'Ya'yan teku suna ba Veracruz abinci mai hatimi na musamman. Babu wanda zai yi shakkar cewa mazaunan farko na wannan yankin Tekun Fasha sun koma kamun kifi a matsayin ɗayan manyan albarkatun su.
Theasar mai falala ta jihar ta sanya menu na gastronomic mai arziki, kuma anan ne a wannan tashar, ƙofar shiga sabuwar duniya, inda kwarewar ɓatanci ta fara wanda ya ba da ƙarfi, tsawon shekaru, zuwa ɗayan mafi bambancin abinci mai daɗi na kasar mu.
Sanannen duniya, kifi a la Veracruzana yana ɗaya daga cikin jita-jita waɗanda tunanin yanki ya ba Mexico da duniya. Jin daɗin kyawawan abincin teku da soyayyen kifi a tashar jiragen ruwa, a cikin Boca del Río ko a Alvarado, ƙwarewa ce ta musamman. Shrimp to peel, cushe crabs, oysters, octopus, katantanwa, su kayan marmari ne wanda babu wanda zai rasa shi, musamman idan ka kuskura ka tafi inda mafi kyau suke.
A arewa, kusa da Martínez de la Torre, za ku yi mamakin tasirin abincin Faransanci da aka kafe tsawon shekaru a garin San Rafael, kuma a kudu, a cikin Catemaco za ku iya jin daɗin soyayyen mojarras, naman biri da sauran kayan marmari. Daga tsattsauran ra'ayi zuwa wancan, a kowane wuri, a kowane gari: El Tajín, Papantla, Orizaba, Xalapa, Tlacotalpan, Coatepec, Cempoala; A bakin tekun, a cikin fili, a cikin duwatsu, ba shi yiwuwa a tsere wa sihiri da ɗanɗanar kyakkyawan abincin Veracruz.
