Our last stop on our first night in Cancun was the OXXO convenience store. The store is very similar to a 7-Eleven and there was a location right next to our resort. We decided to check it out since we usually visit a grocery store when we go to other countries. We hadn't seen a supermarket on our way to the resort so we figured this might be the closest we got.
We saw lots of snack food, including peanuts in flavors like salt with lemon flavor, Japanese and chili:
The fridge section was full of cheese, including lots of Oaxacan cheese (someday we hope to make it to Oaxaca):
Cookies and cream Oreo cookies? Do we have these here?
I know that in Mexico "bimbo" doesn't have the same meaning that it does here, but it still caught my attention. The little teddy bear is also really cute. There were lots of Bimbo products at the store.
I hadn't seen these marshmallow, coconut and cookie treats before but they looked good. I just looked it up and they have them online from places like Walmart, so I guess we have these here.
In addition to all of the snack foods, drinks and other ingredients to go, there was also a section for cooked food like tacos and tamales.
I love tacos and tamales and the ones in those photos look so good. I didn't see the real ones but A said that the photos looked better than the real thing. Oh well.
We didn't end up buying anything on our visit since we figured we could probably get some of this stuff at home (didn't know about the widespread availability of the sponch at the time but we live near some Mexican grocery stores) and we didn't have any pesos anyway. But we enjoyed our visit!
Next: we become obsessed with chilaquiles!
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