What you can cook for $10 in Mexico City

I've been in Mexico City for over a week now and I'm still amazed by how little great food costs compared to the US. Today, I set out to see how much food I cook for just $10. Safe to say, I'm going to have a lot of leftovers this week.
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[superhamz]

Wow, we're in Mexico and there's no yellow sepia filter

[Braulio_Cyberyisus]

And there are places even cheaper, there's a place called "La merced" where you can find everything you need and way cheaper than that.

[eliamiel]

grandma tip. you should remove the skin from those poblanos, first you roast them directly in the stove, untill they're burned, then you put it into a plastic bag and into the freezer, after 15 minutes you remove from the freezer and peel them, and then you can use it, for rajas, or for chiles rellenos or chiles en nogada :)

[dotnetwithmark]

In Argentina with 10 bucks you can buy the whole country

[TNUni]

You could've bought everything for half the price at the small markets. You were charged "gringo" prices.

[kaos]

1) superama is the high end market in the city, so, even if it was "affordable" it was in the expensive and fancier end of stores.
2) $10 USD is not a lot of money, .. For most people in the USA, but sadly way too many people in Mexico can't afford what you bought on that day.

I am not saying that it's a wrong perspective, but it should help clarify the level of inequality that poor people in Mexico has in comparison to poor people in the US.

It's a loaded topic, but these points should help understand that, there's a large amount of privileges people in the northern western world have that way too many people does not, and getting the tourist experience, while it is enriching, it also is very one-sided for the reality that plenty of people have in the rest of the world.

[jico]

This is actually pretty standard Mexican day-to-day cooking. Gotta say: highly impressed.

[tomasarolic]

Am I the only one who heard "Today i thought it was time to get back into a little bit of cocaine" 0:18

[ReyCalavera]

Now you can understand why there are so many American medicine students in Guadalajara, the whole career costs them a fraction of the American tuition.

[allygirl]

Gteat video! A friend of mine is in Mexico City right now and I shared this video with him! Oh and that chicken skin? YUM!!!

[puesyoynadie]

Im mexican and I can say that 10 dollars its a lot of money

[MTMiPower]

I bought a single avocado for 2 dollars at my local grocery... and it was half the size of the one you bought.

[ElZamo]

Mexico City is the best place for foodies in the country. You’ll find from the most modest like street markets where you can get a lot of food for very cheap to the most luxurious French restaurant that serves tiny portions for hundreds of dollars.

[iareanoob]

10$ in Vietnam: probably enough to make decent food for 2 days

[SODTAOE]

Everytime I go to Mexico I am surprised by how cheap everything is but I always pay people what I feel like it would be worth in the US. Locals couldn't be happier getting big tips and you make some friends along the way.

[themanders_]

So much work went into this video and it shows. Great video that deserves 10x the views

[johnnyesleo]

Mexico is the best respect and love from panamá to all mexican brothers, we love your food over here

[julilolmo]

I’m Mexican and don’t even knew those were the prices for those products

[FernandoSanchez-zcos]

Since my family is Mexican and live in Mexico City it’s like we know all the good places. It is so beautiful there

[thaliscervantes]

Ohh, so this is a cooking channel! I was honestly expecting to see a clueless person cook all of that stuff in a non-Mexican way, claiming to be making "Mexican food" while adding milk and mixing in the blender the guacamole. I'm very impressed by the way he explained, bought, and cooked everything (except for the part where he didn't remove the skin of the poblano, but I mean, that's super minor). I love this guy and great video!