Mexico's CHEESIEST TACO! INSECT(Cricket & Ant) BREAKFAST & Authentic Mole in Oaxaca Mexico

This is like basically the Kim Kardashian of ants right here Hey guys day two here in Oaxaca and this is like a very unassuming neighborhood not a place You typically would think has restaurants. It just looks like a complete residential area, but there's a little hidden gem here It's called ancestral casino tradition. Now. It's this place where no oil is used in this cooking instead of oil. They use ashes Never think ashes Let's check it out I don't even know how to get there Hop Like you're gonna have to like just climb over a fence You get through that, okay? All right It's like someone's backyard There's the restaurant Whoa, look at this. Oh This is amazing. Look it it's actually pretty full right now So what is the history behind this? What okay, by the way, this is Edgar he owns this place He was telling me that this method doesn't have oil because back then like people didn't have oil And so this is the method of cooking when there was no oil So they use a special paste instead of oil the white paste some sort of cement But anyway, that's the reason why it doesn't stick. It's really fascinating. Never seen something cook like this before So we're gonna go grab a table and get some of the food and see how it tastes and they cook everything here from traditional Mexican foods from tacos to scrambled eggs. So it's just like anything can be cooked on this So I'm actually getting the eggs because Edgar said eggs is the most typical must-try dish here cooked on this stove I'm sitting down the first thing that comes to the table is a very traditional hot chocolates Gracias, and this is very typical beginning of breakfast. This is it hot chocolate with bread And the bread is usually really crispy and airy they're just kind of asking to be dunked I'm gonna try the chocolate here in Oaxaca. Oh My gosh, look how pretty this is. Gracias. Thank you. This is a beautiful Mexican breakfast beans pico de gallo and huevo a camil which is these fried eggs right on top of that greaseless pan and they serve it with a Set of this little herb called a chipiche, which is kind of tasting like a cross between a chive and a mint Really really minty, of course you eat it with a side of freshly made tortillas again Also made from that pan whoo. Smell that corn flavor Take your tortilla grab some of the eggs That's some colorful colorful breakfast Fried eggs pico de gallo beans seemingly simple ingredients taste absolutely Wondrous and you can eat the leaf that's on the bottom of these eggs, but seriously put these things together Every bite you get that awesome char and corn flavor from the tortilla add all the condiments together in a little bit of this herb Like I said Transformative you'll never call eggs boring again after you had this plate and also it's not greasy, right? There's no oil used I mean, this is actually really healthy for you Gotta come here and try this. I can't I kid you not this is absolutely amazing This is crazy. Check this out. This is chicken empanada with green mole You can see the same thing leaving here shredded chicken And this is the green mole and inside the mole you can taste the cilantro the parsley Kind of garlic and onions and some jalapeno. It tastes like aromatic puree spinach This thing is so soft, this is awesome Everything from the toasty tortilla to that creamy herby mole to the tender delicious chicken and cheese This is a very mild quesadilla. It's so soothing This is about as fresh as healthy as delicious of a quesadilla you can find It's all sourced locally a super fresh and it's made into this amazing mole. All right, this next triangle looking tortilla it's called a tadella and I'm gonna channel my inner frog here. It's Stuffed with crickets. I thought my cricketing days were over, but they said this is something I gotta try some people might love this It's limey and it's pretty meaty and you know, I I do need my daily protein so Whoo, just got to get past that mental image here this tadella has obviously stuffed with crickets bean paste There's st. Leaf in here as well. Yeah, I'm dousing this thing with salsa And it's really hard not to think about it when I got a cricket butt staring up at me But if you don't think about it, it doesn't taste that bad It tastes a lot of the cheese the crispy tortilla and it tastes like something meaty You're like, what is that? That's meaty. If you don't know it's crickets, you probably wouldn't guess it's crickets So it doesn't taste bad. It's more like a psychological thing. Hmm. Yep Definitely some cricket lick stuck between my teeth. Oh This dish is called mole colo lalito This is basically red mole enchilada with cheese some veggies on top and I'm happy to report Personally happy report. It's chicken inside no more crickets Hmm I'm way being so good Well, haka is like the epicenter of great mole and this thing is slightly sweet and black Molly is really the only ones with that chocolate inside. It's slightly spicy. It's nutty. I think there's some almonds in here Hmm anyway, this dish is called chica Tana ribs and the sauce Ants and sauce and on the top on there's some radish and purslane which is an edible weed that's used a lot in Latin America And the sauce tastes really roasty you can taste the chilies in here You can taste a little bit of the tomatoes and the rest is just ants the salsa should taste pretty good Spicy a little sweet. I mean you would never guess like ants are ground up in here So this thing has tons of protein. It's good for you. I think I'm a fant get it I'm a fant ant and this is that chica Tana. It kind of reminds me Actually, it might be the same ants I had in Peru with the big billies. It's pretty funny I just learned that they only catch the female ants because they got a bigger butt This is like basically the the Kim Kardashian of ants right here and this is what they specifically eat around this region Just got out something's wrong I waited out the wounds on my feet Where will you flickering through memory yellowed in the Sun? Longing to be seen So come on The green vault kinnick stones naturally green Downtown Oaxaca By the way, even though the forecast says about 60 degrees right now, it feels like it's 80 I think the heat is just getting trapped in the ground They're making these little rugs and dress. It's beautiful. Oh, it's beautiful How do I look? Alright, we've been looking for this lady supposed to make the best mole in Oaxaca, but she closed down So now we're going to restaurants that some local friends recommended six or seven different types of mole. Let's go try it out Fresh mole just made Maybe that's some smoky peppery flavor in there. Oh That's hitting right here, too. That's good. That's yes guys Yes, and that's not even the hardest mole that the dark mole has to cook all day So this just took about good hour. My mole is coming and I've on the table some ingredients that the mole is made from All right, we got seven different types of mola here it's so complex luckily Victoria here is gonna help me guide me through Victoria His father actually owns this restaurant. So you grew up with mola. Yeah, of course. I love Molly. I work at the kitchen He works there. My mom works there. It's like a tradition. How long have you guys been cooking making making mole? 35 years 35 years. Yeah, you know how to make this stuff. Yeah, I know I help sometimes Okay, I'm not the teacher here because there are better cookers, but I know them So this restaurant is one of the only ones that offer like this many types of mole Yes The only one here why because almost all the restaurants want to specialize in one of two types of Molly Because they want to be the best at it But yeah here we decide we want to be the best ones in all types of Molly How do you typically eat mola usually you use either with tortillas or right? Yeah, because you can eat it just like that we usually use a spoon because we want to eat it all okay So let's just start from the first one. What are we eating here? This one is Chichillo chichillo. Okay, do we need a plate or do we just eat it from here? You go ahead. I'll follow your lead. Okay, this one has roasted tortilla Uh-huh. It has chilaquile that is a type of Chile Also, it has pork also beef chayote go ahead. What do you do? You go like this. You just pick it up. Yes, like with your hands. Yes. Oh, that's a nice piece of pork you got there Yeah, this is how people do it here you just eat you just you just take the tortilla put it in yes Sometimes you can thank you. Okay, you can use sometimes the fork you can use sometimes the spoon This is the typical way to eat it so basically it's not a like a sit-down be all like very neat It's no no, no, you just eat you just eat. Oh This is great a little spice. Yeah, very rich for your earthy That was your favorite. Yeah This is the yellow one yellow one. Okay, I Like the little tortilla holder. So you just bring it up. You got you got one here here This one has beef Yellow Chile you see this way. Okay, take this in half and just just grab very hands-on a Little one a little one. I need my I need my fork to help me a little bit. It's a big piece of meat This is one. It's only beef Hmm This is a little bit more spicy. Mm-hmm. I feel that I like this. This is a chili torredo. It's a compliment Yeah, go for it Never say no to chili This one is the green one, this is your favorite. Yes woke up it has a part of the pork that it's called It's been awesome. Yeah, this looks like oxtail. Yeah, it's the tail of the you need to use this. Okay We use in this one Cilantro white beans white beans. Yeah, we use also holy herb the singer. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, it's very common. Yeah, it grows in the streets in the streets I had that first time this morning. So I just got acquainted with that holy of all herbs apparently This is probably the most aromatic You also have to eat it with this, okay because it doesn't have natural chili So you have some additional spiciness. I would definitely want some spices extra spice a little bit. I don't like spice I'm a disgrace from my own race. It's like I'm Mexican. I mean I can eat it but it's not my favorite thing Okay, usually the Meat is very good. Either me Yeah tender oxtail There's a mirror in here, too Do you like a mole with me or without me? I mean I can also eat it without yeah But I rather you did with me because like in each one of these there's only a couple pieces of meat, right? It depends you can ask for more meat or so I'm just saying if I'm sitting with my family and I'm like, there's only two pieces of meat in there. I'm fighting people for that me No, that's mine. That's my oxtail. No, you need me you the meat. Yes. Yes. I love those country We'll get the black mole. This is the most common in Oaxaca. I think you can find it in almost all restaurants here This smells very like chocolatey. Yeah, because it has chocolate and very types of chili. Mm-hmm. It's kind of sweet Yes, it comes with chicken. It's the most common. This is my favorite type of mole. Yeah, it's absolutely my favorite. I love it Well, holy moly, that's good this is the mother of the mollies Queen of all mollies bow down Hmm So one mole to rule them all All the people needs a king. Yeah, if I we raise it up there should be sunlight bow down other molly. I Just find this molly has such an intoxicating taste like we also use it for the roasted tortilla. Mm-hmm Oh, it has molly in it. Whoa. So this is like a molly covered to tea it ---- Yeah, it's with a dark corn. It's a little bit different of the other. Hmm. It's more traditional. I really like this. Yes It was awesome for me This is like the twin ugly brother of the black movie Okay, it is made almost in the same way, but the chili is different Chilean, Colorado So there's chocolate in there too. Yes. He's the only twin brother that nobody wants ugly twin brother This one is a special. It's a black mole is the king and this is like, oh there you are Almost the same but not the same. Okay, I Like it it's a spicier. Yeah Because the chili is different. Okay, what's this? Colorado and it's because it has pepper. Oh capers. Okay, great. Yeah, and this is half Tongue. Yes. Yes. Okay Hmm It's very tomato. It doesn't matter. It's a type of tomato. Mm-hmm. Little one green a citrusy Slightly sweet a little bit. Yes, there's no spice to this really? No, it doesn't have chili. So you probably like this I Stay with the green one. All right last one This is the upholstered. Mm-hmm Molly. It has chicken on it chicken. Yep Jalapeno Oh gladly What do you think about this one I feel like it's a little more tomato eat Yes, I feel like the heat is not water chill. It's not very strong. Okay, this is probably the most to tomato we Yes base I've had I think my favorite I like I still like the black mole Which one is your top three top three like this? I like this too because I just like that charcoal chocolatey flavor a mole. I think then That one. Oh, so you like yeah, I do This is your favorite Mexican food item. Of course it is. Yeah, and it's very unique here in Oaxaca Yeah, actually, these are the seven Representatives of here, but there are many many dozens of Molly flavors. Yeah, so Molly is your favorite food? Yes, you love it. Yes. Do you love it more heartily? like More heartily. I mean a heart of more heartily I understand but I mean I love Molly but no more than my family or my dog stupid joke Don't worry. Don't worry. So thanks for showing me all the Molly and eating with me so I don't have to eat it You know, oh my long Is that that my long mole? I don't know. Wait, how are you? I'm 18 18 you cook in the kitchen. Yeah, you can make all this stuff. You can take over the family business Yes, maybe good job Last food item of the day. It's always around this time. It's about to rain. So Eat up go back home before the rain comes But this place right here been around for like 30 some years and their specialty here is quesadilla But without the tortilla, how's that even work? It's just like meat and cheese. I don't know. Let's figure this out here This is exactly what I thought it's just grilled cheese and meats. Oh My good god This is amazing You're gonna need some lime juice for sure on this, baby So you can basically eat it like this Or you can wrap it in a tortilla if you look at this this is like grilled cheese with meat So it's grilled cheese, which is the mound of pork and beef and onions this you can Wrap it in a quesadilla if you want if you choose to this is the sauce that he warned me about mucho spicy That would be one of the most satisfying bites you can take I mean ain't nothing subtle about this This is just like in-your-face mountain of cheese and meat and seasoning. I Gotta make another one Amazingly hard fresh stretchy chewy cheese. This is a date for one month and ask you to marry him kind of bite Hmm powerful, let's get another one Mucho gracias Awesome this is a great Final meal of the day if you don't feel completely satisfied after eating this I really can't help you That was a satisfying but perfect way to end the day What a fun day getting to taste all sorts of different types of mole Walked around downtown Oaxaca and ending it all with a mouthful of grilled cheese doesn't get better than that here in Oaxaca Alright guys all the place went to is listed down below. Thank y'all so much for watching until we eat again