Quesadilla

This is one of our iconic dishes, you´ll find it in every neighborhood, it´s delicious, fullfilling and vegetarian in some cases.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT?

These stalls are usually run by women, you´ll see a big round pan (comal) with different shapes of corn masa items, a table with dozens of containers with ingredients, and 1 or 2 ladies working hard using masa, it can be white corn masa or blue corn masa.

WHAT IS IT?

Quesadillas in Mexico City are oval shaped tortillas stuffed with a wide array of stews and or cheese. Please remember that we don´t put cheese on the quesadillas unless you ask for it, if you only order a mushrooms quesadilla you´ll get mushrooms only.

HOW TO ORDER?

First you´ll need to choose from the variety of stuffings first these are the most common:

VEGETARIAN

Squash blossom – Flor

Mushrooms – Hongos

Oyster mushrooms – Setas

Herbs sprouts – Quelites (taste kind of spinach)

Cheese – Queso

Corn Smut – Huitlacoche

Potatoes – Papas

NON VEGETARIAN

Chicken – Pollo

Beef – Carne

Mice meat (with peas, carrots and potatoe) – Picadillo

Potatoes and chorizo – Papas con chorizo

Pork rinds – Chicharrón

Tripe – Panza

Brains – sesos

Each stall has its specialties and some places have more stews.

Once you picked your main ingredient you´ll say:

Señora, me da una quesadilla de hongos por favor. ¡Gracias!

This means, lady, can i have a mushrooms quesadilla please. Thank you

And remember if you want cheese on them, ad “con queso” after your main ingredient. Like this:

Señora me da una quesadilla de hongos con queso por favor. Gracias!


IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Price Range: 20 – 30 MXN per quesadilla

Operating hours:  Mostly for breakfast and lunch, after 4:00 you won´t find many stalls open.

Should I tip?: Yes, it´s ideal to tip between 10 to 20 pesos per person.

Other stuff you´ll find here: Checkout TLACOYOS and GORDITAS and SOPES they usually sell the items at the same stall.

Pro tip: the yellow and pink drinks you see are or mango and guava juices, give them a try, we love them and usually pair them with our street food.