Quesero

Quesero / Cheese Vendor

The Quesero street vendor walks the streets with a covered plate on his shoulder filled with a wonderful tasting white cheese. He sells a very popular cheese called Queso de Hoja. This popular cheese is a white string type cheese similar to mozzarella but a little stringier. It has a slightly stronger taste that leaves a squeaky feel in the mouth.

Quesero selling his cheese and he even has some salami on his tray.
Quesero selling his cheese and he even has some salami on his tray.

The cheese vendor can be seen carrying a large platter. He has a plastic grocery bag hanging off his arm that is filled with bags and large crackers to accompany the cheese. The Queseros plate is usually covered with a piece of clear plastic underneath the wedges of this wonderful flavorful white cheese are impaled with little wooden toothpicks.

Queso en Hoja
Queso en Hoja

The Quesero will give you a wedge of cheese and a round cracker to go along with the cheese. The price is usually around $35 pesos (as of 1/19)

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