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Mexico City - Aguila y Sol or Izote?
PAXIA Avenida de la Paz in San Angel... Just loved it
Review w/ photos: Izote de Patricia Quintana
My personal experience September 2009 at IZOTE was very deceiving. No complaints as such, but being a Hound , honestly: Prices too high , even for appetizers, wine list expensive and limited, decor and amiebience was univiting and on the boring side. Service was good , the tortillas were REALLY small and the food just OK.
Would not go back. Suggestion: instead, try PAXIA at Avenida de La Paz in San Angel. We were pleasantly surprised by this young , unpublished , not yet famous chef: Daniel Obadia. this is a place our party really went WOW, why have we not been here before?
The Baja Med Movement:La Querencia, Villa Saverios,Baja Med Pizza Co., and beyond at the frontier of a gastronomic revolution
Thanks Nopal, you got my point...saludos
Authentic Gorditas
I must disagree with the person saying tlacoyos is a variation of gorditas... they are actually a different size , shape and are put in the comal already witha filling of frijol, garbanzo, or a differnet kind of bean... usually with queso fresco , cilantro and salsa on top.
Gorditas are usualy more in Northern Mexico, usually made of corn masa. But in Torreon, state of Coahuila you will find some that are made with wheat "flour" masa.
From my father's home town Ciudad Victoria,state capital of Tamaulipas comes the most famous gordita name "Doña Tota" who was famous for many years and would even serve personalities such as the President himself when they came to town. She passed away, and who ever kept the one restaurant and owned the name, decided to go Franchise! Surprisingly enough, and I guess because gorditas are so easy to make (masa, comal, and good stuffings) You will find several succesful "Doña Tota's" scattered all around Mexico.
A variation on a usual , regular gordita: Bocoles served in Northern Veracruz state & Tamaulipas . Smaller, they use some rendered beef and pork fat , to make them fluffy and the stuffings might be slightly different too.
The Baja Med Movement:La Querencia, Villa Saverios,Baja Med Pizza Co., and beyond at the frontier of a gastronomic revolution
ok you have made your point...I will do so when in northern Baja.
By the way Tampico is the name of a city in the state of Tamaulipas.
The Baja Med Movement:La Querencia, Villa Saverios,Baja Med Pizza Co., and beyond at the frontier of a gastronomic revolution
Great info on what is happenig in Baja. I Appologize for being a purist , it would be interesting to see more regional Mexican food over there. Baja does not have a long standing, Mexican culinary tradition, but they can always borrow these kind of recipes from other areas (Oaxaca, Veracruz, Yucatán, Tabasco, Michoacán, Jalisco, Puebla)
San Jose del Cabo has two restaurants that are doing a decent effort for "real" quality, upscale Mexican food with a twist (no fusion) El Chilar and Don Emiliano
Kudos to them for being proud of their heritage.
Try them next time , when in Los cabos
Puerto Vallarta Vegetarian?
Archies Wok , no question offers the best vegatarin options...
Bucieras (Nuevo Vallarta - Royal Decameron)
Bucerias:
Try a new place for breakfast and Lunch : Luna Luna
Lovely garden and palapa setting, a black iguana lives here too.
They make fresh OJ , and have excellent mexican breakast options. Also some vegetarian.
Their Cofee is 100% Mexican Roasted By Cafe Oro Verde in Puerto Vallarta.
Bread from the Italian baker down the street very fresh every day.
Carla and Alex the owners will be taking care of you.
Reader's Choice Puerto Vallarta
For all of you planning a trip and looking for good places to eat , this is a great reference for the area of Banderas Bay (Puerto Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta and further North)
This is the fourth time virtual vallarta makes this poll and every year it grows.
You will find some new cathegories from last year, some restaurants have won a few times in a row, some are new to these awards too.
Consistently appearing for several years are: La Piazzeta, Archie's Wok , Café Des Artistes,
El Arrayán , Pie in the Sky, Daikiri Dick's , Mark's, La Palapa
Here is the adress to all awards and categories, including runner's up at Reader's Choice 2008:
http://www.virtualvallarta.com/puertovallarta/read/news/readers-choice-winners-vallarta-2009.shtml
Hope it helps !
Recommended Caterer in Puerto Vallarta
Eventful moments Vallarta, youcan talk to Zac or Katryn.
They own most of their beautiful equipment , wrok with their own waiters as oposes to union, excellent food and cocktail options.
Los Xitomates Puerto Vallarta closed?
I have heard that los Xitomates in Downtown PV has closed for good. Have not been in town recently , but a good friend told me there is a sign that says "Closed for renovation"
People around the area know they had problems at their first venue, and when they moved just across the street we all hoped it would go better for them. It would be kind of sad to see yet another original restaurant close , if this information is accurate....
Does any one have any moe information?
Puerto Vallarta: Wedding Rehearsal dinner/Reception Caterer for destination wedding
it is a small restaurant , has a very outside feeling but it is inside, Mexican style, That time it was for around 80 people. Excellent cocktials open bar, appetizer, ceviche, beef molé and homemade tropical sorbets.La Rueda? never heard of it...
Puerto Vallarta: Wedding Rehearsal dinner/Reception Caterer for destination wedding
I did attend a private party at El Arrayan and every body loved it , you should deffinetly contact them. For a good caterer in town you can contact em-vallarta. They do an excellent all-around job at planning any event.
What to eat in Cabo?
Back from Cabo, I recommend
El Chilar, Don Emiliano, La Bodega
Overall, cabo is overpized for Mexico,
food/research suggestions for baja/ensenada - por favor!!!!
Just returned form Ensenada, eat at some great places in town and Valle de Guadalupe:
Ophelia, Rosendo and Rosa opened 1 year ago
"623" Seis veintitres, by monumento a la madre, Marcela Ruiz and enologist Hugo D'Acosta have a winner, also 1 year old, will post full review
Manzanilla, Benito Molin and wife Solange still run a very tasty fun place thursdays, winemakers get together
In the Valle de Guadalupe,
Laja , Jair still in charge and growing own veggies herbs and they actually made their own house wines to go along with the Baja Mediterranean menu, plus extensive Mexican wine list
El Naranjo , grilled meats simple delicious affordable
Over all , prices are good, never as expensive as Cabo or Todos Santos y Southern Baja
Puerto Vallarta - Restaurant Bianco & Chef Roger Dreier?
Sadly, Chef Roger Drier died in 2006.
Bianco has closed for good and the space is offerd on the market for rent.
PV opinions on Vista Grill, La Kliff, Xitomates, La Palapa, etc...
Los Xitomates has closed for good now
Fave restaurants in Puerto Vallarta
Los Xitomates has closed now. You can try El Arrayan and Agave Grill they have very good food
Favorites in Guadalajara
Agavina Escolastica and Cafe Candela in Zapopan,
La I Latina and their other restaurant right next to it
2 nights in DF???Here's my itinerary??
Lunch at El Bajio on Ave, Cuitlahuac, go around 1.30 fefore they run out of things!!!
Cabo recommendation
Don Emiliano, Chef Margarita Salinas, in the Slow Food Movment in Mexico, Contemporary atmosphere, great Mexican wines, Traditional flavours from other regions in Mexico
Restaurants in the vicinity of Puerto Vallarta
Most of the variety and recognized restaurants are in Puerto Vallarta proper,maybe rent a car or stay in Town.Here are my commnets on the places mentioned above:
Le Fort: overpriced , not tasty
Frascatti : only some salad dishes and pastas and beef yummy, dont order fish
Mark's : Great
Mezzogiorno : Great
Also "Tacos on the Street" in La Cruz on weekends very tasty , not far from Frascati
Columba, in la Cruz, tasty, fresh seafood for lunch
Roots: Vegetarian , fresh regional produce
San Pancho: Mar Plata, Cafe del Mar very good both maybe not open during the summer time
ZIHUATANEJO "chowing" suggestions needed :)
I have not been there in a while but I fondly remember a few places:
Ruben's Burger, La Sirena Gorda fish tacos, if you can drive a little outside town , go to
Barra de Potosi, a beach not too far from Zihua, going South. There you will find differnet "enramadas" little restaurnts that only sell limited seafoos and fresh fish a la "Talla" . Marinated with mild spices, and Grilled whole. Served with totillas and rice, fresh salsas.
Fanci Place in Ixtapa: Villa de la Selva, upand comig chef form DF with interesting menu
40th Bday: In Mexico City
Mybe for something really festive, authentic, yummy, instead of fancy dinner seriously consider lunch at El Bajio. You can reserve a large table in advance, it is near Polanco, on Avenida Cuitlahuac. Arrive around 1.30 pm for lunch , with live music, amazing daily specials, and excellent carnitas, aguas frescas, gorditas petroleras. They have been around for 35 years or so... Family operated Recently written about on NY times and CNN
paste this on your browser,
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/07/18/food.mexico.ap/index.html
Felicidades! you are finally entering the 40's comfort zone
Report: Puerto Vallarta
There is all kinds of restaurants for all kinds of pocket sizes. Some people don't realize even in Mexico it is expensive for the local owners to operate a place with full bar, bilingual staff, clean decent bathrooms fans or a/c. If you like good food and dont mind paying for the little extras that make it confortable, you will find several places in Vallarta that have both. Anyway if you convert it to US dlls it is still good prices...
Puerto Vallarta Restaurant: El Arrayan
Excellent place, they have been voted best Mexican Restaurant fo rthe last 3 years.
Their site: elarrayan.com.mx is very informative and has lots of pictures...
food/research suggestions for baja/ensenada - por favor!!!!
Benito and Solange form Manzanilla, did go to Mexico City, but the restaurant was not sucessful. They have since returned to Ensenada and are still running Manzanilla. They also own Silvestre in Valle de Guadalupe and a Ceviche place, dont know the name
