A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
After visiting a mall in Dubai, we decided to check out this restaurant for drinks. It is conveniently located in a Marriott hotel (and you get a 20% discount for being a Marriott Bonvoy Gold member).
For drinks got an Aperol Spritz and a Glenfidech 12 neat.
For appetizers, got the lollipop chicken. Would probably not get that again.
Overall like the vibe and the drinks, so would come back.
We went to the this place for a friends 30ths birthday. We got a fixed menu, but ended up asking the waiters to wine pair our courses.
I will say the service is very high end (which I guess is expected since we were in the Polanco area). The waiters always made sure the table was clean, and they insisted on pouring the wines themselves (they would come over to the table if they saw you doing it!).
Here is the menu:
– **For Snacking (Shared):**
– Hummus with ‘chile de agua’ pico de gallo and wood-fired bread
– Pickled Vegetables with mushrooms, beet, and carrots on sweet potato sourdough
– **Starters (Shared):**
– Salmon Trout with soy vinaigrette, pistachio, and white kimchi
– Green Salad with blue cheese dressing and bacon-pepita crumble
– Fried Squash Blossoms with mushroom cream, guava chutney, and spicy sauce
– **Main Course (Shared):**
– Braised Short Rib with burnt onion sauce, ‘queso cuadro’, and blistered shishitos
– Striped Bass with romesco sauce, parsnip, and braised bok choy
– **Dessert (Shared):**
– Basque Tart with mamey ice cream and cocoa crumble
– Wood-fired Bananas with dulce de leche, ‘rancho cream’, and pinole crumble
From the above, the hummus, pickled vegetables, salmon trout stripped sea bass, and desserts were great. I probably wouldn’t get the others again (the braised short rib was cooked great, but the sauce/flavor wasn’t good).
We stopped by here for breakfast after our hot air balloon ride in Mexico (it was included in our tour).
They served us orange juice, Mexican coffee (which had a sweet flavor), fruits, this sweet bread, and a dish that is called chilaquiles (this dish is better with chicken… the beef was not good quality and too chewy).
The cave vibe seemed legit, and seems like they’re other food could be good. Would come back if I wanted Mexican food.
We went to this place for dinner after going to the Soumaya Mueseum in Polanco (Mexico City).
Like the rest do the area, it’s fairly up scale. Lots of high rise buildings and big naked companies.
This restaurant was located in a high end mall. Definitely the vibe was great.
For drinks, each whisky drink required that you order a double (so about 23 usd for two shots of Glenlevit). Deal was pretty sick.
For starters, they started us of (for free) with some nachos and dip (that seemed to have cheese and beans). For appetizers, we got the cauliflower, beef tacos, beef wrapped asparagus, quesadilla sampler and octopus. Would get the first three again.
For our main, shared the ribeye steak (medium rare) with mushrooms and spinach’s sides. Would get all but the mushrooms again.
For desert, we got a variety of cakes (not exactly sure which ones). Would get any cake there again.
We went to this place for our third brunch in Mexico City (15 minute walk from our AirBnb).
I got a latte and Aperol spritz. Both were decent.
For my main, got the huevos a la Mexicana (scrambled eggs effectively).
I would come back here, but service was a bit slow.
We checked out this place for brunch in our third day in Mexico City.
We ended up ordering things family style, and asked for their 8 top recommendations. From what they recommended, I would say the fish was great. The shrimp cocktail and the wings were ok. Didn’t really like most of everything else.
Will say that I did like the vibe of the restaurant, but not sure I would come back. Also the mimosas were not too strong.
We went to this place on our second night in Mexico City.
It is highly suggested by many that if it is your first time in Mexico City to go visit this place.
For drinks, mainly got Aperol Spritzs.
For appetizers, got the shrimp cocktail and the tuna sashimi. Thought both were excellent. Also got the clam chowder (would probably not get it again).
For the main course, shared a few things. Got the tuna tostados, the king fish tacos, the octopus, and the whole grilled fish.
For deserts, sampled the apple pie with ice cream, the strawberry cake, the flan, and the fig cake. Would get the apple pie again if I had to choose one.
For our first brunch in Mexico, we decided to check this place out.
This place was a good mix of American and Mexican food/ brunch.
Of course got mimosas and a latte. Both were great, but not really strong (they didn’t fill the mimosas up all the way, only half way, and put half orange juice).
The food was excellent. Got the Ranchero, Fritos o a la Mexicano (scrambled eggs with ham, and a side nacho situation with made it have a touch of Mexico, plus beans).
I would come back here again (even though they had the watered down drinks).
This was the first place we checked out in Mexico City in the Roma NTE (north) area.
This is the number 3 bar in the world apparently.
The speakeasy was hidden in the Nh hotel, and the entrance looks like the door in the picture below.
Some drinks I had were the Banana Split (it came with a Lego piece that was edible!), and. If in Japan. Both were great. Also got a Toki highball, which was just as expected.
We also got all the food on the menu below (all shareable). I would say the best is the braised beef and mushroom brioche. (I wouldn’t get the other food).
Went to this restaurant before a night out in San Lucas Cabo (it was 5 minute Uber ride from main downtown).
The vibe was actually really chill (very tropical).
For drinks, got a boost and vodka (boost is one version of red bull in Mexico). Then got a whisky neat (Johnnie Walker black).
For appetizers, tried a dip that was made from grasshoppers (only had a taste). It wasn’t bad, but likely not to get it again. Also got the fish tacos, which was really good.
For the main course, got the Michoacano, which is a pork Chamorro. It was pretty good. Was a low carb option (since it had vegetables).
The only complaint I had about this restaurant is that the main course came really really slow (almost 40 minutes). (They did say their kitchen broke down as the reason).
One other thing is they had a tequila drink that had a scorpion in it, and mezcal that had a snake in it (see the pictures below).
