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Cemita poblana · Puebla
A sesame-crusted brioche-style roll split and packed with breaded milanesa, quesillo pulled into threads, avocado, chipotle in adobo and a handful of papalo, the herb that makes it Pueblan.
The cemita takes its name from the roll, an egg-enriched bread crusted with sesame that Spanish bakers brought to Puebla and the city then made its own. The filling settled into a formula: milanesa of beef or pork, quesillo from Oaxaca, avocado, white onion, chipotles in adobo and papalo, a pungent herb that tastes of nothing else and is never cooked. Mercado El Carmen is the market most associated with it, where Las Poblanitas works a counter inside the market hall, and the 2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand at Semitas Beto in Barrio de la Luz recognised the bread rather than the filling.
Where to eat in Puebla:
- Cemitas Las Poblanitas
- Super Cemitas El As de Oros
- Antojitos Tomy
- Comal
- Cemitas El Gordo
- Mi Puebla Antigua Tacos y Cemitas
- Semitas Beto
- Cemitas La Colonial
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