The ULTIMATE Mérida, Mexico FOOD tour! (Trying 10+ traditional Yucatán dishes)
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Mérida and the Yucatán Peninsula are known for having some unique food items, many of which have Mayan influences. So we spent a few days going on the ultimate Mérida food tour, with the goal of trying as many Yucatán dishes as possible (12 to be exact)!
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⌚Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Trying Salbutes, Panuchos, and Relleno Negro at Taqueria la Lupita
04:30 Exploring Mercado Lucas de Galvez
07:07 Trying Kibis
08:35 Trying Sopa de Lima, Queso Relleno, and Cochinita Pibil at Manjar Blanco
13:00 Trying Castacan at Wayan’e
15:28 Trying Papadzules and Poc Chuc at La Chaya Maya
18:28 Trying Huevos Motuleños at Maiz, Canela y Cilantro
20:53 Mérida on a Saturday night!
21:22 Trying Marquesitas
📍Locations in this vlog
Taqueria La Lupita (Salbutes, Panuchos, and Relleno Negro): goo.gl/maps/wfgLuM9egypGbGYn7 They also have amazing cochinita pibil tacos!
Mercado Lucas de Galvez (Kibis): goo.gl/maps/cntWyr84r8c8pZdM6
Manjar Blanco (Sopa de Lima, Queso Relleno, and Cochinita Pibil): goo.gl/maps/GnHkNcXVGU8Gk3JS9
Wayan’e (Castacan tacos + tortas): goo.gl/maps/1YbL9HGRcmR5FRJL7
La Chaya Maya Casona (Papadzules and Poc Chuc): goo.gl/maps/RJWRKrXGAx152A619
Maiz, Canela y Cilantro (Huevos Motuleños): goo.gl/maps/5hte8dvMKCJ349yQ7
Marquesitas: you can find these around town! We tried them at two spots and this one was our favorite (which is a different one than we showed) goo.gl/maps/m46jv4amGKYvYrKV8
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Hi y’all! We’re Adam, Kathryn, and Kona, an adventurous married couple (+ pup!) living on the road in our self-converted sprinter van! You can often find us driving all around the US and Canada, scoping out the best coffee shops, eating tacos and ice cream (we're a 5+ taco and 2+ scoop household), and enjoying nature.
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"I will walk far for tacos." That's a T-shirt A+K. LOL
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I know this video is a year old, but I wanted to say thanks for it. We are on our second trip to Merida, the first being in 2021. Your videos on Merida really opened our eyes to a bunch of new things to try. Y'all made our stay so much better. Thank you!
That is awesome to hear and means a lot to us! Getting comments like this reminds us exactly why we do what we do. We're glad we could help. Thank you and thanks for watching!
Im from Merida, Yucatan and waiting on my parole to be approved to be able to travel back and this video has made me excited to go back and try all the food I grew up eating ❤️😫
Best of luck!
You know it’s good when Adam’s “pillowy” comes out! 😂. I, too, adore the cat breaks!
Pillowy pillowy pillowy pillowy
Like I said I'm trying to be more selective 😂 but that one earned it!
Can't wait for Mexico I can feel it time is coming closer next year ❤I'm so excited
Woohoo! We hope you enjoy as much as we did!
I have just viewed the best Yucatán food education video. So many unique dishes. 😊
Thank you! 🙌
Absolutely love you guys.. Wife & I logged 156mi. hiking this year. We are both in recovery & being out there is a huge part of our sobriety as both of you are on days we are not out there & can escape by following you. We also decided to switch from photos to video in order to save memories. We have hiked some of the same trails as you & you have shown us a few for this year. Hope to bump into you out there & thanks for all you do
That is amazing, way to go y'all! 👏🏼 And a huge congrats on your sobriety! As non drinkers, we can attest that you can still have a heck of a lot of fun while sober.
The two of you find the most unique and amazing places to eat. Really enjoyed all the diversity. -Kyle & Michelle
We hope to experience the best a place offers! Thanks to you both!
I gotta say, watching you while my outdoor temp is +6 deg is fun. You are sweating and I am bundled up. 🤣
It’s pretty cold in Austin right now, so it has been a shock to our body going from 90 degrees to 30!
You're back in action, congrats......remember life work balance is the goal!!!!!!!!!!!! Be kind to yourselves, God bless you both.
It's 8 AM and you guys got me drooling all over my phone hahaha That food looks amazing! Mexican food is my favorite food. I love Sonoran style Mexican food, but that food looked even better! 😁
haha! There was so much good food! Mexican food is one of our top favorite foods as well so this was right up our alley! We have learned that there is so much regionality and diversity to the Mexican cuisine...really cool!
@@AdventuresofAplusK Yeah it really does have such a broad spectrum of flavors with it's regions. Baja style is so different from Sonora, Oaxaca, Veracruz etc. I love it all so much and the trying it, is the best part!
Glad that you guys are having fun
All the dishes look amazing and super yummy! 🤤
What a fun food tour!!! 😋🦃🌮 Loving the Yucatan!
Love your food tours! Excellent job as always!
Thank you, Jennifer!
Just love seeing how others eat and what they eat. Egg, Turkey and Meatball what an interesting combo! Certainly you guys are dabbing in the spice of life there. Ok I have to tell I am pretty envious right now, pork belly taco! I guess I'll be smoking some pork belly this week. Cool how they make the marquesitas cone for you fresh. At first I thought that was chocolate they were spreading inside along with cheese and I was like, what?? So much variety in the food there.
It is super interesting to see the different types of food when traveling! Mérida's food was so different than other places we had visited in Mexico, so just seeing how much it varies across the country is awesome. Eggs and turkey are big there!
Yay! Another food tour!
Great great video, LOVE IT
What a YUMMY video…drool worthy! I love to watch your excitement in all your videos…great job❣️💞
Thank you sooooo much for today’s video! One of my favorites ever!!!! My mouth was watering the whole time.
Awesome! Thanks so much and thanks for watching!
All of the food looked delicious. I love the adventurist spirit that the two of you have.
We love getting to try new things!
wishing I could have eaten this food with y'all! it all looked SOO good. thanks for sharing!
All the food was so amazing and plenty to share! Thanks, Laura!
Thanks for brining us along on this wonderful food tour! 🌮🌮🌮
Thanks for virtually coming with us!
Oh the food looked so good. We have to catch up on a few episodes. The huevos motulenos looked so good. That was my wife's favorite dish when we lived in New Mexico. Thanks for sharing all of the "pillowy" goodness.
We ate super well while in Mexico! It's one of our favorite cuisines. Thanks, Bob!
Looks amazing & delicious 😋 thanks for sharing!😍
Thanks, Dawn!
We've been to Merida a few times, and are planning to return next year. So excited to try all the places you've found!
I am now starving! Every dish looked so good. Thanks for the great video. 👍
It was all so good! And so different than anything we had tried before!
I’ve lived in Mérida for almost 6 years and this was a delight to watch. La Lupita is one of my favorite places to eat. I have a friend coming to visit in a few months and six I’m trying to send her vids to see what to expect.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Means a lot coming from someone who lives there! We went to La Lupita 5 times haha, we loved it 😂🙌🏼
It all looks so delicious! And the nighttime videos are gorgeous!
It was really fun to experience the city at night!
Another great episode. Thanks.
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You guys are my Gastro-Idols! I had to hit pause mid-way through to check the price of flights to Merida. This is currently the BEST CZcams channel on the internet for street food lovers. Salud!
Gastro-idols...we love that! We appreciate the kind words Dave!
Tacos and Tortas! So good. I'm used to having breakfast burritos with eggs here in Phoenix, but it's interesting to see eggs used so often in the meals you tried. Nice food tour with a clear explanation of what each dish was with great plate presentation. Cheers! Pete in Arizona.
Hey, Pete! We love the diversity and regionality of Mexican food. Thank you for your kind words!
The street view in this video gets me fascinated. I wish to try some of the delicious looking bread, too.😀👍👍
The bread was super delicious and all the street food!
Everything looks so yummy 😋
I like the 🐈😺 break 😂🤣😂
Sooo many cats in Mérida! And they seemed to like us more than the dogs!
Que ricoo, hasta el apetito se me abrió, se me hace agua la boca.
much enjoyed your food tour. so much food to experience, and a few kittys to boot!!🥑🌶🌮
Thanks, Rudy!
You should go to LA tetizeña, in the back of La Lupita, the tortas de asado are AMAZING.
We'll have to check it out next time! Thanks!
It’s time to roll on home. 😂😂😂 Thanks for an excellent food tour. I cannot wait to travel to Merida and repeat it personally!
Ironically I had just said earlier that day "I am always ready to eat," but clearly I do reach a limit lol!
Wonderful episode!!
Thank you so much Alan!
Yum!!!!I Just like how you both love FOOD in general!And to include on every Vlogs is a plus!Pretty sure you guys made your patreons/followers like me drool!😊🙏🤤
Food is such a huge part of why we travel and how we like to experience another culture!
Gracias por visitar México.
Good video!!
Well this was pretty much the most epic food vlog I’ve ever seen! Most of this food looked so delicious!!! I wasn’t expecting to hear “pillowy” being in Mexico so that was a bonus! Not only did the food look amazing but your passion and presentation is next level! All of your vlogs are so fun! Btw, Kona is probably really missing you by now…I’m assuming mom is taking care of her.
Wooooooo! The bread was super pillowy! We had a lot of fun eating and making this video! We were really missing Kona and she was very happy to see us when we got back. You'll see in an upcoming vlog! She was well taken care of with Gamma and Gampa! Thanks, Brad!
cat breaks are always welcome!
😺 yahoo!
😲 Right timing. Watching while eating my breakfast though it's not as good as those crunchy, cheesy,creamy and yummy Mexican food 😋. You guys enjoy your stay there all them good food 👍
We had a fantastic time and as you can see we ate really well!
Wheaty, definately gonna use that a few times this week, great food looks amazing. Dont stop those dance moves K💃💃
Hahah don’t know where this stuff comes from 😂
Delicious food tour, but need to try Xtabentum a sweet licour of Yucatán ! Also deer meat dishes, can add some Titles of each dish with Mexican fonts. Good luck!
They all looked wonderful and you made me hungry! That pork belly looked the best, I thought! Can't do any of that, so guess I will go raid the fridge! Lunch time!
The pork belly was possibly our favorite food item we had! We're going to try to recreate that at home sometime!
Incredible video! Though my wife and I barely made through the video playing the A+K drinking game. You all were nailing all the words (insane, gooey, pillowy, etc.). 😂
😂 we know...we've gotta work on some new adjectives! It's easy to get in a groove and use the same words.
Is Okay and you were having fun dancing.
That is call Mérida on Sundays, they close the road and is music, dance, food
Yes it was a ton of fun!
I would be starving if I didn’t just eat supper! That was super interesting to see what kind of food they have and how it is prepared and presented on the plate. I’m sure I probably won’t get to experience these foods so thanks for sharing with me!! (and the rest of the people that watch your channel!)
We're thankful and lucky we get to do what we do! We're happy to share! Thanks and thanks for watching!
You guys got to try true comida Yucateca, iconic dishes, one of the best culinary Mexican experiences imo, miss it so much, I lived in the península for 12 years of my life! 🤩😋
It was so delicious!
I can’t believe Adam tried the habanero sauce! 😂 love it !
I gambled and it was painful! 😂
I have eaten Mexican food in many cities around the World, but didn’t realise it was so meat heavy in Yucatan. I would have expected fish and seafood? I also didn’t see a single avocado in this video 😮
You guys are definitely foodies. 😁
We do enjoy food and think it's maybe the best way to experience another culture!
From the into, I very much thought you guys were having tacos made with squid ink due to the black colour and I was thinking you were brave Kathryn. Never would have known those ingredients could make the black sauce! I've had the Sopa de Lima when I went to Costa Rica. I couldn't remember what it was called on the menu, but its stuck with me for the years as it was that good (I'm a sucker for soup) and today I've learnt what it was after watching you guys eat it! 🙌 Really enjoyed this video, love a good nosey around a market and I can't help but chuckle over how different actual Mexican food is in comparison to the butchered Mexican food you find in the 'international foods' isle in the supermarket! I'm pleased I ate dinner before sitting down to watch this! 🤣
Ya the relleno negro does look like it'd be in squid ink! Not sure if Kathryn is ready for that one! 😂 Sopa de Lima is so good and perfect for a cold day like we have today in Texas 🥶 we made ramen twice yesterday!
Markets are so fun and great learning experiences. We also enjoyed how diverse the Mexican cuisine is. Each region has its own twist!
Super guías 🎉😂
Hey guys! You do such a fantastic job with your videos already, but I do have one suggestion: maybe you could put the name of the foods you’re trying on the screen so we can see how it’s spelled? Just a thought! LOVE your videos, you guys make the BEST travel content!😊
@Grace you can see the names of all the dishes in the chapter descriptions in the video!
We should've done that, sorry about that! We have the food items listed in the description to hopefully help 😃
I have such a love hate relationship with your food videos. I get so hungry after 😫
We so wish we could ship the food to everyone to eat with us!
On last weeks advice I fixed a big cheeseburger to enjoy while watching. Filled me but was not as tasty as all the dishes you guys had. Thanks for another fun video.
Good work, Lee! All the dishes we had are tough to beat! We do have to admit though...during our 2 weeks in Mérida and eating all the Mexican food, we were craving a cheeseburger 😂
Glad you found our "local," Wayan'e (we spend January-March in an apartment just around the block!). Oddly, I've never tried with castacan with cheese; maybe next week? But then, we've never tasted a bad taco/torta there; I'd be hard-pressed to even come up with a "Top 3!" And yes, the chaya and pineapple juice is to die for; one day they offered a pineapple/cucumber juice that was equally amazing. Ditto chaya and lime.
Oh you gotta get the castacan with cheese! It's incredible! We didn't have a bad dish in Mérida either! The aguas frescas are so delicous too. Thanks and thanks for watching!
@@AdventuresofAplusK And I just realized that's us behind you in the latter part of that clip -- and I talked to you and recommended the chaya and pineapple juice! Talk about a small world....
@@loricole4906 No way!!! Thank you so much for your recommendation. Because of you, we got this drink every time we could the rest of our trip!
After this amazing video I cant wait to see what you guys will make in Oaxaca, Merida is good, Oaxaca is better 😊
We hear Oaxaca's food is amazing! That is the top spot we want to visit in Mexico next!
@@AdventuresofAplusK cool!
I would have bet $ that Mrs. Katherine was of Mayan or Aztec decent And that food looks so good...
The food was so good!
The food all over this video are so good to eat, I don't know where to start. Where can I find it in my city?
There is so much good food in Mérida! Ya know we had never seen most of these food items in the US so it might be tough to find! If you can find a Yucatecan restaurant they might have some of them!
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Yeah, Thanksgiving turkey does usually suck unless it's deap-fried or smoked.
Agreed!
The cajeta is made with goat's milk at least originally
Bien vendidos espero que les guste nuestro estado de Mérida Yucatán saludos 🤗
We have a marvelous time! Thank you for watching!
A very delicious video! We haven't seen Kona in your videos. Is it difficult to bring our furry friends to Mexico or did you not bring Kona by choice?
We flew to Mexico and Kona is too large for under an airplane seat, so she stayed with Kathryn's parents in Austin. We are doing flying trips through the end of April, so she won't be in our videos for a while, but we will be including little cameos when we can! 😃 But we know many people who have driven to Mexico with dogs no problem!
Did Adam serve a mission in Mexico or Central or South America? His Spanish is so natural.
I studied Spanish in school for many years, worked in the restaurant industry with lots of Spanish speakers, and taught for 6 years to mostly students who spoke Spanish as a first or second language. With all that you'd think I'd be fluent, but unfortunately I'm not. Hopefully one day!
You should pitch a TV show to one of the cable networks that do reality shows. Call it something like Van Life Food Life to leverage off the van life hype. Start by finding a show runner who knows the industry and how to pitch it. You'll get famous and mega rich and maybe still be such nice people.
We aren't looking to get famous or rich! We just want to help people travel and educate them about places and do it on our own terms 😃
Whelp, I'm full now, too!!! Also, I don't think I'd ever eat Nutella on a shoe - ewww!!! :) Thanks for sharing!!
Ok maybe not a shoe, but that stuff is dang good!
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How is it? I've heard it's one best places to visit in Mexico.
It was fantastic! We had a great time!
do the black tacos have beans?
The relleno negro was on a salbute which did not come with beans
Care to share your air bnb?
We will be sharing a video all about it soon, so stay tuned! We didn't want to share it while we were there for safety reasons.
Did you fly down there or drive your van?
We flew down and shared the flying experience a couple videos back! 😃
@@AdventuresofAplusK - Thank you - I’ll check out the previous videos on your flight down. The Merida title caught my eye as I consulted with a team of programmers in beautiful city. I enjoyed Merida food, history, and architecture (funded by Sisal rope manufacturing).
We loved the city so much! It is beautiful and very delicious!
Well, I just gained 10 pounds....again. Thanks guys!
😂😂 so much good food! Thanks, David!
Is that place safe? Like what is the crime rate there? That aside, I need to try Mexican food in Mexico, looks much different than Mexican food in the United States.
It's the safest city in Mexico and one of the safest in North America! In our two weeks there we had zero safety issues and didn't see anything that made us feel unsafe. Of course, things can happen anywhere, though!
Mérida is the second safest city in North America, right after Quebec City. I’ve lived here for nearly 6 years and I’ve never been the least bit anxious, no matter the time of day.
@@jonelfilipek7848 We agree! We felt totally safe the entire time, even walking around at night, which we usually feel more uneasy doing.
Considering what kind of foodies you two are, I'm really surprised you both aren't the size of a HOUSE!
We don’t always eat like this 😊
Had to subscribe after this video I'm sorry for the toxicness
No worries! Thanks!
Man there is no food like that in the USA the richest country but we are one of the worst countries in food, so sad but good for you guys
We’ll agree with that. Food in the US compared to many countries over seas is lacking for sure. That’s something we’ve noticed in our travels. Other cultures just seem to take more pride and care in their food quality and preparation
All the places you visited are good, you seem to have done your homework. The only place i dont like is La Chaya Maya, as it is owned by foreingers and you can tell that their dishes are tailored for tourists and not that authentic. their poc chuc is sub par.
Yikes! That’s a lot of food!
It wasn't that much spread out over a few days! And we walked A LOT in Mérida, so we were always hungry!
I love you guys. If you guys didn't exercise all the food you eat, you guys would be a size of a burn. Tell your husband the beard is not working out for him. It is a want to be Baird. Have a great trip. Be safe.
If you loved us, you wouldn’t insult our appearance. I like my facial hair and Kathryn personally loves it and that’s all that matters to me!
I'm so sorry I didn't do it to be mean believe me so I do love you guys do you have the best CZcams channel out there forgive me if I heard anybody your friend George
@@georgemiller9713 It's all good George! We just have people pick on our appearance a lot, unfortunately.
I'm not sure about them other people. But you guys are really a good looking couple. You're amazing together.
Your food reviews are my least favorite part of your videos. You do a good job, but I’m just not interested
We make the videos that we want to make and do activities that interest us and you're welcome to skip it if it doesn't interest you. After how hard we work to make our videos, it is hurtful to get comments like this. We see lots of things online that we don’t particularly care for, but we keep our negative opinions and thoughts to ourselves.
When you guys come back in Italy?
I wish we could soon, but don’t have any plans currently!
None of the food stalls at Mercado Santiago are good. The place is huge, but they only have about 25 small tables. It's mostly standup eating.
FYI, 95% of the music you chose to include in your vlog was not Mexican music. It was Puerto Rican and Cuban.
We have very limited options when it comes to music we can legally use on CZcams. Our music provider does not classify by specific countries, so we chose music that we liked and fit the vibe we wanted.
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