A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
Went to this place after a fine dinner for drinks in the Polanco area in Mexico City. Surprisingly the place surpassed expectations.
The music was mainly disco house, so lots of Purple Disco Machine. The waited sometimes strobed his flashlight when we a sick song came on. We also got sparklers from the waiter for free.
For drinks, mainly stuck to what I knew, which is Jameson highballs and Glenlivet on the rocks.
Will say the music sort of went downhill after 12:30am.
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 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.
