It didn't matter whether we were eating off carts or fine china, paying $1 or $10 or more, everything we ate in Mexico City was amazing. Everything. I don't know if we just lucked out, or if it's truly impossible to have a bad meal in the city, but I certainly intend to research further…
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I had the pleasure of dining at Dulce Patria during my visit to Mexico City a few years ago and I still consider it to be one of my most memorable meals. I loved their interpretations of the various cocktails!
I can guarantee a fantastic meal if you get to try Pujol next time you visit Mexico. I went to Pujol my visit to Mexico last November and it was AMAZING.
Pujol is a no brainer of course. Quintonil, Biko, Porfirio´s, Emilio, Azul Historico, Puntarena, La Hacienda de los Morales, San Angel Inn, just to name a few...
As far as I know charging dining bills to room folio would incur a hotel tax which I believe is around 8% or something close.
Was this "lunch" in the US sense of just enough to hold you until dinner, when it's time to eat again? Or was it lunch in the old European sense of main meal of the day?
Because the portions seem really small. Especially the 'duck', which from the photo seems to be a plate with a small opening filled with mole sauce. Not enough to even qualify as a soup, much less a main course. I'll have to take your word for it that there was some duck in there somewhere. 😉
Then again you said "far, far, far, too much food", so maybe there was more to it than one can tell from the photos.
@ Robert Hanson -- Hah, well, I guess that depends on the person! We had made our reservation for 3:30PM, and we ate for a full two hours, and didn't eat again that day. I wasn't hungry until we got back to San Diego the next morning around 11.
The portions weren't American-sized, but we struggled to finish everything. That's probably a combination of how filling the food itself was, the altitude, and that we're more accustomed to European portions. I don't know that I could manage three courses by myself at most restaurants in the US, honestly.
@J gives a nice list.
I'd certainly add Mercaderes in the Centro. They're always inventively good. Probably El Cardenal also. Possibly La Hosteria de Santo Domingo in late summer especially to try the city's most famous Chile en Nogal.
And Nicos is the most Mexican of the fancy Mexican restaurants.
I like La Tecla in the Roma and appreciate the great food but not the uncomfortable space and seating at Rosetta, also in the Roma. I'll happily go back to Rosetta again when they guarantee me one of the sidewalk tables outside the cramped rustic dim dank building and promise not to put smokers out there with me.
@Tiff Dulce Patria certainly looks fascinating from your photos. Now I want to go.
Your odd quesadillas reminded me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtQ8QLcqHNY