Apachewoman Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Am wanting to find a restaurant with menu of Mexican dishes...tacos to mole Please share locations and your opinions. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 I have two favs: El Zapote in Chapala, Morelos 185; and Viva Mexico in San Juan Cosela, Porfirio Diaz 92. Both have wonderful food, including pre-hispanic dishes you don't often find. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 1 hour ago, MtnMama said: pre-hispanic dishes What is pre-hispanic dishes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Thank God for no prehispanic food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 30 minutes ago, Tiny said: What is pre-hispanic dishes? food based on indigenous rather than Hispanic influences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apachewoman Posted December 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 hours ago, MtnMama said: I have two favs: El Zapote in Chapala, Morelos 185; and Viva Mexico in San Juan Cosela, Porfirio Diaz 92. Both have wonderful food, including pre-hispanic dishes you don't often find. Mil gracias! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feewee Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 I recommend Teocintle on the corner of Constitution and Miguel Blanco in Ajijic. Bright yellow and pink building - hard to miss. Authentic, excellent and served by a lovely Mexican family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Disclaimer: I have not had a meal this restaurant yet. Los Cinco Potrillos in Ixtlahuacan. Well reviewed on both boards, excellent home style Mexican food, very affordable. It was closed and or limping along for many years after a terrible disaster. The family were avid horse people, and own a lot of land in that area. Cinco potrillos were five horses, representing members of the family. There was a dispute with the cartel, some say over horses, some say over land, four family members were shot and killed, the youngest, an 8 year old boy at the time, was told that will come for him later. I don't know if the new manager is that boy, but he spent 15 years in the U.S. in pizza and Italian food business. He is building a pizza oven, it was supposed to be ready December 1. He is offering an over the top, gourmet new years eve dinner, with live music (Mariachis!) and DJ - but it is $50 U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Chile Verde on Colon in Ajijic, across from west side of plaza. Breakfast and lunch only. Teocintle (as previously mentioned), but only for their dinner menu (lunch menu tends to be NOB items most days). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apachewoman Posted December 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Thank you! Happy New Year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 The Gasolinera, at the original Pemex station. Still open, right? Some of the best and least expensive food, because it is simply Mexican... not some fancy place aimed at gringos and charging high prices for typical local food that should cost 2/3 less. Each day they have a special. There are a number of places dotted around our towns just like it. For example, Memo's pozoleria on Hidalgo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin K Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Thumb's up to everything already recommended and a few more choices here. Mario's in San Antonio and the cenadurias in Chapala are especially good. http://eatinglocalatlakeside.blogspot.com 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) Deleted. Cannot delete posts anymore... Edited December 31, 2018 by ComputerGuy Wrong thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slainte39 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 hour ago, ComputerGuy said: Just a few weeks ago, same location. Couldn't resist my friend, is this what happens to you when you eat Mexican food?.....I should be dead.....LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Ah, I wondered what happened to my post. I put it in the wrong section, sorry eveyrone. Now I can't delete my own posts anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Good to know a couple. I miss El Serape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 On 12/30/2018 at 1:48 PM, Kevin K said: Thumb's up to everything already recommended and a few more choices here. Mario's in San Antonio and the cenadurias in Chapala are especially good. http://eatinglocalatlakeside.blogspot.com Kevin, that's still a great overview of what's available to eat at Lakeside! Even after several years, it's right on target. The single exception I make is this, about El Zapote: "...This is a great place to experience the full range of classic pre-Hispanic cuisine, from pozole to burritos cochinta pibil to sopes. Best carne en su jugo at Lakeside, wonderful pozole, superb handmade tortillas, and much more. Clean, nice atmosphere, cheap prices. The first place to take out-of-town guests..." Other than tortillas, the corn for pozole, and the chiles for pozole and salsas, nothing on that list is pre-Hispanic food. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, there were no domestic animals in what is now Mexico: no pigs to make cochinita, no beef to make carne en su jugo, no goats to make birria, no oil or other fat to fry sopes, and no chicken or lettuce to shred, and no cheese to crumble on top or cream to drizzle over them. Pre-Hispanic food was cooked by roasting over a fire, by boiling, or by steaming. I don't doubt that the food at El Zapote is as good as you say--but what you listed isn't pre-Hispanic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, More Liana said: Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, there were no domestic animals in what is now Mexico Only Turkeys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, Tiny said: Only Turkeys. Thank you. Turkeys were first domesticated in Mexico around 800 BC; I appreciate the correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Now this place is crawling with turkeys. Mostly retired. That being said, I find the pozole at Zapote to be one of the best. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin K Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 5:06 PM, More Liana said: Kevin, that's still a great overview of what's available to eat at Lakeside! Even after several years, it's right on target. The single exception I make is this, about El Zapote: "...This is a great place to experience the full range of classic pre-Hispanic cuisine, from pozole to burritos cochinta pibil to sopes. Best carne en su jugo at Lakeside, wonderful pozole, superb handmade tortillas, and much more. Clean, nice atmosphere, cheap prices. The first place to take out-of-town guests..." Other than tortillas, the corn for pozole, and the chiles for pozole and salsas, nothing on that list is pre-Hispanic food. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, there were no domestic animals in what is now Mexico: no pigs to make cochinita, no beef to make carne en su jugo, no goats to make birria, no oil or other fat to fry sopes, and no chicken or lettuce to shred, and no cheese to crumble on top or cream to drizzle over them. Pre-Hispanic food was cooked by roasting over a fire, by boiling, or by steaming. I don't doubt that the food at El Zapote is as good as you say--but what you listed isn't pre-Hispanic. Thank-you as always More Liana for the education. I actually did know that but lazily repeated the pre-Hispanic characterization of the food from another Lakeside author. I corrected the mistake on the blog post . I look forward to a return visit to El Zapote, though I must say El Rinconito is just as enjoyable. To have two places that good just kitty corner from one another and the plaza restaurants AND Cenaduria Elba just a stone's throw away made living in Chapala centro pretty amazing. I miss it everyday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 6:06 PM, More Liana said: Pre-Hispanic food was cooked by roasting over a fire, by boiling, or by steaming. I was shocked when I found out that corn was not the main staple in their diet. "Known to the Aztecs as huāuhtli, amaranth is thought to have represented up to 80% of their energy consumption before the Spanish conquest." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 There are SO many "Mexican" restaurants in Chapala, just walk around there. This is Mexico, after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafterbr Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 All the mexican restaurants I know of are Hispanic influenced so a discussion of prehispanic is just that a discussion. I have found the Mexican restaurants in Mexico are heavily influenced by their location. Just like in the states where each region has its own distinct food culinary tastes the regions of Mexico have their own distinct preparation and food likes and dislikes. I have found some so seasoned I couldn't eat it and others so bland it was tasteless. So if we say we ate Mexican food in Chapala it would not be the same in Vera Cruz or other areas of Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Good point, and no argument there, but I don't think it really matters. No one is talking about consistency across the nation. Heck, we can't get consistency lakeside. I'd challenge anyone to even consider saying "Canadian food" across Canada (even if you have eaten on a nihi`wawinCree reservation. On the other hand, I do mention the location when I get specific to restaurants when I'm travelling. Even in China, there are so many variations among and within regions. So I have to assume the OP is talking about "around here". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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