Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Bright, tangy, earthy spices Texture: Medium Thin, Smooth Ingredients: Habanero peppers, Vinegar, Salt, Olive Oil, Spices and Aromatics, Sodium Benzoate Recommended: Yes Yet another one of the sauces I brought back on a trip to Mexico last year. Chimay is…
Valentina Black Label is a sauce that’s been a staple in my refrigerator for at least the past fifteen years, though I’m sure I enjoyed it at restaurants even before then. Having never looked up the history of the sauce I just discovered that it’s been around since 1960 and is made in Guadalajara, Mexico….
This is yet another sauce that I brought back from a trip to Mexico last year (and with many more to go it’s no wonder my return bag was quite overweight). I’ve previously reviewed their Habanero Xtra Picante and didn’t walk away very impressed with it, finding that it had an overwhelming chemical flavor. This…
As I continue my way through the sauces that I brought home from Mexico I decided to open up this bottle of Bufalo Habanero. The Bufalo brand, which is made by Mexican food giant Herdez, is often found in grocery stores in the USA, though typically it’s only the Bufalo Salsa Classica and the Bufalo…
Takis, originally launched in Mexico in 1999 and then two years later in the United States, has managed to bridge the gap between the snack shelves of Mexican grocery stores to widespread mainstream popularity through grassroots social media virality (as well as being pretty dang tasty). While their rolled chips are their first and most…
This is another sauce that I brought back from Mexico on a trip that I took earlier in the year. La Anita seemed to be fairly common in Mexico, however it’s not a brand I had recalled seeing in the USA – although I have since discovered they do have some limited distribution inside of…
Cholula is a grocery store shelf staple, as well as a sauce that’s not uncommon to see on the tables of tex-mex or more gringo-oriented Mexican restaurants. Despite its ubiquity in suburban America today, the sauce actually has its roots in Jalisco, Mexico going back three generations. Originally developed by a chef for the Cuervo…
The name on this sauce is a mouthfull, though colloquially it’s usually referred to as XXX Hot, Mayan Style, or XXX Mayan (which sounds like something that could possibly be the title of an adult movie). Regardless of the nomenclature, this has long been the standout of the El Yucateco line for me, and one…
This is another sauce that I brought back with me from Mexico. The Zaaschila brand has started to show up on American grocery store shelves, but their three-entry Gourmet line of sauces doesn’t appear to have made it north of the border yet. Looking up Zaaschila they’re a Mexican company based out of the northern…
This is another one of my little treasures I brought back from my trip to Mexico, though when doing some research on the brand I discovered it is available for sale in the USA via online purchase. Interestingly the US market salsas are just branded as Patricia Quintana without the Gavilla. Patricia Quintana is a…