Lloyd, in listening to your order in Spanish I have to correct you, sorry: 👍 1) Always SAY PLEASE, i.e., por favor. ALWAYS, always, always. You did not do this ordering at El Chuleton and also when you ordered at Oxxo. Folks, you can NEVER err being polite, saying please, and THANK YOU especially when you do not know (Mexican) Spanish all that well. Mexicans say please and thank you, ALL OF THE TIME especially when they order from service personnel and they are natives to Mexico! ANYONE Foreign is also expected to do likewise! You can only impress people being polite, always. Note: NO ONE will say to you (to your face anyway) that how you are behaving is rude, but ... forgetting the basic niceities when ordering IS in fact rude in Mexico, especially because you are a Foreigner and new to THEIR homeland. 👍 2) ANOTHER necessary politeness: SMILE and always GREET people in Spanish (obviously) when you enter a restaurant or you go up to any street food truck. Say Hello ( ¡Hola! ) at the very least and Good-day ( ¡Buenos días! ) to be fail-safe polite. Mexicans can, and will, abbreviate this to just saying ¡Buenos! for short but it is inadvisable that you do so. Please SMILE when you greet people and you will make that needed Newcomer's first impression. Subsequently, you may even get better service the next time you visit an eatery, a truck or some such. Informality might work in Australia, but it does not in Mexico, NOT for Foreigners, anyway. You will be watched, by the natives and locals, so please make certain that your conduct is always exemplary, and reflects in the best possible way back at you. 👍 3) Speaking of being watched, expect to be stared at a good deal, whilst in Mexico. You are the curiosity to them. Staring is not as rude in Mexico as it is say, in other cultures, as well. I was brought up to think of it as being VERY RUDE. And, please do not display your phone or money too obviously in public. I know of a FEW PEOPLE who simply took their phones out to make calls, or to briefly check for maps, and were robbed openly on the street in broad daylight. Someone just walked by and snatched their phones right out of their hands. Moped riders will also ride right by you and snatch whatever you are holding in you hands, right out of them: Purses, wallets, phones, keys, whatever! Having a working backup mobile phone is helpful, as well, dare I add. 👍 4) Also Lloyd, PLEASE turn the tacos sideways, before chowing down. That way, the toppings will not fall out. This method is tried and true. Trust! 👍
FYI, the taco you had had at Ay Taco was not made with a flour tortilla. Flour tortillas are only commonly used in northern Mexico because it's a wheat growing region but in southern Mexico tortillas are almost exclusively made with either yellow or white corn. Also, the salsa de cacahuate that you enjoyed is made with peanuts. Cacahuate means peanut in Spanish. : )
Mexico is one of the next places to visit on my travel list along with SE Asia as I only have the US (where I was born) and Mandy's homeland of Canada and so now I'm hoping for Mexico. Im just dying to have the food! And the experience down there in MX but I absolutely LOVE tacos and for some reason street tacos are on another level😋. Great video as always😁
If you want the true experience then you need to visit Mexico City for the BEST tacos in the country, no joke. Also for the rest of the food offerings, incredible
U2 are very amazing to go through all the eating TACOS..................the music is much fun to the Mexico style.............beautiful.................I also again want to see your new place to live in......U2 are great
Good work on smashing all those Tacos and finding somewhere for a date night.Impressed with the 'roadie' taco too.Mandy needs to do the next challenge.
Best taco I ever had was in Cabo San Lucas at Sandos Finisterra resort. There's a little eatery on the resort that serves Baja Shrimp tacos and they were AMAZING. I had them just about every day we were there! If you get to Cabo you need to try it out!
Turning your head and not the taco is the correct and authentic way to eat. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Spent lots of time in Mexico and with Mexican people.
I totally agree at best you will get a good taco at Playa Del Carmen but the best are in Mexico City, Puebla, and the state of Mexico. That is for all around tacos but there are some specialty tacos in different areas like you go to Rosarito for Carne Asada tacos, Ensenada for fried fish tacos, and San Blas for shrimp tacos.
If you ever miss Asian food, Po Thai was the best i found at PDC. Also Primo, the modern place around the corner was excellent. I could not find a taco place as good as my favorite stall in Mexico city.
I think I might have stayed in the same complex you are at!!! Some if the best tacos I ever had was from a taco cart right next to the Mega grocery store!
Absolutely love Mexican. For that reason alone it's worth being there! Nice taco review. Try the Fajitas next! And salsa with chips ...I am salivating!! Enjoy guys!
Oi gioi oi An Aussie attacking a taco 🌮 with 2 bites 🤣🤣 May I ask a question? To you travel with ND filters with your flogging camera? Stay safe and keep the vids coming ✌🏻😎
Mexico agrees with yall. Lloyd looks very fresh and well rested (Mandy you're always gorgeous). Hope you're having as much fun as it looks like you are 😍
El Fogan is always our first dinner stop love their Al Pastor which has a Lebanese influence. After we are done with our tacos we hit up Mega for grou!
Lloyd, that's my kind of Day, full-on taco tasting great way to explore. As soon as I saw that taco van I had a feeling he might be number one. Late 90's, I never had a bad taco 🌮 in Mexico.
Ah this is the video you edited, well done Lloyd! Nice one 👌 “Ay taco” cute location definitely beats eating in parking lot outside Mega 😂 El Fogon has been around for years, a few locations too. When I was there 20yrs ago there was the one location + it was so popular. The pastor (spit grilled like kebabs) is always delicious + cheap at most taco places. Another time you’ll have to stick to just one type of taco + compare them at diff places 👌
El Fagon is FANTASTIC for the rotisserie meats of pork (pastor) and beef (I am guessing that's what you called the steak that tastes smokey). Amazing toppings at the table and their Alambre is amazing. The Yucatan has the best tacos in the world.
Hi, I'm from Playa del Carmen, I just started following you, the best tacos for me are the ones in the ST 14 Norte, they are called LOS UNICOS, they are the best ones, trust me :)
When you get sick of Playa....visit HUATULCO>...Pacific Coast....One of the greenest areas of Mexico....were ahead of the game before it became popular....quiet small town....lots of deserted beaches with big waves.....hilly ....lovely people. I think it would suit you both. Pronounced WATULCO. You will get sick of the tourists in Playa....and there have been some drug gangs causing problems. So be careful.
this was useful info to most people. better than the luggage stuff,no doubt. But trust me,if anyone offered me the luggage ad, i would have jumped on it with all four... so it's all good. what food are you going to try next? I am so jealous of the mexican food !! salsa,chips,guacamole, yummy !!
Great content guys. Enjoy Playa, Mayan Riviera and Mexico; looks like a lot of fun. But I hope you are aware that salt water crocs lurk in many of the lagoons, mangroves and creeks around Cancun, Playa and Tulum. Same around Oaxaca coastal area. Research it on Google and YT. Don’t panic, it’s manageable, just don’t swim there, but wouldn’t want you guys or Bear ending up as croc bait through lack of awareness. 🇦🇺
@@LloydandMandy One other suggestion. I’ve watched a lot of Mexican travel content in the past month, mainly Country Collectors and Jumping Places. Country Collectors Xcaret video got them 500k views in a year, its their second highest watched video. I know it’s touristy and expensive but it cuts through with a US travel audience. Could be a good way to take your YT channel to the next level. And its right there near Playa. Good luck 👍
Hi Guys i stay in playa 6 month last year, you have to try Chiltepin sea food, casa ceviche (peruvian food), ferrons jerk Chicken(Jamaican chicken) for amazing salads Green and Fit, piola for pizzas, best drinks bar call blody mary and places near to go Akumal, puerto morelos (try to stay there a couple of days nice small town) holbox amazing beautifull beach stay couple of days also and mahahual also couple of days and also you can go to belize is really near there.
Something is wrong with this couple... The explanation of moving from Asia so suddendly not me convence.... Because of the dogs...and masks? And went to Mexico , zone of Playa del Carmen, a artificial point of Mexico , build for turists from over the World? No...Something was happen in Asia...
El Fogan is always our first dinner stop love their Al Pastor which has a Lebanese influence. After we are done with our tacos we hit up Mega for groceries!
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Lloyd, in listening to your order in Spanish I have to correct you, sorry:
👍 1) Always SAY PLEASE, i.e., por favor. ALWAYS, always, always.
You did not do this ordering at El Chuleton and also when you ordered at Oxxo. Folks, you can NEVER err being polite, saying please, and THANK YOU especially when you do not know (Mexican) Spanish all that well.
Mexicans say please and thank you, ALL OF THE TIME especially when they order from service personnel and they are natives to Mexico!
ANYONE Foreign is also expected to do likewise! You can only impress people being polite, always.
Note: NO ONE will say to you (to your face anyway) that how you are behaving is rude, but ... forgetting the basic niceities when ordering IS in fact rude in Mexico, especially because you are a Foreigner and new to THEIR homeland.
👍 2) ANOTHER necessary politeness: SMILE and always GREET people in Spanish (obviously) when you enter a restaurant or you go up to any street food truck. Say Hello ( ¡Hola! ) at the very least and Good-day ( ¡Buenos días! ) to be fail-safe polite. Mexicans can, and will, abbreviate this to just saying ¡Buenos! for short but it is inadvisable that you do so. Please SMILE when you greet people and you will make that needed Newcomer's first impression. Subsequently, you may even get better service the next time you visit an eatery, a truck or some such. Informality might work in Australia, but it does not in Mexico, NOT for Foreigners, anyway. You will be watched, by the natives and locals, so please make certain that your conduct is always exemplary, and reflects in the best possible way back at you.
👍 3) Speaking of being watched, expect to be stared at a good deal, whilst in Mexico. You are the curiosity to them. Staring is not as rude in Mexico as it is say, in other cultures, as well. I was brought up to think of it as being VERY RUDE.
And, please do not display your phone or money too obviously in public. I know of a FEW PEOPLE who simply took their phones out to make calls, or to briefly check for maps, and were robbed openly on the street in broad daylight.
Someone just walked by and snatched their phones right out of their hands. Moped riders will also ride right by you and snatch whatever you are holding in you hands, right out of them: Purses, wallets, phones, keys, whatever!
Having a working backup mobile phone is helpful, as well, dare I add.
👍 4) Also Lloyd, PLEASE turn the tacos sideways, before chowing down. That way, the toppings will not fall out. This method is tried and true. Trust! 👍
Best tacos are at Birria de la 30 at Calle 38. Amazing tacos Dorado
FYI, the taco you had had at Ay Taco was not made with a flour tortilla. Flour tortillas are only commonly used in northern Mexico because it's a wheat growing region but in southern Mexico tortillas are almost exclusively made with either yellow or white corn.
Also, the salsa de cacahuate that you enjoyed is made with peanuts. Cacahuate means peanut in Spanish. : )
In January we followed your list and did the same taco tour. We ranked them different, but close to yours. Thanks for the inspiration guys!
Mexico is one of the next places to visit on my travel list along with SE Asia as I only have the US (where I was born) and Mandy's homeland of Canada and so now I'm hoping for Mexico. Im just dying to have the food! And the experience down there in MX but I absolutely LOVE tacos and for some reason street tacos are on another level😋. Great video as always😁
If you want the true experience then you need to visit Mexico City for the BEST tacos in the country, no joke. Also for the rest of the food offerings, incredible
U2 are very amazing to go through all the eating TACOS..................the music is much fun to the Mexico style.............beautiful.................I also again want to see your new place to live in......U2 are great
Good work on smashing all those Tacos and finding somewhere for a date night.Impressed with the 'roadie' taco too.Mandy needs to do the next challenge.
Thanks for sharing your experience 😊
I want Tacos now!! Thanks for the investigative reporting 👍
Love hearing the Aussie in you Lloyd. Especially at Oxxo. Definitely pay a heap in Oz. Thanks quoting the AUD as well.
Best taco I ever had was in Cabo San Lucas at Sandos Finisterra resort. There's a little eatery on the resort that serves Baja Shrimp tacos and they were AMAZING. I had them just about every day we were there! If you get to Cabo you need to try it out!
Smile ......Who eats tacos in paradise and Is still miserable cheer up.guys
LLoyd can't get enough of tacos, but neither can I
Taco stays up head turns to the side. Unless you can bring both side of the taco together and pinch to keep everything in. Your doing it right!
We love Bali. My wife and I have been thinking of opening a taco shop in Bali when we retire there
Turning your head and not the taco is the correct and authentic way to eat. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Spent lots of time in Mexico and with Mexican people.
FYI chorizo is mexican style "pork sausage", the taquerias mince the chorizo meat to make tacos.
Lol!! I felt full watching you!! Good effort Lloyd 😝
Thank you
Check out 38th street. The restaurants are amazing and not as touristy as 5th Ave. the beach at 38th st is also super clean and water is turquoise
Get on a plane and head to Mexico City and Puebla. Tacos here in Playa are average at best. El Nero on Juarez in a pinch for something solid.
I totally agree at best you will get a good taco at Playa Del Carmen but the best are in Mexico City, Puebla, and the state of Mexico. That is for all around tacos but there are some specialty tacos in different areas like you go to Rosarito for Carne Asada tacos, Ensenada for fried fish tacos, and San Blas for shrimp tacos.
Done El Nero a few times. Great value and great taste.
If you ever miss Asian food, Po Thai was the best i found at PDC. Also Primo, the modern place around the corner was excellent. I could not find a taco place as good as my favorite stall in Mexico city.
I think I might have stayed in the same complex you are at!!! Some if the best tacos I ever had was from a taco cart right next to the Mega grocery store!
Wth I'm drooling with your intro!!! 😋🤤
There used to be some excelent tacos in Cozumel, by the taxi union, out of this world,
Absolutely love Mexican. For that reason alone it's worth being there! Nice taco review. Try the Fajitas next! And salsa with chips ...I am salivating!! Enjoy guys!
Luv ya work mate someone has to do it .. 🙂
Cheers Steve
You have to go back to El Compa and get the birria 🙈
Jeez it's a tough life cuz 🤤🤣🇳🇿🌺🌺
It’s El Fogón 😉
Nah ... el ñero
@@XxskiillerxX I think Michelle was correcting the name of El Fogon vs how it was spelled in the video. But for sure El Nero over Fogon.
Yeah they spelled it wrong 😑
Oi gioi oi An Aussie attacking a taco 🌮 with 2 bites 🤣🤣
May I ask a question? To you travel with ND filters with your flogging camera?
Stay safe and keep the vids coming ✌🏻😎
Tinga de pollo is my favorite & 🔥
Mexico agrees with yall. Lloyd looks very fresh and well rested (Mandy you're always gorgeous). Hope you're having as much fun as it looks like you are 😍
Thank you!
I’m so jealous can’t wait to go, thanks for sharing
Pinshis for pork belly on blue corn tortillas.
El Fogan is always our first dinner stop love their Al Pastor which has a Lebanese influence. After we are done with our tacos we hit up Mega for grou!
Now I think will make Tacos lol
How long did it take you to eat all those tacos 😂😂 pounded em down
About 2 hours haha
Lloyd, that's my kind of Day, full-on taco tasting great way to explore.
As soon as I saw that taco van I had a feeling he might be number one.
Late 90's, I never had a bad taco 🌮 in Mexico.
Would you say you're happy?
I have been enjoying all if your videos.
I remember one with advertising about a sim card app. Can anyone enlighten me with more info on this. TIA.
Ah this is the video you edited, well done Lloyd! Nice one 👌
“Ay taco” cute location definitely beats eating in parking lot outside Mega 😂
El Fogon has been around for years, a few locations too. When I was there 20yrs ago there was the one location + it was so popular. The pastor (spit grilled like kebabs) is always delicious + cheap at most taco places. Another time you’ll have to stick to just one type of taco + compare them at diff places 👌
I discovered Ay Tacos thanks to this video LOVE IT! Thanks :D
El Fagon is FANTASTIC for the rotisserie meats of pork (pastor) and beef (I am guessing that's what you called the steak that tastes smokey). Amazing toppings at the table and their Alambre is amazing. The Yucatan has the best tacos in the world.
That was a lot of tacos in one day. Good training for that burger challenge!
Should I do it?
Mandy doesn’t like tacos?
She had a stomach bug unfortunately
And bec of this vid. Tomorrow will be 🌮 night😊
Try the Birria tacos at Birria del La 30. It’s in Playa. They are amazing
Yep. We did a Taco tour last summer and the Birria is unique and awesome. Little harder to find in Playa, but worth the search.
Hi, I'm from Playa del Carmen, I just started following you, the best tacos for me are the ones in the ST 14 Norte, they are called LOS UNICOS, they are the best ones, trust me :)
I agree, the best around
When you get sick of Playa....visit HUATULCO>...Pacific Coast....One of the greenest areas of Mexico....were ahead of the game before it became popular....quiet small town....lots of deserted beaches with big waves.....hilly ....lovely people. I think it would suit you both. Pronounced WATULCO. You will get sick of the tourists in Playa....and there have been some drug gangs causing problems. So be careful.
Los mejores tacos los de pastor
this was useful info to most people. better than the luggage stuff,no doubt. But trust me,if anyone offered me the luggage ad, i would have jumped on it with all four... so it's all good. what food are you going to try next? I am so jealous of the mexican food !! salsa,chips,guacamole, yummy !!
TACOS=MEXICAN'S MARTABAK?
Guys I’m begging you to try tacos rigo in Cancun hotel zone it was amazing I went 6 nights in a row, mainly locals eating there
Great content guys. Enjoy Playa, Mayan Riviera and Mexico; looks like a lot of fun. But I hope you are aware that salt water crocs lurk in many of the lagoons, mangroves and creeks around Cancun, Playa and Tulum. Same around Oaxaca coastal area. Research it on Google and YT. Don’t panic, it’s manageable, just don’t swim there, but wouldn’t want you guys or Bear ending up as croc bait through lack of awareness. 🇦🇺
wow didn't know that, thanks for sharing we will be careful.
@@LloydandMandy One other suggestion. I’ve watched a lot of Mexican travel content in the past month, mainly Country Collectors and Jumping Places. Country Collectors Xcaret video got them 500k views in a year, its their second highest watched video. I know it’s touristy and expensive but it cuts through with a US travel audience. Could be a good way to take your YT channel to the next level. And its right there near Playa. Good luck 👍
@@AJ1823PS3 Thanks for the info! We might have to go to Xcarat!
I agree, Ay taco is tasty but the location get points for atmosphere. Cute location. Would be even better if they served beer 👌
Hi Guys i stay in playa 6 month last year, you have to try Chiltepin sea food, casa ceviche (peruvian food), ferrons jerk Chicken(Jamaican chicken) for amazing salads Green and Fit, piola for pizzas, best drinks bar call blody mary and places near to go Akumal, puerto morelos (try to stay there a couple of days nice small town) holbox amazing beautifull beach stay couple of days also and mahahual also couple of days and also you can go to belize is really near there.
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All the tacos 🌮 look the same
wow this is a wonderful video... thumbs up ! subbed and liked .... a fellow creator][,.,..,
Something is wrong with this couple...
The explanation of moving from Asia so suddendly not me convence....
Because of the dogs...and masks?
And went to Mexico , zone of Playa del Carmen, a artificial point of Mexico , build for turists from over the World?
No...Something was happen in Asia...
Hahaha.
Please spill the beens mate...
What happened in Asia? we would all love to know!
El Fogan is always our first dinner stop love their Al Pastor which has a Lebanese influence. After we are done with our tacos we hit up Mega for groceries!