Exploring the wide variety of Cancun cuisine will be the highlight of your visit to the local restaurants and various other establishments that enhance the food in this wonderful destination. You will discover the largest selection of dishes at your disposal here in a variety of places.
La Habichuela will be a must stop to enjoy authentic Caribbean cuisine, this restaurant has been in operation for 29 years and knows how to please your palate. A favorite menu item is the Cocbichuela, this is 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’ll find a menu packed with an incredible selection of seafood dishes cooked with local tropical ingredients.
If you love a taste of the south, then head to La Casa las Margaritas and it will make your taste buds sizzle with its tempting food available for you to sample. Oriented to the Mexican culture and attention to detail in all prepared foods. The venue’s layout and design and costumed staff take you to new dining heights with reminders of where on the planet you are. Low background music and take you to a cantina where you can enjoy shrimp tacos or tequila chicken.
To try authentic Mayan food explore the menu of Pascal, the owner of the restaurant; Augusto Pastacinni has studied the ancient and exotic traditional flavors of the Mayans for years, you will not be disappointed with the taste of the ancients here! You’ll never experience anything anywhere else with the wildly popular Papadzules, which are corn tortillas filled with hard-boiled eggs topped with a pumpkin sauce and sprinkled with fried tomatoes.
Try the best Yucatecan food at the little place called Labná, located next to La Habichuela. Here they combine the food of the Mayans with a Mexican touch, try the fried dumplings brimming with shark and bathed in tomato sauce. To experiment, you can try the nopales salad with pork rinds with cream cheese and for the more adventurous, a classic on the menu is chicken in mole.
The recipes here are unlike anything else in the world and will tempt your palate every day, with tantalizing 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 locally grown and many of the items used are native to this area. Poblano peppers, plantains and nopales are widely used as well as the abundant seafood used in everyday dishes, 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 then you will be in your glory here. You can see it being made just for you and it will very often be done the traditional way at the 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 keep a safe distance so you can dine in peace. This food stop will definitely make for a pleasurable stop on your vacation and fine dining quest.
So while you are there make sure to visit as many types of food as possible and this will make your vacation a memorable experience.