12 in that!
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