• Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences
  • Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences

Mexico City: Mexican Food and Its History Walking Tour Mexico City: the history of its gastronomy and influences

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Country: Mexico

Duration: 04:00 hours


Description

Enjoy the Historic District by tasting different flavors & learning how gastronomy has been enriched over time thanks to the arrival of different ingredients and the influence of different cultures.
Begin this walking tour, traveling back in time through Mexican gastronomy on a terrace overlooking the Templo Mayor, the main temple of the Mexica (Aztec) culture where you will taste insects on corn with beans to learn why this source of protein was present in Mesoamerican gastronomy during pre-Hispanic times.

Afterwards, you will stop by an atole to taste a drink that is almost preserved as it was in pre-Hispanic times and discover the flavors that began to be created and mixed during the colony.

In a candy store from 1874, preserved as it was at that time, you will taste cookies and sweets made with original recipes that go from the colony to the beginning of the 20th century.

Throughout the tour you will visit different restaurants and places like, for example, the first synagogue to talk about the Jewish influence in the city or the old house of President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, today transformed into a restaurant, where you will taste chiles rellenos as an example of what was eaten in the early 19th century, after the Independence, you will also learn about the legend of the creation of Chile en Nogada.

We will travel to the Porfirian times in Mexico at the end of the 19th century to visit a place preserved as it was at that time to learn about the history of two French sisters who started this business near the old National Theater where you will see photos of how the street looked like at that time, while you taste the French influence mixed with Mexican gastronomy with some snails in chipotle sauce.

From the palate you will get to know an example of what the Lebanese immigration generated as an influence in Mexico City by tasting some typical tacos al pastor.

Visiting a traditional cafe from 1940 you will taste the influence of Chinese immigration in the city with its famous "Chinese bread" and its contribution with the bread display cases at the front of the premises.

You will stop by some traditional churros to relive the flavors of the colony and an example of what the Spaniards brought with the conquest.

In the San Juan market you will taste typical Spanish tapas accompanied with wine to understand the influence of the arrival of Spanish refugees during the civil war in their country in the late 1930s.

Finish this tour tasting natural pulque and flavored curados in a century-old pulqueria to imagine what revolutionary times were like in Mexico.

Highlights

  • Savor the rich flavors of Mexican gastronomy along the way.
  • Be transported back to different times in Mexico´s history through its food.
  • Discover how the influences from other cultures enrich Mexican food.

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This tour will take place rain or shine.
Your guide will meet you at the entrance of the restaurant, on the street level
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When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.