'Restaurants rediscover centuries-old Mayan cuisine'

06:01 Feb 4, 2022
'(11 Jun 2010) SHOTLIST AP Television Coba, Mexico, April 25th 2010   1. Close up of a fresh, organic tortilla fluffing up while it cooks on a metal hotplate called \"comal\"  2. Wide shot of a Mayan woman cooking tortillas on a wood-burning stove 3. Close up of the hand of the Mayan woman flipping tortillas on the comal 4. Wide shot of the Mayan woman working the dough for tortillas, called masa, inside her kitchen 5. Medium shot of the shaping of a tortilla by hand 6. Wide shot of a young Mayan girl setting up a table with her mother making tortillas in the background 7. Medium shot of plates of \"gorditas de chaya,\" thick, corn pancakes stuffed with chaya leaves 8. Close up of a hand pouring lime juice on the gorditas de chaya 9. Wide shot of people sitting at the table to eat a Mayan lunch 10. Close up of a dish with free-range chicken, rice and organic lettuce 11. Medium shot of Yaxche Chef, David Reyes, tasting a lunch at the Mayan community of Nuevo Durango, near the archeological site of Cob� 12. Wide shot of huts inside the Mayan community of Nuevo Durango AP Television  Playa del Carmen, Mexico, April 21st 2010   13. Wide shot of people walking along the touristy 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen, Mayan Riviera 14. Medium shot of a man dressed in ancient Mayan garb, greeting tourists along 5th Avenue 15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Ramon Lizaola Hernandez, co-owner of Yaxche Restaurant, Playa del Carmen (sitting with a Chaya drink):  \"Mayan cuisine itself still exists today. It lives on inside all these indigenous communities. You can go there and with them, you will be able to eat a dish the same way they have eaten it for generations passed on from mother to daughter- and that\'s how it has arrived to present day.\"  16. Wide shot, tilt down of the exterior of Yaxche Restaurant along 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen  17. Pan of a selection of Mayan-inspired dishes 18. Close up of various appetizers that were made from Mayan recipes 19. Close up of a Chicken dish garnished with chaya leaves 20. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Ramon Lizaola Hernandez, co-owner of Yaxche Restaurant, Playa del Carmen:  \"They were thankful that each meal would bring them wellness, so what\'s fascinating about this, how we as contemporaries are seeking those roots, and look for that healthful aspect of nutrition.\"  21. Wide shot of American tourists waiting for their lunch at Yaxche, as waiters bring them their dishes 22. Close up of Tikin Xic, a Mayan-style fish, seasoned with achiote paste and baked with banana leaves 23. Medium shot of four American tourists tasting their lunch at Yaxche 24. SOUNDBITE (English), Richard Hutchens American tourist from Missouri:  \"Yeah these kind of taste like�how do you pronounce the word, those little small like tahitos (sic taquitos), their little corn, corn crips, but you can buy them in the U.S. \"  25. Close up of Hutchens cutting one of his tortilla rolled flautas 26. Wide shot of Ramon Lizaola Hernandez talking to Hutchens after his meal 27. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Ramon Lizaola Hernandez, co-owner of Yaxche Restaurant, Playa del Carmen:  \"Interest has been growing. As of today, Mayan cuisine as it is, appears in many restaurant guides in the region.\"  AP Television Playa del Carmen, Mexico, April 22nd 2010 28. Wide shot of a street with tourists heading towards the beach 29. Wide shot of exterior of Ajua Maya Restaurant as a small truck honks and drives through 30. Medium shot of Ajua Maya Restaurant owner, Jorge Alfaro, sitting next to a customer; UPSOUND (English): \"OK, I\'ll definitely have a huge bite right now.\" 38. Close up of the dish Pollo Pibil  Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork  Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a49e47d162f809c8fed5e203c66aa0f1' 

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