Get ready for the SPICIEST Mexican food tour! In this episode of Heat Eaters, Esther Choi teams up with acclaimed taco scholar Bill Esparza for a tongue-sizzling journey in Los Angeles, unearthing the vibrant, chili-infused cuisines of Sinaloa, Oaxaca, and the Yucatan regions of Mexico.
First stop is Del Mar Ostioneria, an unassuming food truck that serves incredible chili-laced aguachiles and ceviche from Sinaloa, with top-quality marsicos that you'd expect to find at Nobu. Next, they meet up with the Oaxacan Queen herself, Bricia Lopez, to try a rare, hyper-regional spicy mole from Candelaria Lopez, who drove from Santa Maria Valley to whip up a special feast. To cap it all off, Esther and Bill head to a backyard taco pop-up, Ek Balam, to sample spicy cochinita pibil tacos and as is customary in the Yucatan chase them down with raw habaneros!
Mexican cuisine has over 60 varieties of fresh and dried chilies, and Bill's deep-dive into the history will make you appreciat
Watch LGBTQ+ films at Outfest (in air-conditioned theaters). Explore action sports, farm exhibits and fried foods at the OC Fair. Attend the Colorado Bridge Party. Catch Sparks at their hometown show with They Might Be Giants.
From the team that brought you Hot Ones comes HEAT EATERS, the ultimate spicy food adventure where our host, chef Esther Choi, hits the streets to eat her way through the world's spiciest cuisines.
From sinus-clearing Sichuan hotpot with legendary chef Bobby Flay, to fiery Caribbean feasts with Chef P of Ghetto Gastro, Esther taps into her spice-fueled obsessions to learn as much as she can about the chili pepper. And that's just the start. Get ready for a Korean food crawl tasting chicken feet and fermented crabs; learn about palette-scorching habanero salsas from the Yucatan and rare Oaxacan moles with a taco scholar; feel the competitive heat of a spicy Thai Taco throwdown at Anajak Thai; and brace yourself for the FIRST-EVER behind-the-scenes studio tour of the making of Hot Ones.
If Hot Ones captivated fans by blending hot wings and even hotter questions, Heat Eaters is here to take you out of the studio and explore what makes spicy food so delicious. Whether you'