I am a guide for chocolate tours in the US, so every time I get to Mexico my favorite part is learning more about the native cacao. On this trip to the Yucatan (where my restaurant sources our cacao) we visited the Chocolate Museum for a guided tour. There were many neat stories I learned… Continue reading Museo del Chocolate
Tag: Yucatan
Tutul Xiu
Tutul Xiu is one of the most delicious restaurants I have visited in Mexico. In the peaceful, beautiful small town of Mani, they are making traditional Yucatecan cuisine unlike anything I have had before. Papazdules, recado negro and blanco, panuchos... the various flavors, tastes of earth, smoke, grilled wood are irresistible. This is authentic Mayan,… Continue reading Tutul Xiu
K’u’uk
Wow Kuuk was one of the meals I will remember for the rest of my life. It was the third time I have ever had a tasting menu and I really enjoyed the originality and creativity of the chefs' storytelling. The first course was described as what happened to the sea when the meteor that… Continue reading K’u’uk


