We came to this very casual, humble restaurant for one thing, and one thing only: the pozole. If you don't know what pozole is, it's a hearty traditional Mexican soup made with hominy and usually with pork although it can also be made with chicken. The pozole can be white, green or red based on which sauce (or lack of) is used as part of the ingredients. The soup is hot but this didn't stop of us (or any of the locals there) from eating it on a rather warm Tulum day.
We had never eaten pozole before so we were in for a surprise. We opted for one green and one red pozole, both 'small' size (they were not small by any means though!). I thought the green was tastier than the red. We ordered both with pork at the recommendation of our server. We got a bit carried away and also ordered a couple of extra toppings, avocado and chicharron, not realizing how much food we were going to get. I honestly don't think there's a need to order any extras, they already bring some complimentary condiments to the table such as diced onions, cabbage, radishes, salsas, etc, all to be added to the pozole at will. We later noticed that none of the locals eating there ordered any extra toppings, they clearly know better.
The soup is very filling, even one small size bowl for each of us was too much food, we couldn't finish it. Also they are not stingy with the extra toppings! I think they literally served me one whole avocado and a small bowl full of chicharrones. I was expecting just a couple of avocado slices, perhaps a few pieces of chicharron. Had I known this beforehand, I would not have ordered any extra toppings. read more