- look at that. - mmm. - right? - thank you for coming in. kanpai. salud. - kanpai. - we re confused now [all speaking at once] gracias. - i love how edo s cuisine captures the spirit here. like so much of the food from mexico city, it takes influences from all over the world, transforming it into something uniquely chilango. i m proud to be part of this great city, but. wow. i don t know if i can ever call myself a chilanga. i think somebody has to anoint me. i think there s a ceremony, and i m crowned chilanga. but i don t think so. not until i speak better spanish will i be able to be a chilanga. [laughs] [gentle music]
really tight into the bar. i mean, first of all, you were impressed with my spanish. [laughter] no. - when i started to date eva, she goes, i m mexican! i said, you re a mexican that doesn t speak spanish? [laughter] i speak spanish! okay. cool. - ven, mauricio! gabi s boyfriend, mauricio, drops by. he and pepe were friends way before i moved to mexico city. [speaking spanish] you re like chilango, chilango. - yeah. were you born in mexico city? - he was born - oh, so was mauricio. you are the two chilangos. before, it wasn t an honor to be called a chilango. it was - it still is not. i mean, i i feel honored to be a chilango, but at the end. - yes. - if you go out of mexico city, people don t like us as much, because they think that we re in the place that everything happens. that s what we think. - yes. - but you can be an adopted chilanga. - honorary chilanga. - true. - cheers for that. - cheers for that. - cheers. - ole! - pescado a la talla. - i may just be an honorary ch
ptures the spirit here. like so much of the food from mexico city, it takes influences from all over the world, transforming it into something uniquely chilango. i m proud to be part of this great city, but. wow. i don t know if i can ever call myself a chilanga. i think somebody has to anoint me. i think there s a ceremony, and i m crowned chilanga. but i don t think so. not until i speak better spanish will i be able to be a chilanga. [laughs] [gentle music] - oh, it s cold. it s cold. so this is called a cenote. it s a natural sinkhole. it s very unique to the yucatán peninsula.
shedding its old reputation to emerge as one of the world s greatest food destinations. - i love that mexican food is now that. it s not only, like, taco tuesday. - natives of mexico city are nicknamed chilangos. - yeah? it used to be an insult. but now that the capital is flourishing, it s worn with pride. this is the chilango in the family. - yeah! - chilangos love their food fiery. so be warned. those innocent-looking salsas you see everywhere. i m gonna get in trouble with that. they can be hot. adds a kick. [laughs] - oh! - but for a wannabe chilanga like me. more salsa! never too spicy. [steady music]