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Authentic Meal Shines in Chef's Love

  • October 23, 2009
  • Rated 5 of 5 by COwanderer from fort collins, Colorado
Authentic Meal Shines in Chef's Love

I first wrote about our phenomenal dinner while watching the sunrise on our private deck overlooking the ocean at Tulum, still feel filled with love from Claudia's food and not wanting to miss a detail. She is true chef that has mastered her family's Nahuatl cuisine. Organic ingredients sourced locally are used whenever possible.

Housed in an old home in el centro Tulum. Indoor seating or a small patio with a about 6 tables is a better choice in the heat of summer. As the only table later in the evening, Claudia spent a lot of time with us in between preparing our courses. She spoke of all the native ingredients to Mexico such as cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla. "Burritos, tacos and nachos are not Mexican food" was one of my favorite things she said and so true. Chef Claudia's love of food, history and giving people a pleasurable dining experience shines through.

The house appetizers are panella cheese with a red beet sauce, a spectacular, homemade, seeded bread with garlic butter wrapped in corn husks, a traditional green salsa and something like a frijoles tart. We tried one and kept adding new flavors and mixing sauces. My tastebuds were the happiest they have ever!

We shared a delicious salad with warm proscuitto, nuts, cheese, tomatoes and spinach. My new husband had the house specialty, Chile en Nogada, that has the colors of the Mexican flag. Pepper stuffed with beef, raisins, pinapple and topped with a creamy sauce with parsley and pomegranite seeds. I don't eat beef and I had a big bite and then another. The seeds really made it pop. I had the grouper in tamarind sweet sauce and would add the spicy green sauce on some bites with the white rice.

We were pleasantly full but I really wanted a dessert also. I let my husband choose and of course it was the ice cream and a crispy fried dough covered in chocolate sauce.

The entire menu looks phenomenal, inventive yet traditional.. There are three types of mole and a cactus jelly that I wish we had time to try.

Only open for breakfast in the high season, dinner 5pm-10pm and closed Wednesdays. No liquor for now but that can be worked around.

It was the meal of our trip and a highlight of our honeymoon. I sugggest while in Tulum to visit Claudia early in your trip because you might want to go back.

600 pesos for two with 2 sodas and a bottle of water plus tip. Very reasonable for the high calibur meal and worth twice as much. Highly recommended when in Tulum or the area!

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