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Mexican Cooking Class and Market Tour: Learn Traditional Dishes & Food Culture
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196 Ratings
Ciudad de México
Immerse yourself in Mexico’s extraordinary food culture and learn to cook Mexican traditional dishes that you can replicate back home. Enjoy a market tour, hands-on cooking class and a four-course lunch in an intimate cooking studio.
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Eje 3 Pte 191 - We will start your experience with a welcome “agua fresca” while learning about the history of Mexican cuisine.
Then we will share with you detailed explanations of recipes and ingredients to be ready to head to the kitchen for a hands-on cooking experience.
We will prepare street appetizers with two Mexican salsas, mextlapiques (tamale without masa), hand-made tortillas, mole blanco and corn bread
Afterwards, enjoy the lunch you’ve prepared with a pairing of artisanal mezcal, Mexican craft beer or Mexican wine.
Finish your experience with a high note of hot chocolate and dessert.
Class includes a market tour to Mercado Medellin (walking distance). We will explain market’s history, organization and offering while touring some of their main halls and have a tasting from selected market stands.
What's Included
- Market Tour
- All needed ingredients to cook menu
- Artisanal mezcal, Mexican craft beer, Mexican wine
- Professional Chef guide
- Printed recipes
- Four course lunch
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Meal Options
- Mexican Street Appetizers - Sopes with two Mexican salsas (red molcajete sauce and green sauce)
- Mextlapique - Tamale without masa, filled with vegetables and topped with an spearmint sauce.
- White Mole - Made with a mixture of light-colored ingredients including white pine nuts, almonds, peanuts, sesame seeds, blonde raisins and chile guero.
- Corn Bread - Served with hot chocolate (water based)
Additional Information
- Mole Blanco is usually served with chicken pieces. Other options available: panela cheese or mushrooms, please indicate your selection.
- An apron will be provided to be used during class. To better enjoy the class we suggest wearing comfortable clothes and shoes, please avoid scarves, long necklaces and jewelry while in the kitchen.
- Not suitable for nuts allergies
Location
Eje 3 Pte 191
Eje Vial 3 Poniente
Aura Cocina Mexicana, Medellín 191a (between Chiapas and Tapachula streets), colonia Roma Norte, Mexico City.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Jessica_p
Sep 19, 2024
Excellent tour that... - Excellent tour that exceeded my expectations. Great mixture of history, new experiences and tastings, learning how to cook, and enjoying new friends. The food was great, I didn’t think I liked mole until this class. The chef was amazing, very laid back and accommodating but also passionate about her work. Highly recommend!
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Tianyu_z
Sep 18, 2024
Mole mole mole - We had a lot of fun with Gracela and our group. If you're visiting Mexico City for 1 week or more and are staying in Condesa / Roma Norte, do this class early in your trip to get to know the neighborhood a bit more. We went back to the Madellin market to get fresh produce etc so the class already was super useful even before we got back to our own kitchen.
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Lindaj4400
Sep 18, 2024
An extraordinary learning and eating experience. - Excellent cooking class and tour of a local market. Chef Lorena was wonderful and courteous.
Walking around the market and taste testing foods was a great experience.
The kitchen was brightly colored and added to the ambiance of the experience.
Each dish was carefully explained and very hands on.
I would highly recommend this if you like learning and eating.
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Keithe814
Sep 17, 2024
Amazing One-of-a-Kind Experience Not to be Missed in Mexico City - A terrific amazing one-of-a-kind experience not to be missed. Highly recommended! Everything was fantastic from the introduction, market tour (including tasting some insects), food prep/cooking and then dining at the end. The whole experience was 4 hours+ and was definitely the best food experience we have ever had anywhere in the world. The host chef was kind, outgoing, extremely knowledgeable, and an excellent teacher. The 4-course meal food preparation was definitely hands-on and a great learning experience. At the end after our meal, we were provided the recipes which was very much appreciated so we can re-create the foods at home. It was the highlight of our 8-day trip to Mexico. We would love to do some of their other tours on a return trip to Mexico City.
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W3636eelilyn
Sep 15, 2024
Great Class! Highly Recommend! - The class was great. She was super knowledgeable and the class was very interactive. Everyone enjoyed all the food and we learned a lot. One thing to note - the meeting point is the kitchen so ring the doorbell. We had been standing outside assuming someone would come meet us to tour the market and didn't know we had to ring the doorbell.
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Laura_h
Sep 6, 2024
Perfect activity with amazing instructor! - This was our favorite activity in CDMX! Pame was absolutely incredible. She made the class so much fun, while also giving wonderful instruction and fascinating history. The food was exquisite. We learned so much and cannot wait to replicate it at home.
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Darrel_v
Sep 6, 2024
Best cooking class experience! - This was one of the most amazing experiences I have had traveling. The host was amazing, knowledgeable, entertaining, and fun. We learned so much, had a great experience at the local market, and the best time learning how to cook an amazing meal.
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Vicky_g
Sep 5, 2024
Wonderful participating and tasting delicious Mexican food! - The chef was excellent! She was very informative. It was fun going to the market and tasting exotic foods there.
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Mithulanj
Sep 1, 2024
Market Tour Review - Great stop. We learned so much and had a great meal. We would highly recommend this and the setting is beautiful.
You have a ride range of meal options.
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Christina_f
Aug 19, 2024
A Great Class - Come Hungry - What a great morning. Started off with excellent descriptions of the items used in Mexican Cooking and where they come from. Had a snack, and then got to go to the market down the street. Then we came back and got to work. Even when we split to accomplish different tasks, we still were shown and explained what to do so we all could do it at home. Such great explanations and simple instructions.
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