Either on your way out or on your way back along the "Ruta Ocotlan", Restaurant Azucena Zapoteca is your best option (if not your only option!) to stop for a break, sample a local dish, or just have a glass of cool freshly squeezed lemonade.

Conveniently located just off the highway on the Oaxaca City to Ocotlan tourist route:
	Oaxaca City • San Bartolo Coyotepec • San Martin Tilcajete • Santo Tomas Jalietza • Ocotlan de Morelos

Breakfast Atole Champurrado Chocolate Cafe Fruit Juices (freshly squeezed orange, papaya or carrot) Licuados (banana, strawberry or papaya milkshakes) Fresh Fruit Salad Hotcakes

Egg Dishes A la Mexicana Rancheros Salsa de Huevo Eggs with bacon and/or sausage Al Comal Scrambled Eggs with potato (all egg dishes are accompanied with rice and beans)

Oaxacan Regional Specialities (Main Dishes)
MOLE NEGRO
Chicken with a rich, spicy, chocolate and herb sauce, the classic Oaxacan black mole!

MOLE VERDE
Shredded chicken marinated in anchiote chile, an assortment of herbs and spices, served with beans and rice.

ZEGUEZA
Chicken or Pork stew prepared with tosted maize, ground guajillo chile, tomato and local condiments.

PLATILLO DEL CARMEN
A platter of charcoal-grilled meats, vegetables, nopal cactus and chile de agua served with quesadilla and memelita.

Main Dishes
Chicken or Pork Estofado
Chiles en Nogada
Stuffed Chiles (beef or chicken)
Chicken Soup (with rice and vegetables)
Charcoal-Grilled Chicken
Chicken with mushrooms
Chicken Fajitas
Pork Ribs a la Mexicana
Spring-style Shrimp
Fettuccini Alfredo
Country-style Beef Fillet
T-Bone Steak
Enchiladas Oaxaqueñas; tortillas stuffed with chicken and covered with a red or green sauce.
Charcoal-grilled beef accompanied with quesadilla, rice, BBQ spring onions and guacamole(Tampiqueña)
Fried Fish

Oaxacan Regional Snacks
Memelitas; 3 small, soft tortillas topped with beans and fresh cheese
Quesadillas; 3 soft tortillas stuffed with melted cheese
Squash-flower Quesadillas; 3 soft tortillas stuffed with melted cheese and squash flower
Meat Quesadillas; 3 soft tortillas stuffed with melted cheese and meat
Tamales (black bean, green tomato sauce or red sauce)
Fried chicken tacos
Tlayuda; Large crispy tortilla with ground pork (or beef), bacon drippings, refried beans, avocado, tomato and stringy, mozzarella-style cheese
Stuffed tortillas with yellow mole sauce
Tostadas
Tinga (shredded meat with onion, chile and salsa)
Oaxacan Regional Snack Platter (with a little sample of nearly everything above)

Tortas (Sandwiches)
Chicken, Spicy Pork, Oaxacan Cheese, Ham, Milanesa.

Desserts Napolitan Flan Fried Bananas Natural flavored Jell-o Buñuelos Caramelized Squash

Drinks Fresh Lemonade Fresh Orangeade Various Soft-Drinks Beer (XX Lager, Tecate, Sol, Indio, Bohemia, Corona) Mezcal Various Spirits and Cocktails

 

AZUCENA ZAPOTECA
Restaurant and Folk Art Gallery

Highway 175 to Puerto Angel (Km 23.5)
San Martin Tilcajete
Oaxaca, Mexico.
Tel. (951) 510 7844
Tel. (951) 524 9027

(see map on the CONTACT page)

Reservations are required for large groups.
We also cater to social events.