Holy mackerel, it’s sierra season.

Holy mackerel, it’s sierra season.

We had three very good reasons to be celebrating at Mario’s Mariscos Frescos. It was the restaurant’s eighth anniversary. They had recently become the number one ranked San Miguel de Allende restaurant. And it was the start of the sierras arriving from Mazatlan....
In praise of pork. And Silveyra’s.

In praise of pork. And Silveyra’s.

Poor old pork. Always the bronze medalist. Always seeming to lag behind behind beef and chicken in the popularity poll, despite it often being half the price. That thought was spinning through my head again last week. I was lunching at the relatively new to San Miguel...
Bowled over by what came in this bowl.

Bowled over by what came in this bowl.

Lima and I got off to a rocky start. My first time there was when the restaurant was in San Miguel’s Mercado Carmen. I asked the very charming server to bring me the dish that the chef was most proud of. The chef’s recommendation was Linguine Huancaina with Cortes de...
Kǒuyīn makes a dazzling debut on the San Miguel dining scene.

Kǒuyīn makes a dazzling debut on the San Miguel dining scene.

The rumor started to circulate back in November. Chef Marcela Bolaño and her partner Ximena de Léon Campomanes were opening a new restaurant, a new Asian restaurant. I was intrigued. I was enthused. I was excited. But I wasn’t surprised. Marsala, their first San...
The same good old Zumo. But a whole new crowd.

The same good old Zumo. But a whole new crowd.

It’s been happening for a few years now. The decline of 50+ expats out on the town. And their rapid replacement by 20+ nationals. But I really noticed it on Sunday. First, on the streets of Centro. And then at lunch at one of our favorite San Miguel restaurants....