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| Maria Lazcano and daughter with El Zarandeado Mexican Seafood restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 1, 2014 |
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| Maria Lazcano and daughter with El Zarandeado Mexican Seafood restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 1, 2014 |
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| Maria Lazcano and daughter with El Zarandeado Mexican Seafood restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 1, 2014 |
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| Maria Lazcano and daughter with El Zarandeado Mexican Seafood restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 1, 2014 |
Cooking is an art says Maria Adela Lazcano owner of El Zarandeado Mexican Food Sinaloa Style located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It took her 13 years to create the recipes for El Zarandeado Restaurant. Maria is originally from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Her recipes are inspired by the culinary traditions of Sinaloa, Nayarit and Sonora.
For example, el zarandeado is a traditional dish from Sinaloa that features the a kind of fish called Pargo. The fish is sliced in lengthwise and marinated before being baked in the oven. The result is a fish with a crunchy texture that is cooked evenly. The restaurant was named after this traditional dish that literally means “the shaked one.”
Maria is grateful to be running a family restaurant with the help of her daughters and her son. El Zarandeado has two locations in Albuquerque and her family collaborates in the operation of both. Family is very important to Maria. She told me that one of her major goals was to have her kids work alongside with her.
Although Maria is happy to live and work in the City of Albuquerque, she feels culturally connected with Mexico and wishes to open a restaurant in her home state of Sinaloa in the future. “My heart is in Mexico” she tells me “I want, god willing, I want to end up with a restaurant in Mexico.”
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