Menu

Mexican cooking with recipes from Yucatán, Tabasco, Jalisco and Mexico City. Dish names stay in Spanish.

Breakfast

Tamal de masa colada

A gem of Tabasco cooking, in banana leaf.

Chilaquiles

Fried tortillas in salsa, with cream and cheese.

A table seen from above with green chilaquiles, scrambled eggs, beans with cheese and enmoladas with cream.

To start

Molotes de plátano

Plantain fritters filled with goat cheese and beans, with mole.

Ceviche estilo frontera

White fish and olives cured in lime, with mayonnaise.

Esquites

Warm corn kernels with mayonnaise.

Guacamole

With chicharrón and tortilla chips.

Soups

Sopa de tortilla

Tortilla soup.

Consomé de verduras

Vegetable consommé.

Crema de frijol

Cream of bean soup.

Salads

Ensalada de milpa

Quelite pesto, watercress, purslane, squash blossom, pickled chayote and cream cheese.

Ensalada de nopales

Nopal cactus with double cream cheese.

Ensalada César

Caesar salad.

A green salad with squash blossoms in a deep plate; the dining room blurred behind.
Salad

Main courses

Pacholas

Two thin sheets of ground beef marinated with dried chiles and spices, with salad and refried beans.

Pan de cazón

Fish stew with olives and epazote, layered with tortilla and beans, with tomato sauce, pickled onion, avocado and roasted habanero.

Enfrijoladas del Palacio

With machaca, in a bean sauce with avocado leaf.

Cazuelita de ropa vieja

Shredded beef with bone marrow.

Fideo seco

Dry noodles with cheese, chicharrón, avocado, chipotle and cream.

Timbal de pollo

Chicken timbale with mole or pipián.

Enchiladas y enmoladas

With chicken or cheese.

Chile relleno

Filled with quesillo and beans, over tomato broth.

Burrito de camarón

Shrimp burrito.

Milanesa de amaranto

Breaded with amaranth, with green salad and fries.

Aguacate relleno

Stuffed with nopal salad or Russian salad.

Torta de pierna

Roast pork sandwich with beans, double cream cheese and fries.

Sándwich de jamón

With panela cheese and quelite pesto.

A burrito cut in half, filled with beans and rice, with fries.
Burrito

Desserts

Tarta de chocolate

With caramel and salt.

Pastel de tres leches de cajeta

Tres leches cake with cajeta.

Flan casero

House flan.

Pan de elote

Sweet corn bread.

Pastel de zanahoria

Carrot cake.

House flan with two strawberry halves on caramel.
Flan

Coffee and drinks

Café de Veracruz

The classics, with plant-based milk options.

Tés e infusiones

Chocolate caliente

Aguas frescas

A cup of coffee with leaf latte art; the Palacio lobby blurred behind.
Coffee

Cocktails

Also classic cocktails, Mexican beers and spirits, and wines.

La Traviata

Mezcal, hibiscus, tamarind, black tea, cardamom and lime.

Fra Diavolo

Reposado tequila, damiana liqueur, lemon and chipotle cordial.

Otello

Sotol, grapefruit, passion fruit and natural syrup, spritz style.

Rigoletto

Gin, white Lillet, lime and Angostura bitters.

Negroni Boulevardier

Whisky, Aperol and vermouth.

A creamy drink in a cut-glass tumbler, on a black marble bar.
At the bar

Seasonal

The kitchen changes through the year. These dishes have been on the menu.

Pan de muerto

In October. Traditional recipe with orange blossom, soft and buttery.

Chile en nogada

In September.

Muc Bil Pollo

Yucatán Day of the Dead tamal, in November.

Pavo y tarta de manzana

Turkey and apple tart, in December.

Sugar-dusted pan de muerto, close up.
Pan de muerto

The menu changes with the season and some dishes depend on the day. Ask at the café for prices and availability.