Cuisine of Acapulco for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Acapulco is full of amazing gastronomic facilities for vegetarians, for fans of exotic cuisine, and, of course, for those who enjoy delicious and simple dishes. 100% Natural restaurant offers visitors to taste the dishes prepared from most nutritious and healthy products. The restaurant serves various vegetarian soups, dietary salads, sandwiches and seafood, as well as a large selection of soft drinks, the most popular of which are berry smoothies and fruit drinks. Cabrito restaurant serves delicious Mexican cuisine. Meat delicacies are considered the specialties of the restaurant. As a rule, meat is served with steamed tacos and beans. Beer and tequila remain the most popular dishes among the guests.

Continue your acquaintance with Mexican cuisine in Fogon restaurant. This restaurant is famous by delicious Pozole pork, and beef in a spicy sauce Menudo. Beans, corn tortillas with herbs and vegetable salads remain the main garnishes to meat delicacies. Restaurant Olvido is the best place for a romantic dinner. The basis of the restaurant’s menu is occupied by dishes from the national cuisine. Visitors are also able to order dishes from French and Italian cuisine. It’s worth mentioning that the restaurant's menu is regularly updated. Lovers of exotic delicacies will surely like octopus salad and Huachinango fish in fruit sauce.

Kookaburra restaurant is located on one of the highest hills of the city. A part of the tables of the restaurant are set on a terrace, so during a meal visitors can fully enjoy the panoramic views of the city. The menu includes the most popular dishes from the international cuisine. Guests will be also pleased by the large selection of wines. Amigo Migel restaurant is considered the best place for family rest. The restaurant features widest selection of home-cooking dishes. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Start your acquaintance with the casual food that locals eat every day right on the streets and beaches of the city. This is where you can try many simple but, nevertheless, interesting dishes. At the coast, street vendors offer boiled corn on the cob that locals call Elote. Some sellers offer corn on the cob and some cut grains from the cob and put them into special cups. In Acapulco, there are special traditions of serving corn. Locals traditionally boil it with hot chili powder or lime juice. Before serving, the popular everyday dish is sprinkled with sour cream or oil. Thanks to that, the corn tastes quite unusual and very delicious.

Nachos remain the most popular local snack. These crispy corn chips are sold virtually everywhere in Acapulco. Nachos are usually sold hot with various sauces. In local restaurants, travelers will find nachos with guacamole, cheese sauce, or piquant diablo sauce. Chili pepper is the main ingredient of the last sauce.

The national cuisine is not very rich in first course dishes, so don’t expect to find many soups in Acapulco restaurants. However, each first-course dish in the menus of local national cuisine restaurants is a true masterpiece of modern culinary. For example, it takes almost 24 hours to cook Pozole soup. The soup contains different types of meat and beans. Such ingredients as radish and avocado are also among the essential ingredients of the soup. A special blend of spices and lemon juice add a particular and distinguishing taste to Pozole.

Travelers interested in more usual soups with a typical taste will be pleased with mushroom soups. Their taste doesn’t differ much from traditional first course dishes that are available in the majority of European countries. Tortilla is the most typical main dish in Acapulco. This crispy flatbread is filled with various ingredients. Tortillas can come with meat and vegetable fillings, and many claim that Tortillas with seafood are the most delicious. The national menu will pleasantly surprise travelers with the variety of meat dishes. For example, local restaurants offer excellent beef steak. Locals prefer slightly undone meat that remains pinkish in the middle. The steak is always served hot.

Restaurants and cafes in Acapulco will surely please all sweet tooths as this Mexican city is widely recognized as the motherland of chocolate. The varieties of chocolate are virtually uncountable. In Acapulco, travelers will also find different kinds of bitter chocolate. The city is rich in charming cafes that offer their signature chocolate desserts. Local shops offer chocolate in bulk and hundreds of different chocolate candies. Guava caramel is one more popular dessert that local people adore. The caramel is also a typical ice cream topping. Guava caramel can be served as a separate dessert or together with chocolate syrup or chili pepper.