☕ Breakfast in Polanco: Lilōu CDMX
| Location: | Lilōu (Inside the InterContinental Presidente) |
| What I Ordered: |
Concha de Vainilla ($60 MXN) Huevos con Machaca ($310 MXN) Matcha Latte ($80 MXN) & Lilōu Latte ($110 MXN) |
| The Damage: | Around $560 MXN (Comparable to dining out in Vancouver) |
Good morning from Mexico City! My husband is off attending his conference today, which is the entire reason we are here, leaving me with a blank itinerary. I have absolutely zero plans today, so I have made a grand decision: I am staying in the hotel and doing nothing but eating.
The InterContinental Presidente has more than five different restaurants on-site, so a self-curated food tour for breakfast, lunch, and dinner sounds incredibly doable.
After waking up from a wonderfully restful sleep and taking a quick, refreshing shower, I headed straight down to Lilōu for my first stop.
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| The beautiful breakfast spread at Lilōu, ready to be enjoyed. |
I started my morning with an unsweetened Matcha Latte ($80 MXN) with oat milk. Honestly, it was just okay, and I would not necessarily recommend it. In hindsight, I probably should have leaned into pure indulgence and ordered their tiramisu latte instead, but there is always tomorrow!
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| The unsweetened Matcha Latte with oat milk. |
Alongside my matcha, I ordered the Concha de Vainilla ($60 MXN). The concha is a quintessential, uniquely Mexican sweet bread, famous for its gorgeous shell-like sugary crust.
When I cut into it with my bread knife and fork, it felt as light as a cloud. The inside was incredibly flaky and light. I had initially worried it might be sugary to the point of being overwhelming, but while the patterned crust provides a lovely sweetness, the interior dough carries just enough saltiness to balance it out beautifully.
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| The cloud-like Concha de Vainilla, perfectly balancing sweet and salty notes. |
Then came the main event: Huevos con Machaca ($310 MXN). This dish features fluffy scrambled eggs cooked with tender shredded beef, tomatoes, peppers, and onions.
My absolute favourite part of the plate was that it came accompanied by creamy refried beans, warm flour tortillas, and a brilliantly spicy salsa. The salsa was key, adding a vibrant pop of heat that completely elevated what might have otherwise been a standard plate of scrambled eggs into a breakfast worth writing home about.
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| Huevos con Machaca, served with refried beans, tortillas, and that essential spicy salsa. |
Lilōu is styled as a French cafe, but they serve up some incredible Mexican breakfast favourites. Honestly, if you are asking whether I would choose to come back here over Cafe Urbano, the answer is a resounding yes!
While the buffet at Cafe Urbano was a fun experience, having access to specialty Mexican breakfasts, refined French classics like Croque Monsieur, a proper espresso bar, and freshly baked pastries is a massive win in my book.
Dining here also reminded me of something I am not quite used to anymore: having so many attentive servers on the floor. Back in Vancouver and across Canada, labour is incredibly expensive, so you rarely see staff members just standing by, waiting to catch your eye. Here, there were three or four servers in a room of about twenty customers. The level of service is exceptionally polished.
Before I finished my meal, my disappointing matcha latte was completely gone, so I decided to treat myself to an iced Lilōu Latte ($110 MXN).
What is in it, you ask? Coffee, rich cream, and... peanut butter! Visually, it is an absolutely gorgeous drink. Flavour-wise, it tasted exactly as described: a perfect balance of pleasant bitterness from the espresso, rounded out by a delicious, nutty punch of peanut butter. I absolutely loved it!
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| The stunning, layered, and nutty iced Lilōu Latte. |
Admittedly, I ordered far too much food for one person, and the prices inside the InterContinental are definitely on par with what I would pay back home in Canada. But for a lazy Friday of pure, unstructured bliss, it was worth every single peso.
Now, it is time to head back to the room, digest, and plan where my lunch adventures will take me!
Have you ever tried peanut butter in your iced coffee? Would you order a savoury Mexican breakfast over a classic hotel buffet? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
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