Dinner
Birria Tacos
Jalisco's chilli-braised beef, shredded into tortillas that have been dipped in the scarlet fat from the braise…
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Appetizers
Authentic Guacamole
The Mexican original is made in a molcajete and contains no garlic, no cumin and no soured cream — just avocado…
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Dinner
Tacos al Pastor
Chilli-and-achiote-marinated pork, shaved off a vertical spit and served with pineapple, onion and coriander. This…
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Desserts
Tres Leches Cake
A light sponge soaked in three milks until it is completely saturated yet somehow not soggy, topped with softly…
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Dinner
Chicken Enchiladas Rojas
Corn tortillas rolled around shredded chicken, blanketed in a red chilli sauce made from whole dried chillies rather…
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Desserts
Cinnamon Churros
Ridged, crackling churros dusted in cinnamon sugar with a pot of dark chocolate for dipping. The dough is a simple…
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Appetizers
Loaded Nachos
The real thing, not a pile of chips with sauce poured over: every chip laid out individually, each one bearing its…
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Dinner
Chili con Carne
A long-simmered chilli built on toasted whole spices and a hit of dark chocolate, with the beef cut into cubes…
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Dinner
Slow-Braised Carnitas
Pork shoulder braised in its own fat with orange and bay until it falls apart, then crisped under a hot grill so…
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Breakfast
Chilaquiles Verdes
Fried tortilla chips simmered briefly in salsa verde until they soften at the edges but keep a bite at the centre…
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Dinner
Enchiladas Verdes
Corn tortillas dipped in a charred tomatillo salsa, rolled around shredded chicken and baked under more salsa, crema…
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Desserts
Flan Napolitano
A dense, cream-cheese-enriched custard baked over caramel and turned out so the syrup floods down the sides. Denser…
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Drinks
Classic Margarita
Three ingredients in the right proportions, shaken hard and served over ice with a half-salted rim. No mixers, no…
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Lunch
Mission-Style Burrito
San Francisco's contribution to world food: a steamed flour tortilla wrapped around rice, beans, meat, cheese, salsa…
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Dinner
Baja Fish Tacos
Baja-style tacos with beer-battered white fish, a lime crema and shredded cabbage for crunch. Twenty minutes from…
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Dinner
Mexican Red Rice
Arroz rojo: rice toasted in oil until it smells nutty, then simmered in a tomato and garlic broth until every grain…
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Dinner
Beef Barbacoa
Beef cheek or chuck braised for hours with dried chillies, cloves and bay until it shreds under a fork, in juices…
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Appetizers
Elote — Mexican Street Corn
Charred corn slathered in crema and mayonnaise, rolled in salty cotija and dusted with chilli and lime. It is the…
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Dinner
Refried Beans
Pinto beans simmered with onion and then mashed into their own broth in hot lard until they are creamy, glossy and…
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Drinks
Horchata
Rice and cinnamon soaked overnight, blended and strained into a sweet, milky drink served over ice. The standard…
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Appetizers
Queso Fundido
Melted cheese in a hot skillet with chorizo and roasted chillies, brought to the table still bubbling and scooped…
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Quick Meals
Cheese Quesadillas
A properly made quesadilla is about the cheese pull and the crisp, blistered tortilla — nothing more. Ten minutes…
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Dinner
Cochinita Pibil
Yucatán pork marinated in achiote and bitter orange, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked slowly until it falls into…
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Breakfast
Huevos Rancheros
Fried eggs on crisped tortillas under a warm, smoky ranchero sauce, with black beans and avocado. The Mexican…
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Drinks
Michelada
Beer, lime, hot sauce and Worcestershire over ice in a chilli-salt-rimmed glass. Mexico's answer to the Bloody Mary…
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Holiday Specials
Pork Tamales
Masa whipped with lard until it floats, wrapped around chilli-braised pork in corn husks and steamed until it sets…
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Lunch
Tinga Tostadas
Crisp fried tortillas topped with chicken tinga — shredded chicken in a smoky chipotle and tomato sauce — with…
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Appetizers
Aguachile
Raw prawns cured in minutes in lime juice blitzed with green chilli and coriander, layered with cucumber and red…
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Appetizers
Sopes
Thick masa discs with a pinched rim, griddled then lightly fried, and piled with beans, meat, lettuce, crema and…
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Dinner
Pozole Rojo
Mexico's celebratory hominy stew: pork simmered until tender in a brick-red guajillo broth, served with a table full…
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Holiday Specials
Mole Poblano
Puebla's legendary sauce: more than twenty ingredients — chillies, nuts, seeds, spices, dried fruit and chocolate —…
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Drinks
Agua de Jamaica
Dried hibiscus steeped and sweetened into a deep crimson agua fresca — sharp, floral and served in a jug over ice on…
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Drinks
Café de Olla
Coffee simmered in a clay pot with cinnamon and piloncillo, the way it is made over a fire — sweet, spiced and never…
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Drinks
Tepache
Pineapple skins fermented with piloncillo and cinnamon for a few days into a lightly fizzy, barely alcoholic drink —…
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Quick Meals
Chicken Quesadilla
A properly built quesadilla: cheese against the tortilla on both sides so it welds shut, filling in a thin layer…
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Dinner
Chicken Tortilla Soup
A brothy Mexican soup with real depth: dried chillies toasted and blended into the base, chicken poached in it and…
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Healthy
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos
Sweet potato roasted with chipotle until the edges char, black beans warmed with lime, and a quick pickled onion for…
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Quick Meals
Chilli Prawn Tacos
Prawns seared 90 seconds a side in a chilli and lime rub, with a crunchy cabbage slaw and a chipotle crema…
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Dinner
Pulled Jackfruit Tacos
Young green jackfruit shredded and cooked down in a chipotle and orange braise until the edges catch, which is where…
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Dinner
Chicken Fajitas
Marinated chicken and peppers cooked hard in a dry pan and brought to the table still spitting. The sizzle is the…
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Dinner
Carne Asada
Skirt steak in a lime and orange marinade, grilled fast over the fiercest heat and sliced across the grain. Twenty…
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Appetizers
Pico de Gallo
Tomato, onion, chilli, coriander and lime, chopped small and salted. Fifteen minutes, no cooking, and it improves…
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Appetizers
Salsa Verde
Tomatillos and green chilli charred under a grill and blitzed with coriander and lime. Twenty-five minutes and…
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Dinner
Chile Relleno
A poblano stuffed with cheese, dipped in whipped egg and fried, then sat in a thin tomato broth. The hardest easy…
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Lunch
Sopa de Fideo
Thin noodles toasted golden in oil, then simmered in a tomato broth. Thirty minutes, and it is what Mexican children…
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Desserts
Arroz con Leche
Rice simmered slowly in milk with a cinnamon stick and a strip of lime peel. Forty-five minutes, mostly unattended.
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Dinner
Menudo
Tripe simmered three hours with hominy in a red chilli broth. Mexico's Sunday morning cure, and there is no fast…
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Quick Meals
Ground Beef Tacos
Minced beef cooked with real spices rather than a sachet, in corn tortillas with whatever you have. Twenty-five…
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Lunch
Sopa de Tortilla
A chilli and tomato broth with crisp tortilla strips added at the table so they keep their crunch. Forty-five minutes.
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Dinner
Camarones a la Diabla
Prawns in a red chilli sauce hot enough to justify the name, made from soaked guajillo and chipotle. Thirty-five…
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Appetizers
Esquites
Corn cut off the cob and fried, then dressed with mayonnaise, lime, chilli and cheese and eaten from a cup with a…
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Desserts
Paletas
Fresh fruit blended with a little sugar and lime and frozen in moulds. Fifteen minutes of work and no cooking.
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Baking
Conchas
Sweet enriched rolls under a crisp sugar paste scored into a shell. Mexico's pan dulce, and the pattern is the name.
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Dinner
Gorditas
Thick corn cakes griddled until they puff, split open like a pocket and stuffed. Fifty minutes.
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