Cooking Services

At Tankah Shores we want your entire experience to be nothing less than perfect, so we are pleased to offer cooking services at no extra charge. Our excellent staff is available to prepare breakfast and dinner for your party from our house menu with one day’s advanced notice.

Due to the limited kitchen space, all meals are served “family style”, meaning one single entree is served to your entire party. Additional entrees are available for a $20 USD additional charge, but due to space limitations we typically limit the number of different entrees to two.

Dinner is typically served at 6pm. If you choose to dine earlier or later, our staff will prepare the meal for you ahead of time and you can warm it up to serve as your schedule allows.

While cooking services are provided at no cost, you will be responsible for providing the groceries for your meal. Our staff can provide you with a grocery list, or if you prefer we can do the shopping for you for a small $25 USD fee.

Pre-order Your Groceries for Arrival with our Grocery Delivery Service!

Start your vacation off right by allowing the friendly staff at Tankah Shores stock your pantry with all the necessities prior to your arrival for a small service fee of only $25 USD. You are on vacation after all, and who wants to spend their first day in paradise grocery shopping?

Desayuno / Breakfast

• Huevos a la Mexicana / Scrambled Eggs
  

  Scrambled eggs “Mexican” style with tomatoes, onions, and jalapeños. Served with either toast or corn tortillas.

• Huevos con Salsa / Sunny-side Up Eggs
  

  Served with cream and salsa roja or salsa verde. Served with either toast or corn tortillas.

• Hot Cakes / Pancakes
  
• Plato de Frutas / Fruit Plate
  

  Seasonal fruit plate.

• Pan de Plátano / Banana Bread
  

  Tankah Shores famous banana bread.

• Quesadillas / Tortillas with Melted Cheese
  

  Traditional quesadillas.

Botanas / Snacks

All snacks served with tortilla chips.

• Salsa Playa Azul
  

  Mexican salsa loaded flavor. Be sure to specify “picante” (hot) or “no picante” (mild).

• Guacamole
  

  A Tankah Shores favorite. You’ve never had a guacamole dip served so fresh.

• Quesadillas / Tortillas with Melted Cheese
  

  Traditional quesadillas.

Sopa / Soup

• Sopa de Tortilla / Chicken Tortilla Soup
  

  The Playa Azul house specialty. Chicken tortilla soup with panela cheese, cream and avocado.

• Sopa de Pollo con Verduras / Chicken Soup with Vegetables
  

  Served with rice or pasta.

• Sopa de Lima / Chicken Lime Soup
  

  The traditional soup of the Mayans, with peppers tomato, chicken and our secret ingredient.

• Sopa Minestrine / Minestrone Soup
  

  Made from the freshest seasonal vegetables, pasta, beans and parmesan cheese.

• Todo Tipo de Cremas / Cream Soups
  

  Tomato, Mushroom, Cilantro, Broccoli, Bean, Pepper

Ensalada / Salads

• Ensalada Verde / Green Salad
• Ensalada Mixta / Mixed Salada
• Ensalada Cesar / Ceasar Salad
  

  With traditional house dressing, your choice of chicken or shrimp, croutons and parmesan cheese.

• Ensalada Especial / Special Salad
  

  Gouda cheese, lettuce, avocado, tomato, balsamic vinegar and basil

• Ensalada de Mexicana / Mexican Salad
  

  Cucumber, jimaca, grapefruit, oranges, corn and cilantro

Pollo / Chicken

• Posole / Chicken with hominy corn dish
  

  Served with lettuce, onions, avocado, and chicharrón. Made with pork optional. Served with corn tortillas or chips.

• Pollo en Milanesa
  

  Breaded chicken breast, may be served with garden salad or cabbage and rice or french fries.

• Spaghetti Playa Azul
  

  The Tankah Shores house special. Made with your choice of chicken or shrimp, vegetables and soy sauce. Served with garlic bread and salad.

• Pollo a la Parrilla / Grilled Chicken
  

  Served with grilled vegetables.

• Fajitas de Pollo / Chicken Fajitas
  

  Served with onions, green pepper, refried beans, corn tortillas, and rice.

• Pollo Dorado / Fried Chicken
  

  Served with broccoli salad.

• Enchiladas / Enchiladas
  

  Amazing chicken-filled corn tortillas with either salsa roja or salsa verde. Served with refried beans and rice *Can be prepared vegetarian.

• Puechega de Pollo / Chicken Breast
  

  Chicken breast stuffed with a delicious blend of vegetables and cheese, then grilled.

• Pollo Estilo Maya / Mayan Chicken
  

  Chicken wrapped in banana leaves, baked in a fine herb tomato-based sauce.

• Brochetas de Pollo / Shish-ka-bobs
  

  Chicken or beef brochetas, grilled with either salsa Mexicana, salsa picante or guacamole and frijoles.

• Pollo a la Mexicana
  

  Chicken with tomatoes, onion, garlic and peppers.

• Pollo con Mole / Chicken Mole
  

  Made with chile-chocolate sauce. Served with rice and green salad.

• Brochetas / Shish-ka-bobs
  

  Choose from shrimp, beef, chicken, or surf-and-turf. Served with potatoes or rice.

Carne / Beef

• Chiles Rellenos / Stuffed Poblano Chiles
  

  Filled with ground beef, potatoes, onions, deep-fried in batter, simmered in
  a delicious salsa roja. Also available vegetarian style. Served with rice. Typically not spicy, but every once in awhile you come across a hot one!

• Tacos a Picadillos / Ground Beef Tacos
  

  Soft-shell tacos made with ground beef. Served with refried beans and rice.

• Fajitas de Carne / Beef Fajitas
  

  Served with onions, green pepper, refried beans, corn tortillas, and rice.

• Hamburguesa / Hamburger
• Arracheras Marinadas / Marinated Grilled Beef
  

  Marinated grilled beef served with tortillas.

• Bistek a la Mexicana / Mexican Version of Swiss Steak
  

  Beef with tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers.

• Bistek a la Cazuela / Beef Stew
  

  Beef with tomaotoes, onion, garlic, peppers and potatoes in a sauce.

• Brochetas / Shish-ka-bobs
  

  Choose from shrimp, beef, chicken, or surf-and-turf. Served with potatoes or rice.

Puerco / Pork

• Tacos al Pastor a la Parrilla / Pork Tacos
  

  Grilled and marinated tacos served with grilled vegetables.

• Chuletas / Pork Chops
  

  Made in salsa verde. Served with baked potato and grated cheese.

• Chuletas Fritas / Fried Pork Chops
• Poc Chuc
  

  Pork marinated and grilled served with rice, red onions and tortillas.

Seafood / Mariscos

• Cerviche
  

  Tomatoes, onions, cilantro with fish, shrimp, conch or lobster cured in lime juice (Here cerviche is considered a main dish; not an appetizer. Due to the extensive work involved, if you would like it as an appetizer, it is an additional $10.00 or 100 pesos.

• Mariscada / Seafood Mix
  

  Selection of seafood, fish fillet, octopus, squid, shrimp or substitute conch or lobster. Accompanied by buttered vegetables and rice.

• Pesacado Tik n Shik
  

  Fish grilled with achiote seasonings, onions, vegetables, (great for grouper, bouquinetta, Mojarra)

• Pesacado ala Tarta
  

  Fish baked in aluminum foil with garlic, onion and seasonings.

• Filete de Pescado / Fresh Fish Fillet
  

  Made with butter and garlic. Served with rice and vegetables.

• Camerones Empanizado / Fried Shrimp
  

  Breaded, fried shrimp.

• Camerones al Mojo de Ajo / Garlic Shrimp
  

  Shrimp with garlic butter sauce, rice.

• Camerones-Brocheta a la Parilla / Grilled Shrimp
  

  Grilled Shrimp served with Salsa Mexican, rice and tortillas.

• Langosta / Lobster
  

  Made with butter and garlic. Served with rice and vegetables.

• Brochetas / Shish-ka-bobs
  

  Choose from shrimp, beef, chicken, or surf-and-turf. Served with potatoes or rice.

Accompaniments

• Arroz / Rice
  

  Arroz rojo (with vegetables) or blanco (plain)

• Salsa Picante / Hot Sauce
  

  Hot tomato sauce.

• Papas al Horno / Baked Potatoes
  

  Baked Potatoes with butter.

• Spaghetti Poblano / Spaghetti with Chili Poblano
  

  Spaghetti with chili sauce (not spice).

• Papas Francesa / French Fries
• Frijoles / Beans
• Ensalada / Salad
  

  Specify lettuce or cabbage please.

Postres / Desserts

• Flan / Custard
• Brownies
• Key Lime Pie
• Cheesecake