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4.67 out of 5 average rating, 9 reviews

Home cooking in the kitchen of a renowned Oaxacan chef

Take a unique cooking class in the kitchens of Criollo, my restaurant. Over the course of four and a half hours, you will learn and taste the different flavors that are mixed with homemade and Oaxacan ingredients. • I will welcome you to Criollo's private kitchen, where we will review the menu of the day and some of the traditional ingredients we will use, some of which are hard to find outside of Mexico and the ingredients you can use when you return home. • We will prepare several dishes together, from chopping onions to mixing sauces. I will share stories about growing up in Oaxaca and my work as a chef in Pujol, Criollo and other restaurants. • Finally, we will meet at the table to enjoy the food we have just prepared! You will leave the experience with recipes of the dishes we have cooked, the idea is that you can replicate them at home.

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Taste fine mezcals with a fifth-generation distiller

At my family’s tasting room, Mezcaloteca, I’ll guide you through a tasting of four traditional mezcals derived from the same agave. As you savor each one, you’ll learn how time transforms the spirit of the agave, infusing it with notes and subtleties that tell stories of the past. • I’ll welcome you to Mezcaloteca, show you how traditional mezcals are made, and talk about my family’s five-generation history of mezcal production. • Start sipping, comparing young mezcals against ones aged in glass and learning how to recognize and interpret the differences. • Choose one of the mezcals you’ve just tasted to take home and continue aging in a crystal vase made especially for our experience. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the essence of traditional mezcals.

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Have breakfast then explore Central de Abastos market

There’s no better way to start a day in Oaxaca than coming to the Central de Abastos for breakfast and diving into the market’s morning rush. I’ll guide you through the labyrinth and introduce you to delectable dishes that tell the story of this enchanting land. • We’ll gather in the heart of the market at Novedades Don Gregorio and sip on a refreshing juice. • One of the market’s talented cooks will prepare a magical breakfast, showcasing Oaxacan culture in every bite. • We’ll wander through the market and its surroundings, and I’ll bring you to some of my favorite vendors selling traditional foods and local crafts. You’ll see a new side of the city on this tour and learn more about Oaxaca artistry, flavors, and stories.

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Craft a chocolate dessert with an Oaxacan chef

Step behind the scenes of my celebrated restaurant in Oaxaca City, where I’ll show you how to transform Oaxacan chocolate into a one-of-a-kind dessert. • I’ll begin by welcoming you into the kitchen and sharing the ancient traditions of chocolate-making in this region. • You’ll learn the step-by-step process of creating a dessert using the finest local ingredients—from selecting the shape and flavor of your dessert to filling and decorating the finished product. • After we finish making your masterpiece, you’re welcome to linger over cocktails in our downstairs bar. After our encounter you’ll leave with a deeper knowledge and appreciation for the rich culinary traditions of Oaxaca.

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Distill your own mezcal in San Agustín de las Juntas

Join me, a mezcal expert, for an immersive visit to two traditional distilleries in San Agustín de las Juntas, where you’ll distill your own mezcal and enjoy a tasting session of mezcals, moonshine, and whiskey. • I’ll explain a little about handcrafted mezcal as you prepare local ingredients for your own personalized mezcal profile, placing them into pots to begin the infusion process. • Enjoy a delightful three-course lunch paired with a flight of three distinct mezcal expressions. • Learn how four varieties of corn are made into a unique Mexican whiskey, and sample a selection of moonshines and whiskeys aged to perfection as well as the mezcal you distilled earlier. You’ll leave with a new appreciation for Oaxaca’s vibrant traditions. Note: This experience is for ages 18 and up.

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Taste regional Oaxacan mezcals with agave experts

Spend a few hours in a speakeasy in the company of two mezcal experts, learning about Oaxaca’s beloved spirit. You’ll uncover the secrets of artisanal production and delve into the stories woven into each sip. Here, mezcal is not just consumed; it is understood, felt, and honored. • Begin with an introduction to the origins of mezcal and its deep connection to Oaxacan culture, as well as the process of harvesting agave and distilling the spirit. • Taste six of our favorite artisanal mezcals from six different regions, each represented by a master mezcalero and a distinct agave species. • We’ll guide you through the process of tasting each one, savoring its appearance and identifying subtleties in its aroma and flavor. You’ll learn how to identify regional variations. After the formal tasting, we’ll relax over a delicious mezcal cocktail, exchanging thoughts and impressions with one another. You’ll leave with a 200 ml bottle of mezcal and a beautifully engraved jícara (cup), perfect for savoring on a future occasion.

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Savor, Smell & Sip: Unveiling Oaxaca’s Culinary Dimensions

Join me, a food designer and researcher with deep knowledge of Oaxacan traditions and culture, for a six-course tasting menu and sensory adventure exploring the traditional aromas and flavors of this region. This is more than just a delicious dinner—it’s an exploration of the past and the present, engaging all of your senses. • You’ll start by enjoying appetizers and a welcome drink made from fermented botanicals as I share with you the design-forward philosophy of our space. • Explore our Aroma Library, where you’ll take in the seasonal aromas of herbs, flowers, and spices. This interactive experience will awaken your olfactory perception to prepare for the adventure that awaits. • Then, find your seat at a personalized table reflecting the season’s bounty. As you settle in, I’ll introduce the six-course tasting menu (each course featuring ingredients sourced from throughout Oaxaca) and the specially designed utensils we’ll use for our meal. Each course is paired with aromatic elements that complement and elevate your dining experience. • We’ll wrap up with a conversation over an herbal tea featuring Oaxacan ingredients such as poleo or cedrón. We invite you to share your reflections on the flavors and aromas you experienced at dinner. By the end, you’ll have a deeper understanding of olfactory profiles and how scent and taste intertwine and enhance each other.

5 out of 5 average rating, 2 reviews

Taste Oaxaca’s seven traditional moles with mezcal pairing

Spend an evening at Los Pacos, my family’s restaurant in Oaxaca, where we will guide you through a tasting of Oaxaca’s seven famous moles, describing each one along the way. • After welcoming you to the restaurant, we’ll share a little bit about our history and take you back to the kitchen so you can see how mole is traditionally made. • Next comes a succession of bite-sized dishes, each featuring a different mole, including green mole with fresh Baja California tuna, a taco with hierba santa and Oaxacan cheese, sirloin with chichilo, a garnacha with beef tongue and caper stew, a plantain molote with almond mole a pork picadillo taquito with red mole, our traditional and authentic black mole with smashed sweet potato • Each bite will be paired with an artisanal or ancestral Oaxacan mezcal from our collection. It’s a rare chance to taste all seven of these classic dishes in one sitting, and you’ll leave with a full belly and a full heart. Note: Since every course comes with mezcal, guests must be at least 18 years of age.

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4.87 out of 5 average rating, 1495 reviews

Oaxacan Vegetarian Cooking Class

The Vegetarian Oaxacan Cooking Class, a class in English and Spanish, we will take a tour through a beautiful traditional neighborhood of Oaxaca, lend you a "chiquigüite and mandil" occupied to go to the market traditionally, we will take a tour of the Mercado neighborhood, we will pass the most beautiful churches and we will walk through parks overlooked by beautiful trees, pink, green and yellow quarry houses, I will show you beautiful parks of the colonial neighborhood and secret parks of this area of the city. In the middle of our tour we will meet some fresh organic vegetable and vegetable producers from a village near the city grown organically and harvested in the morning, then we will visit some producers in the neighborhood market, taste some snacks and buy some supplies for our Oaxacan vegetarian cooking class. We will return to our starting point to start the class and provide all the information on our menu, we will prepare everything fresh, a main course, a salad, water and even a dessert and all taken care of by a traditional stove. We will share the food and thank the mother earth and all the presenters, as well as the flavors of Oaxaca and diverse. Other things to note This cooking class was developed through deep research with people who specialize in pre-hispanic food, and we seek to spread the heritage value of Oaxacan vegetarian food.

4.89 out of 5 average rating, 1281 reviews

A farm to table traditional Oaxaca Cooking Class

We start the day in our family farm to introduce ourselves and Oaxacan cooking to you over coffee or hot chocolate we will choose the menu for the day where you will become the main chef of this culinary experience we will go to the farm to collect fresh herbs & veggies we will walk 4 min to the local market to buy the remaining ingredients for our Oaxacan feast Back at home will start to work with metate to transform the corn into a handmade masa to make fresh tortillas you will cook, nopales, huitlacoche, shred quesillio to make quesadillas, empanadas, tetelas in the hot Comal that works with wood fire You will have a moles tasting I Will show you how to cook different kinds of salsas to enjoy brunch After a nice break and some mezcales, we will cook a real Oaxacan 3 course meal It could be any of the most representative moles or other things, there is so many options to choose from the cooking class always is different, it’s based on your curiosity and doubts so, feel free to Choose your own mole/cooking adventure! Sip a nice mezcal and refresh yourself with a beer enjoying a real traditional oaxacan feast under the shade trees This workshop is fully hands-on and the aim of this experience is to share knowledge and teach you how to cook it at home we aim to show to our guests the magic of Oaxaca food in the real traditional way also we can accommodate food restrictions

4.96 out of 5 average rating, 1196 reviews

Mezcal and Mole with a Certified Sommelier

Discover Mezcal & Mole in Oaxaca. Is a tasting not a dinner. Ideal for couples and groups, immerse yourself in an evening of Oaxacan culinary traditions with expert sommeliers. Explore seven artisanal mezcals and traditional moles, each pairing crafted to showcase the unique flavors of regional agaves and ingredients. Highlights: - Guided by Experts: Learn from sommeliers trained at the Agave Spirits Institute. - Diverse Tastings: Includes rare mezcals like Espadín, Cuixe, and Destilado de Chocolate. - Vegan-Friendly Moles: Enjoy moles prepared with pure ingredients, suitable for all dietary preferences. - Cultural Connection: Discuss, learn, and connect over Oaxaca's rich gastronomic heritage. Details: - Languages: Available in Spanish for private groups. - All Included: Just bring your curiosity! -Experience the magic of mezcal and mole. Join us for a night to rememberis a

4.95 out of 5 average rating, 535 reviews

Tour in the Abastos Market

We will have breakfast in the market in a way that you will not forget! We will discover the foods, drinks, fruits, crafts and colors of the largest and local market in south of Mexico. We remind you not to have breakfast so you can eat here the infinity of dishes. WE include A MEZCAL TASTING, more than 10 different mezcales. Remember that 9 am is in English and 9:30 am in SPANISH and there is no translation. They are different from each other but equally incredible!. DOMINGO is English and Spanish, a relaxed day and good for photos and without so many people. You can try pumpkin flower empanadas, Tejate, pulque, mezcal, meats, tamales, memelas, yellow empanadas, BBQ tacos and more! We try season fruits or food in the market. we are very focus on discovering the market, And always you have the chance to stay after the tour to shop in the incredible area of handcrafts! exiting from there is easy. We will take a tour between the fruit and vegetable area. Imagine more than 20 hectares of colors, aromas and a lot to eat :D This is the market you need to know if you want to see the origins of this Oaxacan market guiding by Oaxaqueños, not like other tours that is people not from oaxaca. Those who like can stay at the end with Doña Vale and spend more time in the market. All food included, just doña Vale is on you :D Write us in Lembranza Mexico for discounts!

4.97 out of 5 average rating, 761 reviews

Tacos and Secret Bars of the city

Traveling the city at night by car is an experience that fascinates me, the city changes and we can see different aspects of both visual and customs, I will show you some of the main old neighborhoods that are around the historic center (a bit far from downtown of the city), We will have 3 stops in 2 taquerias (which are changing day by day) and at the end we will go for a couple of beers in one of my favorite bars in the city, first we will find ourselves in a garden very close to the center (Conzati Garden), we will go up to my truck and we will go to the neighborhood of Jalatlaco (one of the oldest neighborhoods of Oaxaca) we will cross the area and we will go to the first taco stop of the night. I can tell you a little about the history of the neighborhoods or we can simply enjoy the music that we especially compile for this experience. Finally we will go to a taqueria in the neighborhood of Ex Marquesado and finally we will return to the center to have a couple of beers in one of my favorite bars in the city. The experience can be shaped according to your tastes and the type of food you prefer.

4.98 out of 5 average rating, 2872 reviews

Traditional Oaxacan cooking class

What you'll do The first step will be to show you the ingredients that you can find in all Oaxacan homes, one of the advantages of our experience is that we have a garden with herbs and organic chilis. Baldo my son will share his knowledge in mezcal. We have an extend variety of agaves and homemade creations that you need to try. An open bar of mezcal is waiting for you. Snacks? Of course but you need to do Oaxacan style which includes worms, chicatanas and chapulines. Fist course we will offer chileajo tostadas and fruit water. Have you heard anything about the metate and how tortillas are made by hand? Here we will show you how to make tortillas, tetelas and memelitas. One of my specialties is salsas made in a molcajete, we will roast the ingredients over charcoal and comal. In every class we make 4 to 6 salsas depending seasonal ingredients. The mole is the emblem of our cuisine and we will make one of the 7 moles from scratch using a metate, you can’t leave our home without tasting our mole negro, chocolate de agua, café de olla, nieves and a delicious cake. Everyone will participate in the different processes, cutting ingredients from the garden, making sauces and of course eating. Remember, when you visit a house in Oaxaca you have to come with an empty stomach. Other things to note The class is available in English too. We can offer classes for vegans and vegetarians, please let us know in advance. I am very exited to show you the authentic traditional flavours of Oaxaca

4.99 out of 5 average rating, 365 reviews

Street Food and Markets Tour, meat and veggi options

Discover the real flavours of traditional Oaxacan street food and visit the markets with a local! We will try different foods along the way, more than 12 courses! The markets of Oaxaca offer unique experiences because of the local food and crafts. The "chefs" have master a special dish through the years and therefore those dishes taste better than in restaurants. We will visit markets and street stands that offer unique flavors of Oaxacan gastronomy. - Two famous markets - One hidden market - One food stand We can enjoy traditional meat or vegetarian dishes depending on your preference. - We will have some of the local sweets for dessert. Most of the specialties are seasonal and cooked by people coming from indigenous communities, this adds a special taste to the menu. I will give you a cultural background on the food and traditions of Oaxaca. All the food and stands have been selected. The tour includes all food, beverages, savory food and deserts. Additionally, we will do some walking between the spots, so you can enjoy also some of the landmarks of Oaxaca:)

4.97 out of 5 average rating, 310 reviews

Seven Moles Tasting

You must come with Hunger because you will have a WHOLE DISH by Mole, not just a spoonful but you can have the dishes as they are served in our homes. We will have a flavors experience like you've never had before, with ingredients that you find in our state that make us characteristic of all Mexico and the world. In this experience you will try the 7 types of moles made exclusively for your delight, first we refresh from the heat with a rich fresh water. We will continue to try the moles of the softer or subtle flavor to the strongest and with more ingredients (I should tell you that between mole and mole we will take a mezcal besito so that you appreciate the flavors to the maxim? lol; but neglect, we will always have water if you do not drink ;D), it should be noted that 5 of the 7 moles you will try is almost impossible to find them in restaurants because many are used for special occasions such as weddings, christenings, XV years, hand requests and each one has earned its place in our culture and now culinary rituals that we have in the state, we will eat it in different presentations so that when you go out a whole Oaxacan moles catcher IMPORTANT: The tour en español is shorter and does not include mezcal, you will have an incredible experience but not a host with you sitting. We can adjust the start time. Send message to Lembranza Mexico for discounts.

4.97 out of 5 average rating, 1101 reviews

Oaxaca Street Food Tour Signature Markets Tour

IG: oaxaca_street_food_tour Whether you're a flavors hunter, a lover of unique food, or someone searching for new culinary experiences, our Signature Markets Tour is your perfect option. Join us to discover why Oaxacan cuisine has become a top food destination. This immersive adventure showcases the cherished spots where I grew up enjoying delicious meals, including a visit to my family business, Tacos Rosy, where you'll savor the authentic flavors of my grandma's traditional recipes.

4.98 out of 5 average rating, 194 reviews

Corn on pre-Hispanic stove

we go to the supply market a local market where you find everything that was needed for the very fresh ingredients class of the region where you will meet the organic and non-organic. Everything is fresh, and if they are vegetarians, it's not a problem. We can adapt to any nutrient needs. After getting our ingredients, we go home very close to the archaeological zone of Monteaban where you can taste a rich fresh water, if it looks cold from a cup of coffee or a water chocolate. You will also find the organic corn demonstration for your nixtamal, you can prepare your own pre-Hispanic meal that includes tamales, sauce, quesadillas, mole, tortillas and dessert. If they can't eat it, they can take it home. It will be a very good experience. We will cook in a kitchen for my father, we have a very nice view and they will live together in nature.

Food and drink activities in Oaxaca

Food and drink activities led by local experts

Home cooking in the kitchen of a renowned Oaxacan chef

Taste fine mezcals with a fifth-generation distiller

Have breakfast then explore Central de Abastos market

Craft a chocolate dessert with an Oaxacan chef

Distill your own mezcal in San Agustín de las Juntas

Taste regional Oaxacan mezcals with agave experts

Helados y Destilados with a Mezcal Sommelier

Savor, Smell & Sip: Unveiling Oaxaca’s Culinary Dimensions

Taste Oaxaca’s seven traditional moles with mezcal pairing

Top-rated food and drink activities

Oaxacan Vegetarian Cooking Class

A farm to table traditional Oaxaca Cooking Class

Mezcal and Mole with a Certified Sommelier

Tour in the Abastos Market

Tacos and Secret Bars of the city

Traditional Oaxacan cooking class

Street Food and Markets Tour, meat and veggi options

Seven Moles Tasting

Oaxaca Street Food Tour Signature Markets Tour

Corn on pre-Hispanic stove

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