What you can cook for $10 in Mexico City
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I've been in Mexico City for over a week now and I'm still amazed by how little great food costs compared to the US. Today, I set out to see how much food I cook for just $10. Safe to say, I'm going to have a lot of leftovers this week.
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Wow, we're in Mexico and there's no yellow sepia filter
Shhhh stop spilling state secrets
👀
You can have it ...
This video must be fake then!
si mi amigo sigue hablando que te funan xd
And there are places even cheaper, there's a place called "La merced" where you can find everything you need and way cheaper than that.
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Is the quality the same though?
Planet DarkInch yes, quality should be the same, depending on the area you are you will probably pay extra, also Superama is a bit pricier than other supermarkets, they all have mostly the same stuff.
You’ll find fresh chorizo in the same places where you get produce, much tastier than the one he bought and probably cheaper too.
Something that you find everywhere are bakeries, amazing fresh bread made everyday, I wish he had gone to one of those and try the bread
Duuuuuuuude, taquitos de 5 x 15!!!
Nmms, para los gringos esta barato porque son primer mundo,para un mexicano está cabron, esas tortilla de 0.80 son lo que muchas familias comen porque sólo eso les alcanza.
In Argentina with 10 bucks you can buy the whole country
LOL
*Venezuela has joined the chat* xd
te compras la pampa y tucuman con 10 dolares
TriPlex 😳
@@triplex3889 there is nothing to buy in venezuela. sad actually
grandma tip. you should remove the skin from those poblanos, first you roast them directly in the stove, untill they're burned, then you put it into a plastic bag and into the freezer, after 15 minutes you remove from the freezer and peel them, and then you can use it, for rajas, or for chiles rellenos or chiles en nogada :)
woah, thanks for posting this
Not really a grandma tip, it's basic knowledge
@@miked3168 and yet again... They use it with skin in this video 🤷♂️
@@eliamiel you dont have to do it.
Don't burn those just the skin
You could've bought everything for half the price at the small markets. You were charged "gringo" prices.
Really sad then that even with extra charge he got stuff cheap af compared to the us (and even to my country, at least the pastries, tortillas and meats).
@@chukyuniqul Thing is, prices are comparable to income. For simplicity, imagine average wage per hour is 100$ in us and 100$ pesos in mexico. Unless your government is actively fucking up your economy your 100dollar will have same buying power in us as 100 pesos has in mexico. So yea prices sound cheap to a foreigner
@@The_Yukki my government is actually actively fucking up the economy, how did you know?
No but seriously, my country is led by nepotistic morons with dry leaves instead of balls, and honestly a terrifyingly large number of the populations wouldn't want to get proper regulations because the currrnt state might just let them get something for free for their kid pr something.
@@chukyuniqul sounds an awful lot like my country lol
@@The_Yukki well rigth now , the gobernment is actively fucking up the economy here in Mexico.
Am I the only one who heard "Today i thought it was time to get back into a little bit of cocaine" 0:18
Bro I was just tripping out thinking I was the only one
Until o saw this comment
😂😂🤣
fr fr
But you only get $10 worth.
I did
1) superama is the high end market in the city, so, even if it was "affordable" it was in the expensive and fancier end of stores.
2) $10 USD is not a lot of money,.. For most people in the USA, but sadly way too many people in Mexico can't afford what you bought on that day.
I am not saying that it's a wrong perspective, but it should help clarify the level of inequality that poor people in Mexico has in comparison to poor people in the US.
It's a loaded topic, but these points should help understand that, there's a large amount of privileges people in the northern western world have that way too many people does not, and getting the tourist experience, while it is enriching, it also is very one-sided for the reality that plenty of people have in the rest of the world.
Who cares
Opp Slayer You’re very unintelligent.
@@simpleman8883 nah he's just being honest
Just to let you all know 10 dollars sounds like nothing but in pesos that is 220 pesos, and just imagen, Chavo del ocho one torta de jamon (a piece of bread with ham) is 1 peso
@@oppslayer121 I care, because people like you dont have any culture and we are build from history and culture
This is actually pretty standard Mexican day-to-day cooking. Gotta say: highly impressed.
All about making something tasty with a limited budget. Resourcefulness is why it tastes so good
Now you can understand why there are so many American medicine students in Guadalajara, the whole career costs them a fraction of the American tuition.
No quiero sonar ardido pero creo que me iré a estudiar a Guadalajara el año que viene xd
Abraham Lincoln stop speaking border language Lincoln
Skaroy Banquets what’s border language never heard of it.
Trippie Rug nah he’s just being racist he doesn’t like people speaking their native languages
stowrm yo ever heard of a joke wild concept huh
Im mexican and I can say that 10 dollars its a lot of money
For 1 food, yes.
200 pesos eso se va en un pedo no le hagas a la mamada XD
It's not hahaha, especially in Mexico City
Ni tanto, bueno depende de que estado
En iran 1 dollar es 42,000 riales
Gteat video! A friend of mine is in Mexico City right now and I shared this video with him! Oh and that chicken skin? YUM!!!
Glad you enjoyed! That chicken skin trick is a game changer when added to tacos.
I bought a single avocado for 2 dollars at my local grocery... and it was half the size of the one you bought.
To be fair, exporting avocados is super expensive. There's like a million regulations that you need to follow to get them into the US that we just don't have in Mexico. Plus the whole shipping costs.
@@iluan_ yeah, so basically in the us its not a great idea to buy them
That's when you use your coupons (pockets bags) just a little tip look out for yourself and your needs even if it means bending a few rules take care best of luck 😉
I've never paid more than 70 cents for an avocado in the US. Where the hell are you buying them?
@@GALL0WSHUM0R They're around $2 in Kansas, where are you buying em?
10$ in Vietnam: probably enough to make decent food for 2 days
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Dude in Vietnam the food is extremely cheap,it’s been a while since I’ve gone but last time I went I got a pretty nice meal for like a dollar and 80 cents, something that in the USA would’ve cost around 20-30 dollars
With $10 in Mexico I can have decent food for a year if it doesn't expire.
in mexico the low class people eat tortillas and beans for many meals its really cheap and gets you full very fast
2:34 chipotle meco? Le hicieron la broma o así les dicen en ciudad de México?
Le hicieron broma creo
Si se llama así we tampoco somos tan culeros 😂😂
@@elchundo536 jaja duda aclarada
yo pense lo mismo
se lo chamaquearon con los precios pero al menos no lo alburearon tambien jaja
Omg Superama Is like the more expensive store in México for buying food, in the mercados you can find all at least at half the price
Everything still fit his budget. And it’s understandable for him since that part of Mexico is poverty filled (from what I’ve read in the comments) and he’s wealthy and on vacation so $10 is nothing to him
@@josuevega1558 He was staying at a touristy/gentrified part of the city.
That supermarket is kind of expensive in comparison to other grocery stores here (think of Whole Foods or Edeka as opposed to Walmart or Aldi).
But the mercados in that part of the city can be even more expensive because he's a tourist and vendors tend to give them tourist prices.
No one’s gonna mention how he just left the lime seeds in?
I never take them out
Why take them out?
@@rah1735 Well cus if you eat a lime seed it totally ruins the taste of the main food, it's pretty obvious
@@rah1735 lot of people here where we use lime on EVERYTHING prefer to not ruin the texture of the foods, trust me one is ok but on every meal is kind of tired bite when you are enjoying a nice food so part of the common culture we use is just remove the seeds or use a lime squeezer that keeps the seed from falling on your food, it´s actually a very used tool in mejico
Because when you bite into them they are bitter AF
0:19 am I the only one that thought he said "get back into a little bit of cocaine"
lol cooking
Me lmao
Glad I wasn't the only one 😂
same
I’m Mexican and don’t even knew those were the prices for those products
Dawg he got the gringo tax they upcharged his ass
Mexico City is the best place for foodies in the country. You’ll find from the most modest like street markets where you can get a lot of food for very cheap to the most luxurious French restaurant that serves tiny portions for hundreds of dollars.
Sadly $10 usd it's a hard day of work in Mexico for many many people, and a family has to eat, live, dressing , pay bills , everything whit this poor salary :(
I'm engineer and I don't have so much better salary
20 seconds into the video and he's already getting back into cocaine!!
But hey is cheap!
Its kinda crazy how just by looking at the chicken in Mexico it looks like it is more natural and flavorful
Usually meat and chicken is slaughtered the same day, there isn't aging time like in the states. So meat, chicken and fish taste so much different. It does not have that old frozen fat smell and taste.
@@arthorim Sounds awesome to be honest, thats the way it should be
So much work went into this video and it shows. Great video that deserves 10x the views
The lime seeds getting mashed into the guacamole rocked me I'm surprised noone else noticed and commented ! Food looks delicious though
Right? That's an unpleasant surprise waiting to happen
That bothered me more than I'd like to admit
Maybe if he was cooking for someone else he would take them out but since its just for him and he likes to chew lime seeds thats his prerogative.
I mean if he WANTS to chew lime seeds then he fears nothing and I shouldn't waste my time pondering his actions
Lime seeds have a bitter taste yucks! But they are super healthy antitoxins properties. The can be used as antivenom pills.
Ohh, so this is a cooking channel! I was honestly expecting to see a clueless person cook all of that stuff in a non-Mexican way, claiming to be making "Mexican food" while adding milk and mixing in the blender the guacamole. I'm very impressed by the way he explained, bought, and cooked everything (except for the part where he didn't remove the skin of the poblano, but I mean, that's super minor). I love this guy and great video!
Everytime I go to Mexico I am surprised by how cheap everything is but I always pay people what I feel like it would be worth in the US. Locals couldn't be happier getting big tips and you make some friends along the way.
9:55 "i sliced them up into slices"
Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor
Thanks for posting.
Very good video, if this is not your regular format you might consider doing it more often because it worked well, a little bit "fresher".
The tortilla conundrum... There are thousands of tortillerías in Mexico City, so, as you say, there maybe some bad ones and some better ones, but it is an exaggeration to say "all tortillas in Mexico City are the worst".
When I was a child, growing up here in Mexico City in the late seventies, you'd be back from school at 2:20 PM "la hora de la comida" (lunch time) and your mom would have made picadillo and red rice with carrots and peas and you'd be sent to the tortillería round the corner, you'd carry your plaid kitchen cloth so as not to have to pay for the wrapping paper, and while waiting in line you'd be offered a "salt" taco, which is basically a warm tortilla straight out of the machine sprinkled with salt and tightly rolled with expert hands. Fond memories...
Finally, my $0.02 on the poblano pepper, so, yes, no absolutes and never say never. But...
Poblano Peppers have a very fibrous outer skin, so from the standpoint of texture, it is better for most recipes, and particularly for "chiles rellenos" (which I didn't see you try on your trip, you should really do) to roast and peel the chile poblano like you would do with a red or green bell pepper. There's people in Mexico (my wife amongst them) whom will immediately notice and call you upon the fact that you didn't peel your poblano.
Keep the good work and I insist you deserve more suscribers.
This video got me anxiety waiting for someone to mug this man while he's walking with his camera out
Big city that won't happen
@@ordeals lol, I live in that city. That happens just everyday
@Butt fart Stew the only reason why didn´t happen was because the zone where he was recording
He’s in a really nice neighborhood in Mexico...Thats not happening any time soon
Butt fart Stew depending on the part in Mexico they give no fucks about if you’re bothering anyone
Since my family is Mexican and live in Mexico City it’s like we know all the good places. It is so beautiful there
Your videos are so well made. Keep going, you're bound to blow up one day!
Much appreciated 🙏🏻
well, well, well :)
Mexico is the best respect and love from panamá to all mexican brothers, we love your food over here
i dont think people undrestand how delicious fresh tortilias actually are
in switzerland the chicken alone would be 10 dollars
Love the view of the city. I’ve never been, but I feel like I was there. The feel of the city was my favorite part. Well done.
He used the Binging with Babish cooking music lol
and ?
69 likes noice
@@ItsBam93 noice
@@G62739 What is wrong with you?
There are some places where you can get cheaper things, but this video was pretty cool and looked very very delicious, thanks for making this video.
I was born and raised there now I live in Europe and yes I miss indeed some of this prices lol (specially the variety of the products)
Really shows you that they're not all that different down there in Mexico, from you and I up here in the USA.
Brian You couldnt have said it better.
Some places are a lot different from the u.s tho
A little fact : Did you know that McDonald’s pays about a dollar an hour in Mexico ? Unfortunately in Mexico it’s pretty common to get paid a stupid amount of money.
@FastLikeUncs I got paid for $10 a week
Actually, no. The lowest a company can legally pay you here in Mexico is 120 MXN pesos, which is around 5-6 dollars.
Greengamer 5467 Maybe that’s how it works in Mexico City but in some states in Mexico that is what they pay.
@@CyberneticBread He say that based on 8 hours of work, that can legally pay you $120 pesos ($5.52 USD), and thats actaully way worse than one dollar per hour, a lot of people would love to be paid one dollar for hour i´ll raise the minimun salary pay almost 30%,
No it 3 dollars a day
You had to rinse raw chicken, toast poblanos and put them in a plastic bag 15 minutes to sweat them and then peel the Upper later mix it with the chicken. Just suggestions.
10:38 i hope you didn’t chew on those seeds!!
the thing is he likes to chew them 🤷♂️
This video was a lot of fun. Very inspiring to see what you can do while traveling
Also the water is a natural diaretic
I think in the U.S. it's actually pretty common for "farmer's markets" to have many stalls that will be actually people who buy the produce and sell it to you. In Minnesota, it's not uncommon for them to just go to the same produce depot that most of the co-ops do. It's still a great way to get fresh produce that is locally grown....Please let us know where you are staying in AirB&Bs...I want to go there after you've fixed all the knives.
Stay safe over there dude.
10:38 You're really gonna let the seeds into your guac huh?
i feel your pain
10:40 who else saw the lime core on top of the avocado and was like NOOOOOOOOOOO take it off !!... but then it just vanished into oblivion
I'm from Mexico, for 190 pesos I bought a full crate of fruit and veggies, enough for the week, then I used around 7, 8 dollars a day (for a family of four) on meats and stuff, but if you wonder, the salary for a cook (is what I was before covid) is anything between 100 to 150 dollars a week. Including tips, so yeah, is cheap but expensive...
college grads: write that down, write that down!
0:17
I thought he said today we're getting back into cocaine.
There’s cheaper foods in the supermarket, I just go to the clearance section lol
Thank you I appreciate you making a video of Mexico's food I live in California and I love American food 👍🏼
That's a hell of alot of food for 10 dollars 😳. Seems like I'm gonna have to pay a visit to Mexico
The neighborhoods you were in are high end (Roma and Condesa), superama is not in an average neighborhoods is only in upper class neighborhoods, and the dollar is now 25 not 18. I'm sure if you were to try again and in the working class neighborhoods I'm sure you could get twice as much food.
Any one notices the BwB music in the background while he is cooking? That's a cool reference
Nice work, friend.
Thanks man!
It’s fucking bonkers that you have don’t have millions of subs. All your content is super well made and entertaining.
Awesome! Meet up with us in Bologna in April and we will show you the Capital of Gastronomy!
That sounds like a grand time. I need to get back to Europe at some point!
@@EthanChlebowski I'm guessing that meetup never happened :-D
U should have used the chorizo grease to fry the chiken bits and that choriqueso looked bomb
Ofcourse it goes a lot further. You spent more than someone on minimum wage in mexico makes in a day.
Hola buenas noches
The video is clearly for someone coming to Mexico City from the US (or Canada or Europe), rather than someone who lives there. A Mexico City native does not need any of this information.
He started by saying that prices are low because wages are low. That's alot more than most visitors or tourists.
I feel like this is the case anytime you travel somewhere with a good exchange rate / lower wages then your home country. Like Americans often only travel to Europe, Canada and Mexico and since Europe and Canada are more expensive than the US, everything being cheap relative to US in Mexico is surprising. But if you also travel to Asia, India, Africa etc. then it becomes more clear that Europe, Canada and US are the exceptions and most other places food is a lot cheaper.
This is why even though US citizens in big cities can have food insecurity and be living in cars on $12 an hour in SF even though relative to global incomes they are making a lot. Because food and housing is so much more expensive in NYC, SF, London, Paris etc.
I think its funny how if you come here to alaska, you could get barely anything food related for 10$
Charles I thought you went to Canada
Boba'sBounty TV didn’t get he go with Sadie Adler
@@oreonmilk1864 nah I'm pretty sure Sadie continued her bounty hunting but Charles went off to Canada
@@bobasbountytv1572 wtf I saw you on a different channel saying you were gonna woop me for disrespecting your uncle
@@vispev3123 ah that must've been my grandson you ran into we share a TH-cam account👴
the little wood bit in the avacado D:
Condesa is an expensive neighbourhood but for the area you got good prices
"quite unique meal" I eat this everyday xd
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Parkski reddit is leaking
What's the availability of organic food? I actually lived in Sonora but didn't look for organic at the time. Produce was about 1/2 the price of produce found nextdoor in Arizona. Their grocery store pastries were garbage.
I love this channel, these Mexico videos are great!!!
Here in mexico its easy to make a good meal with little money because a lot of food is grown and produced here. On the other hand the US has to import lots of food, hence why the avocado is so expensive over there.
Bruh, you can eat decently two days with $10usd, try living with $80mxn now that's a real challenge
Love this video, awesome. So glad to have found your channel😺
who ever one wanna do this you will never forget .........buy fresh tortillas go the close store buy queso fresco and chicherrones (pork fry skin) and some frsh salsa and all that eat on the park ...... that is some experience like no some of use we forgot from our childhod.
Thar music kept me thinking bout binging with babish
Subbed. Thanks for appreciating our people and food!
If you ever do come back to Mexico, don't buy sweet bread / pan dulce / form the supermarket, that bread is stale and days old. buy it from a dedicated bakery, there are a ton of them and they're very good especially in Mexico city. Same with the chorizo and chicken, but them at a butchers.
He has no business being that cheeked up
As a mexican, you should better keep the tortillas in a container (know as "tortillero") to keep them warm an soft, nothing better than eat your food with a warm torilla :)
Awesome video. But just to let you know, the tortillas in Mexico City are Horrible, they're yellow and thick. Some of the best ones are from the State of Guerrero. I've been working at a tortilleria for about 8 years. I can say I make some of the best ones, lol. White and not yellow, and just the perfect width. I had always been told that tortillas in mexico city other cities are horrible. Even have people take like 2 kilos before they head out to mexico city.
Haha I'll let you fight that battle with the locals...
@@EthanChlebowski Haha. Anyways, just discovered both your channels and subscribed. 👍Love how you show yourself cooking with what you bought. Hoping to see more. And sending greetings from the state of Guerrero Amigo. ✌️
@@TheInkBuildUp Glad to hear it, thanks!
I´m from Acapulco, Guerrero, and I can confirm this :D
Isn't white tortillas a sign of too much cal to cheapen them up? Just sayin'
Pro tip always buy the freshest queso oaxaca. Fresh oaxaca cheese is amazing, store bought queso oaxaca tastes like tofu with salt. Fresh queso oaxaca is amazing
Fresh queso Oaxaca is amazing
Awesome video!
All you are missing now are the beans. Some beans cooked in the chorizo would be good.
Great great video ethan
How did you find out about the cooking class? Was that something you planned your trip around or something fun you decided to do once you were in the City? I have been considering trying to do a cooking class during the next big trip I do and would love to hear more about that process. Thanks and keep the great content coming!
Little of both. For the one I mentioned in the video, I signed up for that ahead of time. I just googled cooking classes in Mexico City and that one had good reviews and limited availability. So I went to their website and booked before I got here.
I also did a tortilla making class that I found through Airbnb experiences. That one I just was browsing after I got here and decided to sign up for it. Both were great!
I would highly recommend doing a cooking class while traveling, you get the opportunity to ask tons of questions and learn a lot about the food. Hope that helps!
Mi Hermano you eat like one of us 😂 😂
My goodness those avocados are HUGE
Que raro por qué no está el filtro sepia
prices high, prices low, anyway. Thank you bro, for picturing the pretty side of my hometown.
Babish tunes ❤️🖤
You can try in a later date doing a comparison here in the northern part of Mexico because its a bit more expensive. It would be a good video imo
Hey Ethan, any advice for going to Mexico City? Obviously not now with COVID but just in the future. I've always wanted to go but I can really only speak elementary Spanish.
would advice from a mexican suffice as a supliment?
what do you think you need advice on?
Amazing.
Ok I'm moving to Mexico City.
I love food markets. They're so interesting compared to traditional food markets
2:34 chipotle SECO , Not Chiplolte meco, means dry chipotle
Thanks chad
If you ever been to Mexico City you always hear this guy on a truck saying “ colchones microndas o algo de metal viejo” or something like that
Uufff chorizo chata, great choice
10:38 the Lemon seeds
Lime
If you ever return to Mexico, you should make it a challenge to make a meal only from markets