Fantastic Food Finds in Mexico
Yet another Mexico post.

The single best thing about traveling is finding food we can’t find at home. The worst thing is that we usually can’t bring it back with us or find it at home. Ahh, Mexico. First, we can take it home, for the most part, and second, we can find a lot of it at (believe it or not) the dollar stores and probably the Wal-Mart stores closer to the border.
Yogurt
We eat yogurt at home. There’s a good selection at your average American store, or so we thought. Much of it has corn syrup, so we avoid those brands. Little did we know. Here in Mexico, there is an entire refrigerated row of every possible flavor of yogurt. In cups, in drinkable cartons, for kids, for grown ups. With cereal, with straws, with fruit, with honey. Some even with balloon animals tied to them to lure in the little ones. Every single time we go to the store we bring home more yogurt. Good thing we can take them with us.
Cheese
I brought cheese with us, not expecting to find any interesting queso south of the border. After all, who’s heard of Mexican cows? The cheese is varied, so I pick up something different each time. I found one Oaxacan type that’s like string cheese. I like it. Then Manchego, which we know at home to be harder, is a favorite of the hub. Queso de Castillano I didn’t care for. It’s hard and salty, and I’m not sure what to do with it.
Pasteles
Let me preface this by saying that my husband is not one to pick up a cookie or cake just because. But we’ve been to the grocery store every day since we arrived in Rosarito, and it is he who leads us over to the pasteleria in the store. Chain grocery stores, by the way, have decent baked goods here. Not always the case at home.
The setup is different here, so I had to take a moment to observe. You get a metal tray and tongs and then collect all the items you want. Biscoches with hot pink icing, empanadas de crema, muffins with a sprinkling of chocolate chips, cookies the size of Max’s head, donas (donuts) made of dough similar to pretzel dough, topped with delectable icing. Take your loot to the woman at the counter and she’ll mark on the bag how many items at what price you have. Take home and ingest. (Do not step on scale).
We haven’t yet been to a standalone pasteleria but we plan to.
Tortillas for Breakfast?
We bought a large, piping hot pack of corn tortillas on our first day. I think for an average (read: large) Mexican family, this would have lasted one day. They’re best fresh. We’re still chewing on them. We’ve eaten them with our eggs and chorizo for breakfast each day, as well as at other meals. Flour tortillas aren’t as popular here.
Apple
I mentioned apple in another post. I have an affinity for all (real) apple flavored things, which I only find in other countries (dear brands: if you’re reading this, PLEASE bring apple-y items to the US!). We discovered apple Jell-o. Delicious topped with apple yogurt. I’m a big fan of Mexican apple sodas, like Lift.
What’s Missing
I assumed we’d find amazing fresh salsa here. Not so. They only sell really hot bottled stuff, better suited for a condiment for your meat than to go on chips. It’s curious, with so many Mexican restaurants in the US (close by) that serve it, it doesn’t appear to be a part of the food landscape in Rosarito. Maybe we just haven’t found the salseria. Hub said they probably don’t sell it because everyone makes it themselves.
Eating our way across the city has been fun, and something we’ll definitely do again!




