Eden Valley Mayan Kitchen

Thursday we had an American/Taiwanese family doing just the ancient chocolate drink experience and a typical Belizean lunch of coconut rice and beans, baked chicken, coleslaw and fried plantains, while on their way to mountain pine ridge. A special thanks to David Yin their guide.

We would also like to thank Gena Merlis along with her daughter Hazel, sister Louise and niece Eva for visiting and making our afternoon wonderful. They as well did the whole Mayan cooking experience, so much food and drinks that we always end up packing the tamales to go. Awesome family. God bless and hope you guys had a wonderful stay at our country.

Kelly Rees and her husband Chris, daughter Sofie and son Sam enjoyed the morning cooking Mayan style at our kitchen. They prepared all their meals on fire hearths. They loved cutting their banana leaves from the garden which kinda opened up their expectations for the rest of the morning. They chopped veggies for a soup, made hand made corn tortillas, stirred all the pots, and made Mayan tamales. Wonderful family.

Angela and her niece Serenity visited the kitchen for a full Mayan cooking experience. They loved the outdoor experience and the tranquility of our backyard kitchen. Thank you ladies for choosing our kitchen while vacationing in our beautiful country.

Was ended the month of June with a group of 5 gentlemen from the Taiwanese embassy. They spent the morning cooking Mayan style foods like tamales, hand made corn tortillas, a delicious chicken soup and of course roasted and ground cacao for a taste of the ancient chocolate drink. Special thanks to their guide Belizean/Taiwanese, Dave Yin for translating.

Alyse and Layna , best friends from California visited this morning. It was beautiful morning for cutting banana eaves for tamales in the garden. They made hand made corn tortillas, a delicious chicken soup,Mayan tamales and of course the ancient chocolate drink which they both loved. Thank you ladies for choosing us , we truly enjoyed sharing and cooking along with you.

David and his son Clayton with a a family friend experienced a little of our Mayan cuisine. They prepared tamales, hand made corn tortillas, they also prepared a delicious soup and also they ancient chocolate drink. Beautiful morning to cook outdoors under a thatched kitchen.

Yesterday we had a lovely family of 5 from Charleston . Rebecca and Billy bishop with their kids Addison, Grant and little Blakely. They all participated and loved the experience. We all had a fun morning talking and sharing while cooking delicious Mayan dishes. Thank you guys again for your visit.

Tall, Nathan and their two daughters visited the kitchen Monday for a Mayan cooking experience. They cooked on wood burned firehearths. They made tamales, tortillas, a delicious chicken soup and of course the ancient chocolate drink. Thank you guys for a wonderful morning.

Saturday we had a group of 30 Belizean youths visiting the kitchen to experience the ancient chocolate drink. Knowing kids that age I knew they would like it if I brought out milk and sugar as I normally do for kids, and I was absolutely right. They loved the drink and most came bk for seconds and a couple compared it to "Milo" , saying it tasted like it. So happy they enjoyed it and I don't as able to share a little bit of our Mayan heritage to our very own.