MEXICAN STREET FOOD- TLACOLULA MARKET food in OAXACA

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Chasing a Plate is in Oaxaca, Mexico! We are going to Tlacolula Market today it's one of the biggest and oldest markets in the Oaxacan area. We opt to get the bus to Tlacolula- we were supposed to get the bus up to the baseball stadium and then have to get another bus but the bus came by which said Tlacolula anyway so we just jumped on. We got dropped right outside Tlacolula market and it cost 15 pesos each/ 70 or 80 cents USD.

A lot of surrounding farmers and ranchers and families come into the market to sell and trade their goods and so it's a place to meet their friends and do business and chat, it's a really convivial atmosphere.

The first thing we sample is tejate. It's a pre-Hispanic drink, it's made out of corn, or maize, cacao and also the pip of the mamey fruit which has been roasted. It's really good and really refreshing.

We then buy some tamales! These are mole negro, negro being the dark mole so mole is the sauce of the region, it has chocolate and chilis and herbs and garlic and onion, everyone has a different recipe, these will have chicken, the corn dough, mole and it's wrapped and steamed.

Tlacolula is really nice, it's actually not too crowded and there's so much to look at, so many different foods to try, gorgeous flowers everywhere, women in traditional dress, it's really vibrant and colourful.

We grab some lunch of rotisserie chicken which comes with rice, frijoles (beans), macaroni salad, coleslaw and tortillas of course. All for 35 pesos! Lunch done, it was fine nothing to really bother talking about too much, not too exciting and it was a bit dry.

If you're tossing up over Tlacolula market and Ocotlan market which you would have seen two vlogs ago our vote is definitely Ocotlan. Tlacolula has a lot of tourists around, we're in that pool obviously but it doesn't feel as earthy, rural and it's not nearly as exciting. There's more food options too at Ocotlan.

We head back to Oaxaca as we're sitting down to film a podcast with our mate Ryan Wilkes from The Path Less Traveled: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVC1YGHdu7tIWN71V7KMLlQ

After filming the podcast it's dinner time and we are keen to try a popular Oaxaca street food. A tlayuda! A tlayuda is a gigantic tortilla which is baked and it comes with pork lard, beans, quesillo- Oaxacan string cheese and you can add meats on the top. We've added steak and also chorizo. Traditionally that's all a tlayuda has but sometimes you see them and they're served open with avocado, tomato, lettuce and all that sort of fancy stuff on the top. But we're going trad tonight. People describe it like a Mexican pizza! The meal with 2 drinks and 2 tlayudas is 140 peso so about $7USD. Bargain!

Thank you so much for watching we've had an awesome day exploring Oaxaca and the surrounds.

We hope we've inspired you to eat and explore like a traveler, not a tourist.


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We’re Thomas and Sheena, travel and food fiends. We want to help you eat and explore like a traveller, not a tourist! We started full time travel in October 2016 visiting Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. We’ve just been in South America and now the rest of the world awaits! There is no end in sight for our travel. If you like what we're doing we'd love you to subscribe and join the ride.

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