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destination bacurimi, sinaloa
La Chuparrosa
Enamorada,
where Tasty
meets organic
La Chuparrosa Enamorada is a country-like restaurant
in the northern state of Sinaloa. Menu offers traditional
dishes, which strive to be natural and organic without
sacrificing the rich flavors of this vibrant cuisine. It is served
in an eco-friendly setting that blends with the region’s
traditions and natural settings.
In the northern city of Culiacán, Sinaloa,
there is a family making history, and making
it deliciously. Jorge Peraza and his three sons
are preparing organic, eco-friendly northern
Mexican food. La Chuparrosa Enamorada
serves meals tourists will remember forever
and local costumers can often indulge in but
without the guilt.
In the outskirts of Culiacán, there is small
rural town called Bacurimí, where Peraza
grew up. In the family home –next to the
Rosales Canal– they used to call “el rancho”,
corn was abundant and an ever-present part
of Peraza’s life.
“The first lighting of the oven to make
‘pan de mujer’ (a local type of bread) was
frequently baked with corncob. When the
donkeys couldn’t perform their breeding
duties, grandfather would order: rub their
ears with the biggest corncob and see how
it doesn’t fail to solve the impotency problem,”
Peraza remembered. He even calls
his hometown “Bacurimí de los Olotes” (Bacurimí
of the Corncob).
Peraza’s love for corn –a key staple in Mexican
cuisine– has prompted him to include it
in the meals served at La Chuparrosa.
In that little ranch next to the river where
Peraza grew up La Chuparrosa now sits. It
is an outdoor restaurant with many moods
and many flavors. Peraza started it in 2003
with the idea of serving fresh food with
his mother’s original recipes. Everything
in La Chuparrosa is made on-site inside of
fireplaces. “It’s the old style. No cans are
opened,” described Jorge Peraza Sato, the
founder’s eldest son, “The eggs come from
hens raised and kept in the back of the
ranch; the jocoque (dry yogurt), cream and
ice cream are made in the creamery, right
next to where people enjoy their dinners;
and the bread and tortillas are baked there.”
More than organic, they like calling their
cuisine slow cooked, fresh or natural food.
“I’m not sure if we are considered organic.
We are definitely eco-friendly,” said the
young Peraza. “We don’t open a Maggi sauce
“I’m not sure if we are
considered organic. We are
definitely eco-friendly,”
said the young Peraza.