Mayan Flavors Merida Markets Tour

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1 hour 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

Walk through the most traditional markets in my city and enjoy the typical Yucatan food and sweets. Experience Yucatecan cuisine from a local expert cook and learn about the history of Merida’s best-known dishes and buildings with vegetarian options.

Example Menu

Starter

Fruit water

Made with local seasonal fruits. Each glass is a naturally flavored explosion, ideal for soothing the heat of the Yucatecan tropics.

Main

Pibil cochinita cake

Made with juicy pork, slow cooked in the traditional style underground. Served in crispy bread and purple pickled onion.

Main

Piglet taco

oven-baked suckling meat, tender inside and crispy outside, served on hot corn tortilla and topped with a fresh pico de gallo.

Main

Black stuffing salbut

Salbut with soft turkey, hard-boiled egg and the rich black filling sauce, which gives it an irresistible smoky and spicy flavor.

Main

Turkey panucho

Fried tortilla stuffed with beans, with peacock peeled and a fresh mix of beetroot, pickled onion, carrot, avocado, lettuce and tomato.

Main

Ball cheese patty

Crispy empanada, filled with ball cheese, accompanied with fresh cabbage and homemade tomato sauce that gives it a juicy touch and full of flavor.

Dessert

Typical Yucatecan sweets

For dessert we offer a delicious selection of typical Yucatecan sweets (3 pieces), to close this gastronomic experience.

What's Included

Fruit water (1 liter)
5 Typical Yucatecan dishes (may vary)
souvenirs not included

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We meet tourists in front of the main museum of the city of Merida where we wait for them dressed in typical clothes

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

You will begin the tour in the heart of the city, once your small group (3 - 6 people) is gathered you will visit 2 of the most emblematic markets of Yucatan where you will taste multiple dishes of Yucatan cuisine in the best stands / stands of the market. Along with breakfast you will also enjoy a refreshing fruit water and finally you will taste typical sweets of my beautiful Yucatan. During the tour I will tell you about the ingredients and the preparation of the various dishes that you will taste as well as the influence of Mayan culture in Yucatecan gastronomy and how its heritage lives on day by day in your palate.

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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