Exploring the wide variety of Cancun cuisine will be a highlight of your visit to the local restaurants and various other food outlets in this wonderful destination. You will discover the largest selection of dishes available to you here in a variety of locations.
La Habichuela will be a must for authentic Caribbean cuisine, this restaurant has been in business for 29 years and knows how to please your palate. One of the favorite dishes on the menu is Cocbichuela, a house specialty, cooked with large chunks of lobster and shrimp simmered in a curry sauce and presented in a coconut shell, garnished with a layer of fresh fruit. You will find a menu packed with an incredible variety of seafood dishes cooked with local tropical ingredients.
If you love a taste of the south, head to La Casa las Margaritas and it will have your taste buds sizzling with its tempting food on hand for you to try. Orientation to Mexican culture and attention to detail in all prepared foods. The layout and design of the venue and the costumed staff take you to new heights for dining with reminders of where you are on the planet. Low background music and take you to a cantina where you can enjoy shrimp tacos or tequila chicken.
For authentic Mayan food, explore the menu of Pascal, the owner of the restaurant; Augusto Pastacinni has studied for years the ancient and exotic traditional flavors of the Mayans, here you will not be disappointed by the taste of the ancients! You’ll never experience anything anywhere else with the popular Papadzules, which are corn tortillas stuffed with hard-boiled eggs with pumpkin sauce and sprinkled with fried tomatoes.
Try the best Yucatecan food in the little place called Labna, located next to La Habichuela. Here they combine the food of the Mayans with a Mexican touch, try the fried empanadas filled with shark and bathed in tomato sauce. To experiment, you can try the nopal salad with chicharrones con crema cheese and for the more adventurous, a classic menu item is chicken in mole sauce.
The recipes here are very different from anything else in the world and will tantalize your taste buds on a daily basis, with tempting ingredients on offer, you just have to try all the foods on offer to truly discover the wonders of this place. The herbs and spices used here are grown locally and many of the items used are native only to this area. The poblano chili, the banana and the nopal are widely used as well as the abundant seafood that are used in the dishes of daily life, with so much variety on the menu it will be difficult to try everything but you must try it to savor the flavor of this region.
Almost every restaurant in Cancun will have lobster on the menu and if you love to eat this crustacean, you will be in your glory here. You can see it being made just for you and it will be done very often the traditional way at Lobster Shack. Be careful though, as you may get a visit while dining from the local crocodiles as they tend to frequent the areas around this restaurant, they are kept at a safe distance so you can dine in peace. This food stop will definitely make for a pleasant stop on your vacation and in search of good food.
Therefore, while you are there, be sure to visit as many types of food as possible and this will make your vacation a memorable one.