UNESCO has recognized traditional Mexican cuisine as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and the cuisine of Michoacán was an instrumental part of Mexico’s winning this great distinction.

Michoacán was selected by Mexico as the principal cuisine to represent traditional cuisine – not Oaxaca or Puebla.

The best food in Michoacán is made by cooks in Tierra Caliente which is a region of Michoacán. This restaurant features food in the Tierra Caliente style! Apatzingan is a town in Tierra Caliente.

Today I had a Morisqueta and Huchepo Party!

I came with a good friend and ordered the Morisqueta which is a bed of white rice with beans, chile and meat on top! It was amazingly the best Morisqueta I’ve had in a US restaurant! The huchepos were incredible too! These are also known as tamales de elote. In Michoacán we put cream and salsa on top of them. Their Jamaica is great!

Huchepos are $8.49
Morisqueta is $14.99

They play great Mexican music of all types. The restaurant is pretty small so you may have to wait.

The parking lot is small.

🇲🇽 MICHOACÁN, MÉXICO (via Eat the World Los Angeles) – Especially on weekends, the efficiency of the restaurant and the brilliance of its kitchen are in full view. If you do not already know what you want, the bowls of birria and menudo that swirl around you will quickly help make those decisions. It would of course be a mistake to come to a birriería and not enjoy the namesake dish, even if some of the other hyper-local platos estilo Michoacán end up being more memorable.

Was very hesitant at first, but glad I gave it a try! The birria was bomb, the enchiladas bomb! Don’t mind the exterior of the building that little hole in the wall is a little gem! And always packed!

It was delicious 🤤 I order three tacos de Birria and got a consome with it . Nice clean place table service. And friendly staff made the reservation experience even better.. go check them out on Saturday morning. Para la cruda they have menudo and a whole bunch of dishes from Michoacán. It won’t disappoint.

MY SPOT for menudo and pozole! AND! They serve it every day, unlike most restaurants! Oh! One thing. It's cash only! I also highly recommend the Chile rojo, and their asada tacos are perfect! 😋