Affiliated Restaurants

Mexico City

Aguila y Sol* (Martha Ortiz)
Moliere 42
Colonia Polanco
Mexico, DF.

+52 (55) 5281 8354

Bistro M/P* (Mónica Patiño)
Andrés Bello 10
Col. Polanco

+52 (55) 5280 2506

Izote (Patricia Quintana)
Presidente Masaryk 513, Local 3
Colonia Polanco
Mexico, DF.

+52 (55) 5280 1671

La Taberna del León (Mónica Patiño)
Altamirano 46 - Local 173
Col. Tizapan

+52 (55) 5616 2110

Naos (Mónica Patiño)
Palmas 425
Col. Lomas

+52 (55) 5520 5960

Pujol (Enrique Olvera)
Francisco Petrarca 254
Col. Polanco

+52 (55) 5545 4111

from A Taste of Tepoztlán: Get Cooking in Mexico by Kelly Regan
Our destination for lunch was Bistro MP, where celebrity chef Mónica Patiño has created a Mexican/Asian fusion menu of remarkable creativity. The meal unfolded like some sort of taste-bud fever dream, each dish more delicious and unreal than the next. Oysters braised in a smoky chipotle-bernaise sauce. Tostadas piled high with blue crab. Tacos made with crispy roast duck and served with salsa verde. Maybe it was the passion fruit margarita talking, but suddenly, the similarities between Mexican and South Asian cuisines -- the presence of chiles for heat and depth; the cool comfort of tropical-fruit salsas and purées -- were so obvious, it was amazing to me that "Mex-As" restaurants haven't sprung up on every corner. Dinner became drinks-only at another hot restaurant, Aguila y Sol, owned by chef and culinary historian Martha Ortiz. The chef was not there during our visit, so we nursed our drinks -- one final (mango) margarita for me -- and perused the menu with detached curiosity. Suddenly servers surrounded the table bearing trays of architectural desserts, "a gift from the house." Coconut flan with pineapple sauce, crème brûlée of mamey (a sweet, yam-like tropical fruit) with carnation-petal jelly . . . We stared at each other in disbelief. No way. No way. OK . . . maybe a taste. Later, in the throes of a happy food coma, I reflected on the arc of this trip. The week began with an immersion in Mexico's culinary tradition, guided by the women who live that tradition, every day. By week's end, I had watched that tradition evolve into something fresh and exciting.

Tepoztlán

La Posada del Tepozteco

www.posadadeltepozteco.com

Calle Paraíso No. 3
Tepoztlán, Morelos 62520
Mexico

+52 (739) 395 0010