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Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit, nominated as dgourmet destination of Mexico, They have a gastronomic offer for all tastes.
Natural beauty covers every corner of this wonderful town, and this causes an insatiable desire to enjoy, enjoy and live together. And what better way to do it than around a table. It is also known that in addition to everything, Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit is a destination to eat well, savor and delight in very diverse dishes.
Its geographical location is enviable, on the one hand a huge and beautiful bay in the Pacific Ocean, with its blue waters, of all shades. An enormous marine fauna, which the fishermen themselves, with the presence of food taken from the sea and with the ingenuity of the coastal people, created dishes that, as they say colloquially, are "finger-lickin' good." On the other hand, the mountain with cooler temperatures and agricultural and livestock lands, which have made its inhabitants cook delicious dishes, with meat, poultry, cheeses; as well as sweets with milk, nuts, roots, etc. Giving rise to the two cuisines, that of the sea and that of the mountains, coming together, forming the coastal cuisine of Puerto Vallarta.
Banderas Bay Delights
The traveler immediately connects with the oysters in their shell, the shrimp pozole, the zarandeado fish, the pregnant shrimp, the fish and shrimp tacos, the Vallarta enchiladas with crab and chipotle cream, the dry ceviche, and at the same time, corn tamales, goat birria, head tacos (lip, tongue, cheek), barbecue, beef or pork, panela cheese, ranch jocoque and many flavors that are accompanied with barley water, tejuino , or the refreshing tuba taken from the trunk of the palm trees. And what to say about the burnt milk sweets, crowbars, walnuts and praline peanuts. All of Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas is full of inns, restaurants, taquerías, diners (antojerías) and street stalls that satisfy any palate. The local cuisine, that of the street and that of the family houses, is of an incomparable gastronomic quality.
Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit, a gourmet destination
Beyond what has been said, there is in our bay a gastronomy of "High rank" that of a gourmet quality with very high standards, which has given fame to the culinary establishments of the region, to the point of being called the “Mexico's gourmet destination”. Local restaurants created by Mexican chefs, and foreign chefs who decided to make Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit their own home. Classic restaurants with different ethnic groups, fusion restaurants and others.
Large culinary festivals, conferences, gastronomy schools and special events offer tourists and locals an incredible gastronomic offer.
The international image of what is called "trendy", or, places of Mexican, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Peruvian, Thai cuisine, etc. It is said that you can visit a gourmet restaurant every day and you would not finish them in a month.
Gastronomy schools, culinary festivals, conferences, gastronomic shows, and special events have favored Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas as destinations with an incredible gastronomic offer, for the enjoyment of locals and visitors.
Every day our bay is covered with aromas, colors and flavors that delight the entire world.
And to start, as we would say in the first half of a meal; gastronomy is a good reason to visit the most beautiful bay!
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