Before heading to Mexico, I contacted Paulina Abascal, my favorite television pastry chef, based in the suburbs of Mexico City. (I doubt you’ve heard of her. She’s on Spanish-language tv.) Paulina was very friendly and promised me a tour of her kitchen!
We found a taxi to bring us to Dulces Besos (Sweet Kisses), wait for us, and bring us back to our hotel.
Paulina wasn’t in the shop. We hadn’t agreed on a day/hour. But Paulina’s mom was there and followed through on the promise.
We were given as many samples as we wanted and the interns explained the processes of different preparing different sweets.
This was a very exciting experience for me (as you can see from the first photo).
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Looks like you had a great time. By the way, love the design on your shirt.
It was exciting for me. Paulina was actually surprised when I called from NY and told her I wanted to come.
Did you get to try some of the stuff they make?
Yes, they gave us so many samples. Paulina’s mom gave us a box of sweets from the store, but I still ended up buying a few things. I still have two bars of vanilla and it’s the best vanilla I ever bought. It still has the aroma and the taste.
This seems like an ultimate experience, Aixa. It’s great you go to at least talk to Paulina on the phone. 🙂
It was a fun experience, part of the magic of travel. I’ve communicated a few times with her since then through Instagram, too.
Wow, lucky you! Looks like an amazing experience!💕
Yes, very lucky. I tried getting in touch with another Mexican chef, Chef Oropeza, but I couldn’t find out how to reach him
That looks like a fun time! Did they have any samples of tres leches cake? I love tres leches cake so yummy!
They gave us samples of what they were preparing at the moment so we didn’t get tres leches 😫💦
This is amazing!! Lucky you!
I had watched Paulina on tv for a couple of years so this was exciting. It also pays to plan ahead 😉
Yum!!!!!! I would never leave!!!
I had watched Paulina on tv for a couple of years. It was fun to try the sweets and see her kitchen.
How I would love to visit that bakery and enjoy a sampling of Paulina’s sweets. Lucky you!
They are so gracious! Thanks for sharing your tour with us.
Yes, they really were. I’ve kept in touch with Paulina (a little) through Instagram but I don’t get the channel anymore so I can’t watch her show…