{"id":6968,"date":"2023-11-17T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sayulitalife.com\/sayulero\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:50:08","slug":"featured-business-maxa-cocina-del-pacifico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sayulitalife.com\/sayulero\/featured-business-maxa-cocina-del-pacifico\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Business: MAXA – Cocina del Pacifico"},"content":{"rendered":"

MAXA<\/a> is\u00a0<\/strong>an incredible new restaurant located inside the new hotel\u00a0La Puesta<\/a>\u00a0on the North Side of Sayulita. MAXA boasts a menu full of traditional flavors with a modern twist, paired with the incredible oceanfront views of Sayulita\u2019s beach that you will not want to miss! We interviewed MAXA\u2019s head chef Lacho Ruiz for some insight on his inspiration for the menu and his childhood in San Pancho, just ten minutes from Sayulita!<\/p>\n

Name:<\/em>
Horacio Ruiz Cienfuegos, but I am better knows as Lacho Ruiz.<\/p>\n

Age:<\/em>\u00a0 40<\/p>\n

Can you tell me a little about yourself?<\/em>
I was born in Puerto Vallarta, but I grew up in San Pancho, just ten minutes away from Sayulita. I did my schooling in Tepic, the capital of the Nayarit state. That is where I started my life’s journey, not knowing food would become my modus vinvendus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So how did you end up in Sayulita?<\/em>
I came to Sayulita to work because of a lifelong friend, who became my professional mentor.<\/p>\n

What did you like about Sayulita that made you want to stay?<\/em>
What I liked about Sayulita was the local people, the diversity, and the openness that exists here to all kinds of food and gastronomic tendencies.<\/p>\n

What inspired you to become a chef? Did you always have an interest in food?<\/em>
I never wanted to become a chef, my dream was to be a pilot! My inspiration came from the love that my paternal grandmother Do\u00f1a Emilia put into every dish she made and food she put on the table.<\/p>\n

Do you have any childhood memories related to food that you can share with us?<\/em>
My family had cows and we always had homemade dairy products. When I would come home from school the table was always filled with cheeses, tortillas, salsas and bread all made by my grandmother.<\/p>\n

How did your career as a chef start?<\/em>
My career started working under a chef named Amandine from Belgium. I was a dishwasher! From there I immigrated to North America where I had the opportunity to work in Aspen, Colorado and in Norman, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

How did you connect with La Puesta to start this new culinary experience?<\/em>
A year ago I was contacted by my old manager Jonathan Nobles and the Fernandez family, with the offer to start this incredible project.<\/p>\n

As a local of the region, how are you inspired by Nayarit in your cooking?<\/em>
To me Mexico inspires me tremendously in my professional life. I am inspired by the diversity of our products and the richness of the land. We have some incredible traditional dishes at MAXA, for example our mole textihuil,<\/em> or our camarones lancheros<\/em>, amongst many others.<\/p>\n

Is there a special time of day you would recommend going to MAXA?<\/em>
Yes, do not miss out on our sunset! It is incredible.<\/p>\n

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Entrevista en Espa\u00f1ol:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nombre completo:\u00a0<\/em>
Horacio Ruiz Cienfuegos (Lacho Ruiz)<\/p>\n

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Edad:<\/em>\u00a0
40<\/p>\n

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\u00bfPuedes contarme un poco sobre ti? <\/em>
Nac\u00ed en Puerto Vallarta, al principio de los 80. Crec\u00ed hasta mi adolescencia en San Pancho, Nayarit. Estudi\u00e9 mi preparatoria en la capital del estado de Tepic, Nayarit. E inicie el viaje de mi vida, sin saber que la gastronom\u00eda formar\u00eda parte de mi modus vinvendus.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfC\u00f3mo fue que llegaste a Sayulita?:\u00a0<\/em>
Profesionalmente llegu\u00e9 a Sayulita gracias a un gran amigo de toda la vida, que se convirti\u00f3 en el primer mentor profesional.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfQue te gusta para quedarte?:<\/em>
Lo que me gust\u00f3 de Sayulita fue su gente local,la diversidad cultural,la apertura que tuvieron para aceptar todas estas tendencias gastron\u00f3micas .<\/p>\n

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\u00bfQu\u00e9 fue lo que te inspir\u00f3 a ser chef? Siempre tuviste un inter\u00e9s en la comida?:<\/em>
Nada, yo nunca quise ser chef, yo quer\u00eda ser piloto aviador Mi inspiraci\u00f3n en la cocina nace del amor que mi abuela paterna do\u00f1a Emilia le daba a cada comida y en cada experiencia que mi abuela generaba en la mesa.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfTienes alg\u00fan recuerdo de peque\u00f1o relacionado a la comida que nos puedas contar?:<\/em>
Mi familia ten\u00eda vacas y nunca faltaban los quesos, cuando yo regresaba de la escuela en casa siempre ten\u00edamos quesos, tortillas, salsas y panes hechos por mi abuela.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfC\u00f3mo empez\u00f3 tu carrera?:<\/em>
Mi Carrera inici\u00f3 con la chef Amandine de B\u00e9lgica lavando los platos, despu\u00e9s emigr\u00e9 a Estados Unidos, donde tuve la oportunidad de trabajar en Aspen Colorado y Norman Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfC\u00f3mo conectaste con La Puesta para empezar este nuevo emprendimiento?:<\/em>
Hace un a\u00f1o me contact\u00f3 mi antiguo gerente Jonathan Nobles y la familia Fernandez, para ser parte de este incre\u00edble proyecto.<\/p>\n

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He escuchado que la comida est\u00e1 incre\u00edble. \u00bfCual es tu inspiraci\u00f3n para el men\u00fa de MAXA y que tipo de comida puede uno encontrar ah\u00ed?:<\/em>
Para mi Sayulita tiene una gran inspiraci\u00f3n en mi vida profesional, lo que me inspira es la diversidad de nuestros productos y la riqueza de nuestra tierra.<\/p>\n

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Como local de Nayarit, \u00bfc\u00f3mo te inspiras en la regi\u00f3n para la comida? \u00bfHay alg\u00fan plato tradicional que no nos podemos perder?:<\/em>
Como Nayarita, me inspira nuestra mexicanidad y la riqueza de nuestros ingredientes. Varios, los camarones lancheros, nuestro mole tixtihuil, entre muchos otros.<\/p>\n

Me imagino que las vistas y el lugar es incre\u00edble y aporta mucho a la experiencia. Recomiendan una hora del d\u00eda en especial para ir?<\/em>
Lo que te recomiendo es que no te lo imagines y vivas nuestra experiencia, la mejor hora es a la puesta del sol.<\/p>\n

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\u00bfHay algo de Sayulita que te inspire para la comida qu\u00e9 haces en MAXA?<\/em>
Me inspira la diversidad cultural y las ganas de dar a conocer mi cultura Nayarita.<\/p>\n

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MAXA is open for breakfast lunch and diner, from 8am to 10pm. Reserve ahead for a special table to watch the most incredible sunset. Reserve here: https:\/\/www.sayulitalife.com\/maxa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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