Collection: Dips & Salsa
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Black Mole - MAiiZ Nixtamal
Regular price $16.07Regular priceUnit price / perBlack Mole Sauce made in house by Chef Israel Alvarez M
No preservatives - vegan - gluten free - handcrafted.
Chef uses a traditional molcajete to hand grind the seeds and spices for this sauce. The mole does not contain nuts and does not contain gluten.
Ingredients
This is a simple mole using only 15 rotating ingredients including, chilies, seeds, nixtamal, fruit and spices.
Dry peppers, cinnamon, anis seed, tomatoes, onion, plantain, apples, pears, Mexican chocolate, piloncillo raw sugar, black peppers, garlic, spice mix, nixtamalized corn tortilla, cloves, black raisins, sesame seeds.
About MaiiZ
Chef Israel Alvarez Molina hails from Mexico City where Nixtamal Tortillas are essential to the cuisine, culture, and spirit. A reverence for the skillset, knowledge, and respect required to make high-quality, delicious Nixtamal Tortillas from scratch was instilled in him while he worked at Pujol where he rose to the position of Chef de Cuisine. His love for all that Nixtamal Masa provides has, of course, been in his heart forever.
It is this love that he carried with him when he moved to Canada in 2008 that inspired him to start MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortilleria. Chef Israel finds immense joy in making MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillas in the heart of Victoria’s Chinatown with Organic BC Corn. His hope is that everyone, from the curious home-chef to those like him that grew up with Nixtamal and miss it dearly, will love MAiiZ Tortillas as much as he does.
Nixtamalization is an ancient process by which the dry corn is cooked with slake lime to break down the husk surrounding each kernel. This process allows the human body to properly digest corn while also imbuing it with accessible calcium. Even better, the nixtamalized corn can then be ground into FRESH Nixtamal Masa which makes delicious, pliant, beautiful tortillas that even the finest dry corn flour simply can’t beat. -
Roja Salsa - MAiiZ Nixtamal
Regular price $10.72Regular priceUnit price / perNo preservatives - vegan - gluten free - handcrafted.
Ingredients
Roma tomatoes, red onion, garlic, cilantro, vinegar, dry peppers, salt.
About MaiiZ
Chef Israel Alvarez Molina hails from Mexico City where Nixtamal Tortillas are essential to the cuisine, culture, and spirit. A reverence for the skillset, knowledge, and respect required to make high-quality, delicious Nixtamal Tortillas from scratch was instilled in him while he worked at Pujol where he rose to the position of Chef de Cuisine. His love for all that Nixtamal Masa provides has, of course, been in his heart forever.
It is this love that he carried with him when he moved to Canada in 2008 that inspired him to start MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortilleria. Chef Israel finds immense joy in making MAiiZ Nixtamal Tortillas in the heart of Victoria’s Chinatown with Organic BC Corn. His hope is that everyone, from the curious home-chef to those like him that grew up with Nixtamal and miss it dearly, will love MAiiZ Tortillas as much as he does.
Nixtamalization is an ancient process by which the dry corn is cooked with slake lime to break down the husk surrounding each kernel. This process allows the human body to properly digest corn while also imbuing it with accessible calcium. Even better, the nixtamalized corn can then be ground into FRESH Nixtamal Masa which makes delicious, pliant, beautiful tortillas that even the finest dry corn flour simply can’t beat. -
Tzatziki - Eugene’s (200g)
Regular price $5.39Regular priceUnit price / perLocally made Tzatziki from Eugene's.
About Eugene’s
The founder of Eugene's Greek Restaurant, Evgeni (Eugene) Vassiliadis arrived in Victoria from his home in the bustling port of Piraeus (outside of Athens) with wife Paschalina (Lina) and two young sons, Elefterios (Terry) and Pantelis (Lee) in November 1974. Only nine-year old Terry understood English and was able to help other family members to settle in.
From the very beginning Eugene had a vision to open a traditional Greek Souvlaki Snack Bar in Victoria. However, having arrived in Victoria with only 2 suitcases and a trunk, Eugene began working as a brick-layer, his trade in Greece, in order to support his young family.
To supplement the family’s income, Eugene began working in local Greek restaurants by night and took what construction jobs he could during the day. He quickly became head chef of a local Greek Restaurant and soon Lina—an excellent cook herself—joined him. They worked side-by-side until Eugene got a great job offer in Edmonton and for a year he worked there, returning to see the family only once a month.
Eventually, the whole family decided Victoria was the place for them. Lina, encouraging Eugene to open a souvlaki snack bar, found their first location in the alleyway of the Royal Bank Building on Douglas and Fort Street. They opened their doors November 24th, 1979. Victorians slowly came to know how wonderful Greek souvlaki could be and with lines getting longer and longer a second Eugene’s opened in May 1986 at 1280 Broad Street.
Today, Lee runs the company and having a young family of his own he decided family time is more important and has changed paths from restaurant life to wholesale. He is growing the business so that Eugene’s products are available in all grocery stores island wide and into the lower mainland. Still maintaining the quality and making our famous Tzatziki & Homous in small batches. Eugene and Lina oversee from the background while enjoying their retirement, and customers of Victoria continue to enjoy the same wonderful home-made recipes that Eugene and Lina first served in 1979. -
Original - Holy Homous (350g)
Regular price $8.99Regular priceUnit price / perLocally made fresh daily since 1994.
About Holy Homous
Holy Homous is made fresh every day. We make it in small batches using no preservatives and only the highest quality ingredients. We deliver it to our grocery partners at least twice a week so that its always fresh for you to enjoy!
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Roasted Red Pepper - Holy Homous (200g)
Regular price $6.49Regular priceUnit price / perLocally made fresh daily since 1994.
About Holy Homous
Holy Homous is made fresh every day. We make it in small batches using no preservatives and only the highest quality ingredients. We deliver it to our grocery partners at least twice a week so that its always fresh for you to enjoy!