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November 6, 2009

Guanajuato, Mexico: Las Mercedes; restaurant review

Calle de Arriba No. 6. Fracc, San Javier, 473-73-2-73-75.

Contemporary local Mexican cuisine is served here at Las Mercedes in a hillside home that doubles as a family-run restaurant. Here, you literally dine in a local family's home--the upstairs is used as their residence—and, with menu selections that are tasty and refined and made with fresh local ingredients, the chef/family member definitely proves that not all Mexican cuisine is about tacos. In addition, the atmosphere is welcoming and friendly and the view expansive. The gourmet lunch I enjoyed a few weeks ago included a salad with cactus and squash blossoms, little chilies filled with cheese, a rich chicken mole, a dessert corn cake topped with coconut ice cream, and a horchata drink made of sweetened rice water.



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image c2009 Carole Terwilliger Meyers

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