Mexico’s street food is some of the best in the world. And well it should be, with a pedigree dating back to pre-Hispanic times – the Spaniards were reportedly amazed when they arrived to find ready-to-eat food they called antojitos (“little cravings”) for sale on the streets and in the markets.
Little has changed over the centuries and street food still plays a huge part in daily Mexican life. In the capital, Mexico City, thousands of stalls and taquerias sell tamales and quesadillas, elote (roasted corn on the cob), chapulines (roasted grasshoppers), and much, much more. The sheer variety can be overwhelming, however, so how do you navigate this gastronomic landscape when you can’t tell your tacos from your tamales? We decided to take a tour through the maze of options, following our guide Arturo, a young chef and all-round Mexican food connoisseur and enthusiast, through the central neighbourhoods of Cuauhtémoc, Juárez and Zona Rosa. Bearing in mind his advice to pace ourselves, we set off.
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