Mercado walking food tour

My husband and I do walking food tours every time one is available in a city we are visiting. We did our first Flavor Teller tour in Mazatlan in 2016 and we were so impressed and pleased that we have taken one or more of these tours each time we have visited Mazatlan. Maika, the founder of this enterprise, is a spectacular tour guide and she has recently employed a local historian, Eduardo, also personable and knowledgeable, to run some of the tours. We toured with him on last year’s Mazatlan trip. Maika has created 5 different food tours and each one is significantly different and equally worthwhile. Today, for the first time we did the Mexican Kitchen experience, shopping for ingredients at the mercado and cooking with a local chef in her home kitchen. It was just as informative, fun and delicious as each of the other tours. Come this Friday, we will have done each of the other tours twice. If you are planning a trip to Mazatlan DO NOT miss the opportunity to take a Flavor Teller tour. We have never experienced the equal in any other city to which we have traveled.

We had a great time! Eduardo was knowledgeable and gave us a good mix of the history of the area and culture along with the sampling different foods. We were not quite prepared for the amount of food that we would consume! But it helped us find some new local favorites in the Pino Suarez market. Definitely a fun tour for those new to Mazatlan.

Only have a few hours in Mazatlan? Want an experience that combines history, architecture, authentic Mexican food, and a little bit of shopping all at once? Book with Flavor Teller! I can't say enough good things about it. Our tour guide was Eduardo, and I enjoyed every minute of the tour with him. He talked about the city's history and culture. He showed us locations with fascinating and sometimes funny stories. He took us on a thorough tour of the Mercado Pino Suarez, showing us many of the shops and stalls and explaining things as we went. We got to taste tamales, tostadas, fruit juices, a kind of pork jerky, several types of cheese, a marshmallow-like candy, escamocha (fruit salad), and a pork sandwich. The price of the tour was well worth it for what we got out of the experience. Eduardo even went out of his way to find a shop owner willing to prepare nopales (for a tiny extra cost of 70 pesos) so my wife could say that she had tasted cactus! Don't eat breakfast before going on this tour. Save room for all the delicious food!