SAINT APPETIZER TRES MARIAS Pickled octopus with vegetables, avocado and sweet “chipotle” chili, served with three crispy corn tortilla TIRADITO DE LA MAR Clam sashimi, marinated with seaweed, sesame seeds, balsamic vinegar, serrano chili strips and pickled ginger. MANJAR MESTIZO Grilled Eggplant ravioli, filled with black corn mushrooms, cooked with zucchini blossom, ricotta cheese, “epazote” and tomato sauce. EMPANADAS CRIOLLAS Deep fried home made pasta turnover stuffed with shrimp, vegetables and Oaxaca cheese, served with a cold pineapple & ginger sauce FLAUTAS DE VILLA Deep fried little flour tortilla, tacos filled with “glasé duck”, served with guacamole and “pico de gallo” sauce FROM THE HEAVEN ENSALADA DE LA GULA Smoked tuna fish prepared with fresh tomato, avocado and young cactus leaves, served with sweet & sour “red onion jelly” on crispy sweet potato ENSALADA COSTA ALEGRE A combination of fresh mixed lettuce, black olive, cucumber, red onion, celery, anchovies and cherry tomato, sprinkled with oregan oil ENSALADA DEL PALMAR Breeze from the palms; heart of lettuce, heart of palm and heart of coconut with dill dressing and white fried noodles CAPRICHO DE LA TIERRA “Thousand leaves” of grilled vegetable, marinated with balsamic vinegar and olive oil, with a crown of goat cheese ANGELICAL STEWPOT SOPA ESPECIAL AZTECA Corn tortilla stock with tomato, avocado, crispy pork skin, cheese, sour cream and “chili pasilla” rings SOPA VERDE Exquisite mahi mahi soup prepared with pumpkin seed powder and vegetables ENJOY BEING SINFUL QUIMERA DEL MAR Shrimp coated in beaten egg, sprinkled with “amaranto” seeds and coconut, served with pernod and mango chutney and cream of spinach ECLIPSE DE SOL Shrimp medallion surrounded with bacon and served on soft “pasilla chili” sauce, garnished with broccoli and a piece of parmesan cheese PESCE SOLEADO Mahi mahi wrapped in corn husks, flavored with guava and avocado leaves with soft “mulato chili” sauce, mushrooms and red onion, cooked in a bamboo steamer, served with fried plantain medallions DARNA DEL MAR Fish fillet and shrimp trio, cooked with “cafe de Paris“ butter, served with young corn risotto, zucchini blossom softly flavoured with “epazote” and “mezcal” SALTIMBOCA MAYA Grilled pork medallions, marinated with “achiote” spice, served on a grilled cactus leave and red onion, with a touch of “habanero” chili. GIGOT DE GALLINA Chicken leg stuffed with vegetables cooked with rosemary and olive oil, served over curry, apple & coconut sauce, garnished with plantain croquette. LA TRENZA DE MARIA BONITA Grilled marinated skirt steak, served on “mole” and garnished with couscous and black sesame. MIGÑON DEL PATRON Grilled fillet migñon served with a cabernet and blue cheese sauce, garnished with spring potato flavored with tarragon. TRES DESEOS Beef, chicken and shrimp grilled medallion, dipped with three different sauces; curry, lobster butter and chimichurry, served with fried potato medallions, and crispy leek. SORRENTINI Ravioli; home made beet pasta, stuffed with ricotta cheese and spinach, sauteed with almond butter and fresh rosemary, served parmesan cheese LINGUINE ARRABIATTA Linguini cooked with bacon, fresh tomato sauce, basil, chili and parmesan cheese, essence of basil oil. GLOSSARY Amarranto: A traditional cereal, cultivate in México Coriander: Native from north of Africa, it has aromatic leaves used in the Mediterranean, Latin, Indian and Chinese cuisine. Chile ancho seco: Mild dehydrated poblano pepper . Pasilla chili: When is tender it has got a green colour and dehydrated it becomes a dark brown colour Mulato chili: It belongs to the chili ancho family Sweet chipotle chili: Dried chilli cooked with spices and brawn sugar on paste Mole: Mild chili and chocolate sauce Habanero chili: well known for been very hot Pernod chutney mango: From India, prepared with fresh mango, ginger, sugar and red bell pepper Achiote: Annato; red seed used in the mayan cuisine Epazote: Mexican herb with a very special flavour Red onion jelly: strips of onion cooked with butter, sugar, red wine and raspberry vinegar Heart of coconut: spongy slightly sweet fruit, it born in coconut Café de Paris butter: Prepared with thyme, marjoran, rosemary, garlic, shallot, curry, paprika, parsley, brandy and marsala wine Thousand leaves: grilled slices of eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper, tomato and mushroom Lobster butter: Clarified butter with lobster carapace and fine herbs Glasé duck : bird cooked in it´s own fat at a very low temperature for a few hours White wine sauce: prepared with yolk, butter and white wine Pico de gallo sauce: choped and mixed tomato, onion, serrano chili and coriander Curry Sauce: Curry powder, apple, celery and coconut milk Chimichurry sauce: South American recipe, garlic, cumin, parsley, thyme, vinegar and oil Tarragon sauce: Prepared with yolk, butter, white wine and tarragon leaves Pesto sauce: Prepared with fresh basil, butter, sour cream, pistachio and olive oil Fresh tomato sauce: Fresh tomato pulp, garlic, shallot, olive oil and fresh basil SLOW FOOD: CULINARY MOVEMENT DEVOTED TO PRESERVING TRADITIONAL GASTRONOMY.