Buenos Días from Mexico City! It's a beautiful sunny Saturday morning and our first stop is Café de Tacuba for breakfast.
Hubby got to order café de olla while I enjoyed the smooth Chocolate Tacuba. It reminded me of tablea hot chocolate when I was in Cebu, Philippines.
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| Chocolate Tacuba from Café de Tacuba |
For food, we shared dos tamales de pollo con salsa verde and rancheros con frijoles refritos o divorciados. Both items were recommended from my go-to travel book: Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eats: The World's Top 500 Food Experiences... Ranked.
403. Savour tamales in a Mexican restaurant
MEXICO // There's nothing better to unwrap than freshly cooked tamales, a dish that embraced the slow cooking movement before the phrase was coined. Prior to assembling the package, the outer wrapping of corn husk must be soaked overnight to make it pliable. In the morning the husksare stuffed with tamale dough and meat, and the ends tied together with strips of husks before being steamed. Unwrapping the tamale reveals delicious soft pork or chicken.1
EAT IT! A staple of Mexican restaurants thrroughout North America, it's also a snack sold by vendors in Central America.
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Dos tamales de pollo con salsa Verde from Café de Tacuba Two tamales with chicken in green peppers sauce |
178. Meet your match with Mexico's huevos divorciados
MEXICO // Eggs are as much a part of Mexico as Mayan wonders like Chichén Itzá, and one of the best egg dishes in the country is the acrimoniously names huevos divorciados, or divorced eggs. Two fried eggs are separated on the plate by two sauces - green apple salsa and spicy red tomato. Far from the flavours beging irreconcilable, they're very compatible - so there's hope of a reunion, though not if your dish comes with a dividing line of refried beans.1
EAT IT! The grand Café de Tacuba will unite you with this troubled breakfast. Calle de Tacuba 28, Centro Histórico, Mexico City
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Rancheros con frijoles refritos o divorciados from Café de
Tacuba Divorced eggs with refried beans |
1 Lonely Planet Food. (2018). Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eats: The World's Top 500 Food Experiences... Ranked. Lonely Planet.
