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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – What started arsenic a backyard fundraiser successful Fresno has turned into a viral eating experience, drafting crowds from crossed the vale and beyond.
At Sabor Oaxaqueño, each repast comes with a sensation of Oaxaca and a family’s story.
Teresa Norma Cruz Martinez is the navigator down the grill, portion her daughter, Iellene Hernandez, does a small spot of everything else.
“I’m the server. I’m the cashier. I’m the everything,” Iellene said.
The setup is simple: a backyard room modeled aft the casetas Teresa grew up with successful Ayoquezco de Aldama, Oaxaca, Mexico. But the flavors and the hospitality are what support radical coming back.
“I’m precise arrogant to beryllium from [Ayoquezco de Aldama],” Teresa said. “For me, being from Oaxaca means carrying the sanction Oaxaca, successful my tegument color, successful my hands, successful the level I measurement on. It’s bringing Oaxaca to the United States.”
The thought for Sabor Oaxaqueño began with a fundraiser for Iellene's way team. Teresa cooked, radical lined up, and soon they wanted more.
From crispy tlayudas to quesitos and different specialties, each crockery tells the communicative of Oaxacan gastronomy.
The household has been serving authentic Oaxacan dishes for 4 years, crossed 2 antithetic houses. But their caseta, oregon location eatery, exploded successful popularity aft going viral connected TikTok.
“Once we went viral connected TikTok, I couldn’t bash it nary more,” Iellene said. “Unfortunately, the radical won implicit me, and we had to bring successful other help.”
“After that archetypal fundraiser, radical started asking, ‘When are you going to marque nutrient again?’” Teresa said. “So I looked astatine them and said, ‘Well, however astir you order?’”
“Everything is inspired by the thought of getting radical to effort retired Oaxacan gastronomy,” Teresa said.
The caseta volition beryllium closed done September, but customers won’t person to hold excessively long. Sabor Oaxaqueño volition reopen successful October, acceptable to service up the authentic flavors that person taken Fresno and TikTok by storm.
