Saturday, May 31, 2025

Molettes and Torta from Café Central inside Historico Central Hotel

¡Hola! I'm writing to you from Mexico City. Our flight from Vancouver was delayed for an hour, so we didn't get to our hotel until after 1:00 a.m.

Air Canada gave us pretzels and liquids (juice), but we hadn't had dinner yet. We were starving! Luckily, our fantastic hotel (Historico Central Hotel) has a 24-hour café that offers complimentary food to guests. They only had a few food items available, so we decided on molettes and torta.


CAFE Central

Molettes is a beloved Mexican open-faced sandwich with toasted bolillo (a crusty white bread roll) as its base generously covered in refried beans, melted cheese, and ham.


Molettes from Café Central
Toasted bread, fried beans spread, melted cheese, bacon, and ham

Meanwhile, torta is a classic Mexican sandwich. Between the same bolillo bread are creamy cheese, turkey ham, and sun-dried tomatoes.


Torta from Café Central
Bolillo bread, ham, pickles, menonita cheese, chorizo-onion mayonnaise

The food was so comforting, especially at 2:00 a.m.! I can't wait to share more about our food adventures in Mexico City.

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