From restaurants to street food to home cooks, for the last seven weeks I have been making up for eight months away from my favorite Oaxacan food.
Molcajete de Aguachile – Asador Bacanora, Oaxaca de Juárez
Camarones al Mezcal – Asador Bacanora, Oaxaca de Juárez
Sopa de Flor de Calabaza & Quesadilla – Tlamanalli, Teotitlán del Valle
Camaron Baja – Taco Sireno, Oaxaca de Juárez
Empanada de Amarillo filling – El Buen Sasón, San Antonino Castillo Velasco
Empanada de Amarillo – El Buen Sasón, San Antonino Castillo Velasco
Tamales de Mole Amarillo – Emilia Gonzalez Martinez, Teotitlán del Valle
Unwrapped Tamal de Mole Amarillo – Emilia Gonzalez Martinez, Teotitlán del Valle
Mole Negro simmering on stove – Emilia Gonzalez Martinez, Teotitlán del Valle
Mole Negro served over hen with rice – Emilia Gonzalez Martinez, Teotitlán del Valle
And then there was Barbacoa de Chivo at Adolfa’s stall in the Tlacolula de Matamoros mercado. It smelled so good and I was so hungry, I forgot to take a photo! However, most of the time I’ve been dining at home on tamales from the gal around the corner and my own version of empanadas made with hot-off-the-comal tortillas from the gal across the street.
Reading about these as I looked at the photos literally made me start to salivate – even though I can’t eat shrimp and eat little meat. The power of “advertising”!
I love your post. your food photos brought back such wonderful memories of my culinary journey in Oaxaca in the 90s. The Mendoza sisters’ sopa de flor de calabasa brought tears to my eyes when I first tasted it.
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You’re making me hungry. I love mole.
Reading about these as I looked at the photos literally made me start to salivate – even though I can’t eat shrimp and eat little meat. The power of “advertising”!
I love your post. your food photos brought back such wonderful memories of my culinary journey in Oaxaca in the 90s. The Mendoza sisters’ sopa de flor de calabasa brought tears to my eyes when I first tasted it.
These look delicious!
It all looks scrumptious! Especially the camarones…