Here is the trouble with Mexico. I eat breakfast at 8am and we don’t eat lunch (la comida) until 3pm. At 11am I am already starving and not knowing how I am going to make it to 3. The hour between 11 and 12 is a desperate one, too late for breakfast, too early for lunch, my stomach is grumbling, my mood is deteriorating, and sometimes I feel like I am going to faint. No kidding. Continue reading

I know next to nothing about food in Mexico City but I do have one favorite. It’s the Pán de Elote at Saks San Ángel, described as a “corn cupcake,” but resembling a cross between a corn muffin and a corn souffle’. I asked our waitress about what goes into it and she said only fresh corn, butter, and milk. Now, the thing is loaded with eggs — you can tell just by looking at it. So she said, yes, that’s right, corn, milk and eggs — but no butter because there is almost no fat in it. Well, I doubt that too. I think it’s fresh corn, corn flour or some sort, lots of eggs, butter, and milk or cream, and I suspect some sugar too. I don’t mind. It’s moist, sweet, and the fresh corn provides a bit of texture, a little coconut-like crunchiness here and there. 16 pesos.

Saks San Ángel
Tel: 5616-1601
Plaza San Jacinto 9
Col. San Ángel , México D.F

Lunes de 7:30 am a 6 p.m
Martes a viernes de 7:30 am a 12am
Sáb. de 8 a 12am
dom. de 8 am a 7pm