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Anyone who wants something really pungent should found that the offer of the kitchen in question was insufficient
not miss a visit to the El Gato restaurant at the Farmers in Slovakia. In recent years, the offer of world cuisines has been
Market. Mexican cuisine is well known, especially among expanding. From our own experience we can see that Slovak
the lovers of pungent peppers, which are not spared in consumers are increasingly welcoming changes and news
Mexico at all. For a more subtle nature, the good news from foreign gastronomy. Customers often travel abroad and
is that everyone can determine the degree of pungency learn about tastes on other continents and like to remember
themselves, so that in extreme cases one can eat „Mexi- them in our home.
can“ even without a burning sensation in the mouth. Ho-
wever, that would not be the case at all and therefore we Where did you learn to cook Mexican?
recommend training. If you choose to train at El Gato, you As we mentioned, we have many years of experience in running
can enjoy Mexican specialties according to your personal Mexican businesses. When we decided to open our own busi-
degree of capsaicin resistance. In any case, it is necessary ness, our Czech partners offered us the opportunity to get to
to get acquainted with the Spanish names of meals. In know Mexican cuisine better and how to cook them. Their chef,
order to avoid that something else will land on your pla- who came directly from Mexico, offered us interesting training
te instead of the delicacy you have ordered. As a typical and our chef, who ran the business with us for a few weeks to
Mexican approach to food preparation, we can guess the train. Gradually he added his own ideas and so our kitchen was
most famous Mexican dish called chilli con carne, i. chili created.
with meat and not chili meat. Of course, the second ver-
sion has become more common in our country ... Names What generation do your guests most often represent?
like tortillas, fajitas, burritos, or quesadillas sound exotic Our guests represent absolutely all generations, from the youn-
to our ears at first, but when you taste these great foods, gest children to seniors. We cannot say that a generation is out-
you like to learn to pronounce them correctly. The best re- numbered.
sults in practicing a true Castilian accent can be achieved
with a burning sensation in the mouth. So go on mucha- Were you in Mexico?
chos y muchachas. They weren‘t, but we‘re going to be in the coming months.

We asked the owner of the El Gato plant what we were What do you like most about Mexican cuisine?
interested in. We like the variety of ingredients and interesting combinations
of flavors. Everyone thinks Mexican cuisine is just about spicy
How was the idea to reach a Slovak consumer with the dishes, but it‘s not at all. Mexican dishes offer different combi-
offer of Mexican specialties? nations of meat and vegetables, flavored with their spices. It‘s
After several years of experience in Mexican businesses, we worth a try.

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