Muro
Loreto 10B
It’s
no wonder this restaurant is rated number One on Trip Advisor for the second
year in a row. Their secret: Service! The service is reason alone for me to
come back. It has all the other makings of a restaurant that will make my
repeat list – a great menu, a warm and friendly staff, impressive and speedy
service and a wide variety of very fresh food.
They
have a lunch special and for 99 pesos you can get soup, an entrée, drink and
dessert.
I
was not hungry and just had a bowl of Aztec soup. It was delicious and the
broth was a lot like the one in the Sopa de Sabado recipe below.
The
staff? They
treated me as if I had spent 500 pesos instead of just 50.
La Cocina de Boris y Jessi
Ancha de San Antonio #35
I was on the
Ancha and popped into La Cocina de Boris y Jessi. The last time I checked their
website they had biscuits and gravy on the menu. They were not. Jessi said they
sometimes have them now as a Saturday special.
I had the
scrambled egg on a muffin with bacon. It was a quick breakfast but what I did
notice is that it only had one slice of bacon. I like my bacon. The egg was good
and seemed almost chopped rather than scrambled. The tab was 50
pesos.
Maybe it’s
because I was counting on biscuits and gravy that I was disappointed.
Nothing against La
Cocina de Boris y Jessi. The service was good. Better hop in early though because
there are only a few tables. Boris is a well known chef from Sonoma and cooks for
a lot of private events.
I’m going to
give this place a second try. Maybe by then I’ll be over wishing that biscuits
and gravy were on someones menu in San Miguel.
Casa de Sierra Nevada
Hospicio#42
Right around the
corner from my house is Casa de Sierra Nevada – one of the best hotels in San
Miguel. I went there for breakfast two days in a row.
Can you tell
what the experience is going to be on your first try? One of my friends says
she needs two or more times to evaluate it. Me - I can usually tell the first
time out. Anyway, it gave me an excuse to eat there twice.
The first day I dove into pancakes with delicious toffee cajeta butter. On a scale of 1 to 10 they were an 11. The presentation was not only exquisite but this stack had great flavors. Only in Mexico do you get cajeta for breakfast.
The next day, it was Eggs Benedict, one of my favorite feasts for brunch. The hollandaise was nearly perfect and what set this apart from all the rest of the Eggs Benedict I’ve had in San Miguel is that it was done with fresh chorizo. It was worth it for me just to experience the taste of fresh made chorizo. I can’t say that any other chorizo I’ve tasted has been this good.
Casa de Sierra Nevada Hotel was not expensive for the quality of the food and the
service. The room was also beautiful.
The bonus: Free use of pool after buying
breakfast or lunch in their restaurant.
So what did I do after breakfast? Dessert. Hey, it was raining!
Café Rama – Round Two
If you want
great fish and chips, this is the place. Lightly-battered and cooked to
perfection, it was served with a delicious pickle-infused potato salad and
homemade potato chips (YUM!) seasoned with chili powder.
The Margaritas...and
notice the plural…were magnificent. I really loved the blend of sweet and sour but
at 90 pesos a pop, I have to rethink whether I would order them again. We asked
the waiter if it was made with a special tequila which would have explained the
price difference but he said it was just bar tequila.
I loved the food
but I can think of a dozen other places where you can also get a good Margarita
at about half the price.
Problem is, I still like this Margarita the best of any I've had in San Miguel.
Problem is, I still like this Margarita the best of any I've had in San Miguel.
Café Rama is at Calle Nueva 7 in
San Miguel.
Buen
Apetito x 4!
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