[Mexico: Mexico City] 2* Quintonil by Jorge Vallejo

Rating: 3/5

Named after a green Mexican herb, Quintonil is the brainchild of Chef Jorge Vallejo and his wife Ale. It has been awarded 2 Michelin Stars in the inaugural Michelin Guide for Mexico and currently named #7 on World's 50 Best Restaurants. The menu is a showcase of local ingredients and Mexican flavors through modern interpretation. Unfortunately the meal was underwhelming as the flavors failed to impress.

The summer menu:

Corn and turnip chilled atole, mexican herbs

Blue fin tuna, aguachile de brassicas, wasabi iced powder, pickled watermelon radish, spring herbs

Stone crab in pipián verde with sunflower seeds, makrut lime and Thai basil, blue corn tostadas

Grilled pickled mussels tostada, mole del mar, charred onion sauce

Pibit duck tamal, young corn cream

Entomophagy festival:
- vegetables ceviche in smoked cactus leche de tigre
- charred avocado tartare with escamoles: santanero beans from Oaxaca and confit onions
- abalone homemade chorizo; oyster mushrooms alambre with salsa macha, grasshopper chintextle
- salsa roja with jumiles and epazote
- criollo corn tortillas from Opichen, Yucatán

Red lobster from Baja California with chilhuade rojo and orange gastric, kohlrabi and plancton cream

Braised oxtail in recado negro panucho, almond purée, red onion

Crème fraîche and melipona bee honey, passion fruit, caviar

Mango colado, toasted rice, seaweed

Mamey fruit panna cotta tartelette, pixtle cream

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