Oaxacan Lunch

After visiting the Bimbo Museum, I walked a few blocks down the street to have lunch at the little restaurant run by the Mayordomo Chocolate company.

"Mayordomo" is one of the few Mexican chocolate companies that is not owned by foreign corporations. For example, "Abuelita", probably the most famous maker of table chocolate for making hot chocolate, is now owned by Nestlé.  "Turín", another well-known brand was bought out by Mars.  "Mayordomo", however, remains a family business based in Oaxaca.

The company operates a number of restaurants in Oaxaca as well as two in Mexico City, and obviously they feature Oaxacan cuisine.  

For my lunch I ordered something I haven't had for quite a while... a "tlayuda".  You might call a "tlayuda" Oaxaca's version of a pizza although its roots date back long before there were pizzerias in Mexico.  It consists of a large, thin, crisp corn tortilla covered with toppings.

 There were a number of different kinds of "tlayudas" on the menu.  I chose one with Oaxacan "mole", "quesillo" (a soft, string cheese with excellent melting properties) and chicken.  (I passed the "tlayuda" that was topped with grasshoppers.)  To drink, of course, I ordered traditional Mayordomo hot chocolate made with milk.

I left the restaurant with, as the Mexican saying goes, "una barriga llena, corazón contento" (a full belly and a happy heart).