Bizarre Foods: Baja Mexico

Baja Mexico

Andrew explores the peninsula of Baja in Mexico - where the land is harsh, but the people and the food are out of this world! From street carts to high-end cuisine in Tijuana, Ensenada and La Paz, Andrew samples the best.

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Baja Mexico

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Restaurant

La Diferencia

This high-end restaurant serves Mayan- and Aztec-inspired dishes, including grasshoppers, ant larvae, beef bone marrow, and huitlacoche crepes.

Bl. Sanchez Taboada 10611-A,Zona Rio, Tijuana

Restaurant

Carintas Kiko

Andrew checks out a food stand located inside the Hidalgo Market where all the parts of the pig are cooked up. He tries pork brain tacos, pork tongue and cooked pork blood with intestines on a tortilla.

Blvd. Sánchez Taboada y Independencia; Zona del Río, Tijuana

Restaurant

Mariscos Ruben

Locals in Tijauna find the best street foods at this restaurant, known for serving delicious seafood, including marlin tacos, crispy sea scallops and clam au gratin.

Parked on the corner of 8th and Quintana Roo, Tijuana

Restaurant

Manzanilla

Chef Benito Molia owns this restaurant that features geoduck dishes, including raw geoduck ceviche, pan-seared geoduck and geoduck soup.

Teniete Azueta 139, Ensenada

Restaurant

Buffalo BBQ

Andrew finds a chef who takes unusual ingredients like puréed testicles and chopped eyeballs and turns them into delicious dishes.

Av. Madero 1240, Col. Centro, La Paz, Mexico

Activity

Mercado Hidalgo

Explore on of Tijuana's famous markets where Andrew finds chicharrón prensado -- pig skin, fat and parts pressed into a gelatinous block --chamoy, a paste-like candy made with dried prunes and chili.

Av. Independencia and Sanchez Taboada, Tijuana, Mexico

Activity

La Cagua del Yeyo

This Tijuana landmark specializes in stews, soups and tacos from the norht Mexican region of Sonora. Food blogger, Bill Esparza of Street Gourmet LA takes Andrew on a street food crawl.

Calle 8, #8761, Tijuana

Activity

Tostadas de Cueritos

Andrew finds a food stand, and tastes pork skin and pig's feet boiled, braised and pickled, served on a tostada with refried beans, cabbage and hot sauce.

Zona Norte, Tijuana

Activity

Mariscos Navolato

Andrew stops at a roadside seafood stand serving fresh clams and oysters.

Riveroll y Blvd. Lazaro Cardenas, Ensenada, Baja California

Activity

La Cocedora de Langosta

This fish market specializes in fresh geoduck.

Blvd. Teniente Azueta No 187-D Recinto Portuario, Ensenada, Mexico

Activity

Mercado de Mariscos

Andre and Chef Benito Molina shop at Northern Baja California's largest seafood market.

Av Miramar at Blvd Costero, Ensenada, Mexico

Activity

Sea of Cortez

Snorkel for chocolate clams, and feast on yellow tail eye socket, octupus, grilled manta ray and chocolate clams.

La Paz, Mexico

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