Cooking Fun in Mazatlán!

One of our favorite restaurants in Mazatlán is the Water’s Edge Bistro. I had heard that Chef Alastair was giving cooking classes on Mondays but I hadn’t looked into taking one since I assumed my being a vegetarian would be an obstacle. Now I know I should never assume… because Chef adjusts the menu each time based on each unique group.

Last Monday my visiting sister and I took Chef Alastair’s class and had a wonderful time. We had fun with a really great group of people and had a fantastic lunch, too. The day started out with a trip to the mercado where we bought ingredients for our two kinds of gnocchi, salad, and eggs benedict. Along the way Chef pointed out the sights so you’ll learn a bit about Mazatlan history, too.

Next we prepped. There is a lot of prep that goes into preparing this kind of beautiful food but we had fun doing it. Have you ever fried capers? That was one of my jobs and believe it or not they turn into crispy salty bits that were perfect on our salad. I’ll be making them frequently in the future. Or how about fried basil leaves? They added a lot to the eggs benedict and the oil we used helped flavor the roasted carrots, too.

As we were prepping Chef would instruct us, too. We learned lots of tips about how to prepare things ahead for ease of service and that we need to taste, taste, and taste some more. Amazing to me, everything came together in the end and we enjoyed a delicious meal together with two especially selected wines.

So, along with all the other fun things you can do here in Mazatlán, you can have a great time with nice people learning from Chef Alastair. Info is on their website, linked at the top of this post. Buen provecho!

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I'm Nancy, a US expat living in San Antonio Tlayacapan, Jalisco after 11 years in Mazatlán, México.

6 Comments

Kim G
March 11, 2015

So is it hard to find capers in Mexico? I was thinking the other day that capers are one of my staples. I never want to be without them, but it also seems to be the kind of thing that’d be very hard to find SOB.

What do you think?

Saludos,

Kim G
Boston, MA
Where we once got a lot of weird stares for trying to buy anchovies in F’s old neighborhood in DF.

Nancy
March 11, 2015

Hi Kim,

No, capers are easy to find, and now I’m going to buy them and fry them like we did here… they are actually blossoms and they grow when you heat them. Try it!

Linda McHenry
March 12, 2015

Thanks for the tip! We’ll be down for the month of November and plan to sign up for the class. Local cooking classes are one of our favorite things to do when vacationing.

judith
March 12, 2015

Wow, looks like a fantastic class! Very impressive dishes! I took a class from Chef Alastair on Eastern cuisine that was lots of fun, too, and I learned a lot. Hope you had a wonderful visit with your sister.

Nancy
March 13, 2015

Linda, I know you’ll enjoy the classes in November, but that’s a long time to wait. 🙁

Judith, I’d forgotten about the class you took, I am so glad he is making this a regular thing now. My sister and I are having a blast, off to Los Osuna for a tour this morning.