Mexico in Germany

Jorge Saenz Benavides showing us the Moles & Salsas.

"Hey Rosita! Come to my house to eat Tortillas con Chili"  Is what Speedy Gonzales used to say! But Mexican Food is not tortillas and chili or TexMex anymore, nowadays Mexican food is a symbol of Fine Cuisine. From August 15th to September 3rd, Mexican producers present their gastronomic specialties in KaDeWe in Berlin, many of them exclusively and for the first time in Germany. And they decided to invited us, influencers and bloggers, to test these delicacies and tempt us with all this Mexican yummy-ness.

Mole, Mole, Mole!

A peek of the sauces sortiment.

The Walk-though started with the cook Jorge Saenz Benavides explaining us how the modern Mexican cuisine has conquered the gastronomic scene and he showed us the moles and sauces KaDeWe has in their Mexico sortiment. We tried different moles and sauces with dark corn tortillas. My favorite was the hot peanut sauce...and damn was it good and spicy. Jorge told us that Mexican dishes are spicy, but not hot as we all think.

Foodie Squad Foodie-ing Around

The variety of sauces, moles, beans & Co. was huge. Including: Avocado oil, Mango and Habanero Sauce, Many types of beans, Salsa Roja & Verde, Dry Chilis, Mexican Salt, Tamarind sauce, jalapeños and more.

Fried Beans

Mezcal!!

After the Salsas and Moles we walked to the Mezcal booth. Mezcal is spirit  with the worm inside. Most people confuse tequila with Mezcal. And it is because Tequila is technically a Mezcal with differences in the production techniques and the types of agave used. 
Giancarlo Martello from Mezcal Sierra Madre explained us the process to make Mezcal and how to taste it. After tasting this delicious spirit, we ate a slice of orange with salt. But this wasn't ordinary salt. It was salt with dried mezcal worm in it together with other spices. I am soooo getting that salt for myself.

Oranges with Worm Salt

Who said Tequila???? Mike Labs from Tequila Don Julio let us try the iconic "Don Julio 1942", one of the best Tequilas in the world. It played like a cognac with fiery spice and notes of salted caramel.
We learnt that Tequila is made only with blue agave and can only be produced in the state of Jalisco and in small parts of four other states.

Edible Good Mood

Chocolate has its roots in the ancient Mayan culture and the cocoa trees in the Riviera Maya and in the region Yucatan. What would we do without chocolate? I cannot imagine that! Thank you Mayans!

Fabiola Palma from Vanuato delighted us with loads of chocolate flavours, my favorite was the White chocolate and cinnamon. Just addictive.

Fabiola from Vanuato Chocolates

Foodie Love.

The next stop was Mexican Wines, who knew Mexico was a wine producer? We tried some cold L.A. Cetto wines.

L.A. Cetto Wines

Final destination: FOOD & COCKTAILS!

MEZCAL MULE

Ingredients:
1/2 oz. lime juice
2 oz. Mezcal
4-6 oz. ginger beer

Squeeze lime juice into glass. Add 2 or 3 ice cubes, then pour in the Mezcal and fill with cold ginger beer (not ginger ale, although what the hell). Serve with fresh cucumber slices.

Shrimps with Avocado cream & pulled pork with bean cream

Tamale

So I will recommend you to take the car/tram and go to KaDeWe and Discover Mexico in Germany! Experience it to believe it!

Some of the pictures are made by the awesome Brae Talon