Olla yeast, the authentic flavor of Oaxaca

Oaxacan gastronomy is wide, varied and delicious. Oaxaca is a destination that is savored with the five senses, but it is the sense of taste that is most pampered. Among the many options to enjoy the flavors of the state is Yeast of Olla, a restaurant in the center of the city of Oaxaca that is committed to tradition and honesty of the ingredients with which its dishes are prepared.

Yeast from Olla is the proposal of the young chef Thalia Barrios. Since childhood, He helped his grandmothers in the kitchen in his native San Mateo Yucutindoo, one of the 570 municipalities in which Oaxaca is divided.

From those memories of childhood, as occurs in many of the homes of the Sierra Sur, the gastronomic proposal for Pot Yeast. The restaurant opened its doors in 2019, with a menu adorned with traditional cuisine dishes and new proposals to honor its flavors with the tomato salad or the cottage cheese tamale, for example.

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Why go to Yeast Pot?

The name of the restaurant must to the ferment with which they prepare bread in the mountains, and although this is not part of the menu, other dishes of great tradition in this region are, such as the chichilo mole or the party mole.

Of course, Oaxacan, Creole and wild ingredients, are stars in Olla Yeast: corn, chiles, tomatoes, thousand tomatoes, pumpkins, beans or quelites, prepared with such skill by the various women who work in the kitchen.

The Kitchen of Smoke

One of the attractions that have made Yeast of Olla famous is the Smoke Kitchen experience. There, the firewood heats the griddles where typical appetizers of the state are prepared, with corn of different colors, while the stews that will accompany a freshly made tortilla are heated in the clay pots.

enter here and sitting at the communal table is a spectacle, that can be seen while the smoke escapes through the skylight that bathes the walls with the sun’s rays.

The space does honor to traditional kitchens in many homes in Mexico, but especially in Oaxaca. In Pot Yeast the ingredients are recognized as local. The avocado leaves, pennyroyal or chepil hang from the ceiling to dry, while the kidney tomatoes, It is a postcard that repeatedly appears on social networks and attracts everyone who enters there.

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What you should know

• Pot Yeast It is in the street García Vigil number 304, Oaxaca Center.
• The smoke kitchen It is on Murguía street number 304, Oaxaca Center. Here they also have the craft store River stone.
• Levadura de Olla is open for lunch and dinner, from 1:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• La Cocina de Humo requires reservation for the experience, from 09:00 to 19:00 hrs.

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