Dishola: Reviews by the Dish

Izote de Patricia Quintana is located in Mexico City's answer to Beverly Hills (Polanco). The swanky location is far from the historic city center, but the food is well worth the price of a thirty-minute cab ride. (If you hit one or two of the nearby (upscale) bars, you can make a night of it.) Every one of Chef Quintana's modern takes on old-fashioned, regional Mexican cuisine are exciting. The highlight of our tremendous meal was this dessert of vanilla bean-flavored ice cream and an empañada-style pastry filled with caramel and toasted nuts. The pastry was incredible -- light, flaky and flavorful, and most certainly made with copious amounts of lard. If I could eat just one more dessert in this lifetime, I'd have to seriously contemplate booking a flight back to Mexico City!