Vacation & 3 February pre-Historic Otomi cooking class & Reservations

Vacation 

We will be closed from Saturday 24 January until early February.  We will open again on Wednesday 4 February. 

Denver is walking the pilgrimage to San Juan de los Lagos ... 120 miles.

Pre-Historic Otomi cooking class 

The next class will be Tuesday 2 February.  

We will be touring the Tianguis, finding our chilies, finding where we can cheat and buy the bed pre-made paste ... and by popular request ... finding the best pulque and learning how to tell quality.

The main events for this meal are ... mole and ... yes ... wild turkey!!!! 

Don't ask me how.  Further details will be posted ... so stay posted. 

Reservations are required and are by email ... here

The tour is 150 pesos, the class 350 pesos and both ... 450 pesos

Reservations 

Restaurant:  We have been discovered, so to ensure that you get seating ... reservations are strongly recommended. Our seatings are  20 minutes apart so that we have time to give you the attention you deserve. 

Restaurant reservations by phone ...  415 . 150 . 0239

Or email here 

Classes:  Reservations are required as we limit the class to 8 ... or occasionally 10 ... people.  We also need to know how many to prepare for and who we will be meeting where.  In the case of the mole and wild turkey, the ingredients are expensive.  We are not charging more, but honored reservations are necessary.

20 January . Pre-hispanic Otomi Cooking Class

Go get the goodies ... (field trip)

       Meet at the San Juan de Dios church 

               Go down Canal ... midway turn right onto San Antonio ... go 1 block

               At noon 

     From there we will walk to the market ... find the ingredients ... and then go to ... 

Class 

      Meet at the restaurant ... how to get there is in the column to your right

      Begins at 1:00

Menu ... (All classes will have a vegetarian option)

     Xoconostle soup

     Real pico de gallo ... different, like our guacamole was different last week 

     Fresh tortilla 

     Frijoles / beans 

     Chila cascabel salsa 

On 24 January Denver will be on a 120 mile walk about, otherwise known as a pilgrimage ... to San Juan de los Lagos.  Therefore the next class will be Tuesday, 3 February. 

Tuesday 13 October

Field trip 

       Into the campo we go ... to learn how to harvest cactus pads.  

       Gloves are optional 

       Leave from the restaurant at noon ... directions to your right 

Class 

       We will stuff the large leaves we gathered 

       Stuffing is vegetarian ... sausage ... and goat cheese from a near by rancho 

       We will also make tortillas 

       And some other things 

       Class begins at 1:00 pm 

        It will not last past 3:00 pm 


Please email me for reservations 







     

Tuesday 6th . Pre-hispanic Mexican Cooking Class

Field trip

     Meet at the San Juan de Dios church 

               Go down Canal ... midway turn right onto San Antonio ... go 1 block

     At noon 

     From there we will walk to the market ... find the ingredients ... and then go to the class 

Class begins at a 1:00 ... at the restaurant ... how to get there is in the column to your right

Menu ... (All classes will have a vegetarian option)

     Gorditas 

             We will learn about the corn ... from the kernels ... to the finished product 

     Cactus nopales 

     Frijoles / beans 

     Salsa 

     Cheese 

     Jamaica 

On the 13th ... We will be doing stuffed cactus ... epazote ... hand made tortillas ... guacamole 

Tuesday Pre-hispanic Mexican Cooking Classes . general info

Affordable, informative, fun

Denver's mother, pure Otomi, was a widely celebrated cook among the gringos here in the 70’s and 80’s.  Denver paid attention.   

The Tuesday classes come in 3 shapes 

Morning … Field trips for sourcing materials … the Tianguis … finding organic corn … and having it ground …the campo and nearby ranchos to find unusual ingredients …  different each week ... 150 pesos 

1:00 … an hour (or so) of making the meal …  and then enjoying it together … 350 pesos 

even better … Both … 450 pesos 

 

Register 

At the restaurant   

        Call the restaurant    415 .150 . 0239

        email us here