# Exploring Puerto Vallarta's Street Food Scene on a Taco Tour *By James Hills — Updated January 2023* Honestly, even though I was with a tour group I was a bit afraid to tour Puerto Vallarta at night. Unfortunately, Mexico doesn't have the best reputation these days but thankfully, I ignored those concerns because I had an awesome experience that was safe, clean and tourist-friendly. While I'm sure that most of you could wander around and explore the Puerto Vallarta food scene on your own - it was so much easier to do with the folks at Vallarta Food Tours who guided us and made everything easy. One of the best ways to understand a people is to share a meal. Unfortunately for most Americans, we only experience "Mexican Food" through the lens of what restaurants think Americans want. Thankfully that is changing in the United States and you can find good carne asada, pollo, or fish tacos and ground beef is being relegated to quick-serve restaurants like Taco Bell (which is delicious in it's own way). If you've never been to Mexico and experienced real, authentic tacos the first thing you will notice is that they are generally smaller, soft, and you won't find the cheese and sour cream that defines tacos for most Americans. However, at the same time - there's a huge diversity of flavors and styles that you won't find outside of an experience like this. Unfortunately, I simply can't share everything so I've included a photo gallery at the bottom of the page instead. The following are three items that really stood out ... Our first "taco" was actually a crab enchilada at Mariscos Cisneros that was topped with a sauce reminiscent of a crab bisque. 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