By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Housed inside an unassuming art déco home in Mexico City’s recently renovated San Miguel de Chapultepec neighborhood, Padella is an unpretentious but inviting European family-style restaurant with a downhome feel and a surprisingly sophisticated menu. The décor of Padella is understated, with each of the restaurant’s intimate dining rooms decorated in shades of green, blue and gray, with bits of
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Historically, the lush South American country of Colombia has been a mixed bag of triumphs and tragedies. Once home to the highly organized Muisca Confederation and the ultra-sophisticated Quimbaya Civilization (known for its spectacularly detailed gilt masterpieces), the early Spanish conquistadors believed Colombia enshrouded the illusive El Dorado city of gold. Named after Christopher Columbus – even
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS They say that people have a tendency to overlook the jewels that are right under their noses when hunting for a gem, and, in my case, that proved to be very much the case. I literally live right across the street from Carbonvino, which has been around for 11 years (six of them under a different name,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS A small group of wives of ambassadors and other foreign diplomats accredited in Mexico had an up close and personal class on how to prepare Italian cuisine from Mauro Chiecchio, the head chef at the Alfredo di Roma restaurant inside Mexico City’s upscale Presidente InterContinental in Colonia Polanco on Tuesday, June 12. The cooking seminar included a
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Call it haute cuisine mexicaine au désinvolte or Abuelita’s home-style cooking with a contemporary artisan twist, but regardless of how you define the gastronomy at the new Aida’s Café, it is a happy marriage between comfort food and fine dining. The latest addition to Mexico’s Grupo Hunan restaurant group (think Hunan Nobu, Guadiana, Nueve Nueve, Penny Lane,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ah, dessert! That delicious, delightful, delectable palate-pleaser that is the nectarous climax and true pièce de résistance of any great meal, enthralling your taste buds with luscious sweetness and providing an ambrosial flourished finale to the dining experience. Whether it be a simple bowl of vanilla ice cream or an elaborate Parisian profiterole, no meal is truly
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ever since it first opened its doors inside the Presidente InterContinental Hotel in the capital city’s upscale Colonia Polanco back in 1996, Alfredo di Roma has been a mainstay of fine Italian dining in Mexico. Renowned for its incomparable fettuccine all’Alfredo (after all, the recipe was first created by Alfredo Di Lelio in the restaurant
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Just in case La Pesquería Sunset’s name (the literal translation to English is The Sunset Fishery) is not a dead giveaway as to what patrons can expect in the way of cuisine when they dine there, the décor of the newly opened restaurant in Mexico City’s upscale Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec sends the message out loud and
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As soon as you walk in, the giant sign on the wall next to the open kitchen that reads “Cheese and chocolate fixes everything” is a dead giveaway that the newly reopened Melting Pot in Colonia Polanco is not going to be the same stuffy – and sometimes pretentious – restaurant that its forbearer was. No siree,
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Nonna, the traditional Italian restaurant in Colonia Condesa, is revamping its men
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