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Mexico City, Mexico
6 dishes to eat in Mexico City, what is in them, and where they belong.
Marinated pork on a vertical trompo, shaved with a slice of pineapple onto small corn tortillas.
Masa steamed in corn husk or banana leaf, eaten for breakfast with a thick corn drink.
A long-cooked sauce of chillies, nuts, spices and sometimes chocolate, with dozens of regional versions.
Fried tortilla in green or red salsa with cream, cheese and egg. The definitive Mexican breakfast.
Agave spirit sipped rather than shot, and the fermented, viscous pre-Hispanic drink served in pulquerías.
Grilled corn on the cob or off it, with mayonnaise, cheese, chilli and lime.