- I hope you're having an amazing day.
It's Mark Wiens.
I'm in Mexico City.
We're in a taxi now,
we're on our way to a restaurant
that's called Los Sifones.
The reason I'm so excited to go there,
and why I'm gonna share it with you is because
they specialize in a couple of unique dishes
that look absolutely incredible.
Oh I can't wait to share lunch with you.
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Hey that was about a 30 minute drive
from the center of Mexico City.
It's a pretty nice neighborhood
and we got dropped off right at the restaurant.
(speaks in foreign language)
Yes.
(speaks in foreign language)
Yeah it's a family kind of sit down restaurant,
but it has a really friendly feel to it
and most of the restaurant is almost full now
except for this section that we're sitting in.
And it is almost all families that are eating here.
The food smells amazing.
This is a cool kind of like,
almost like diner-style restaurant.
Okay so this is the menu,
but you also get a whole paper checklist
that you can just check the things that you like as well.
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- And so what this restaurant is most famous for,
and why I was so excited to come here
is for their Molcajetes
which is a stone bowl mortar.
And what they do is they take one of them,
they put it on the hot grill,
then they put all the ingredients inside
then they foil it until it's sizzling away,
and then they serve it to you.
(food sizzling)
(cooks speaking in foreign language)
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That only took like five minutes to arrive
and you can walk up there and watch them
as they make the whole thing.
They added in,
what did they add in first?
Oh they first added in the nopal which is the cactus.
Then they added in all the bistec which is the steak.
Sliced it all up.
And what did they add?
Oh they added on some green onions.
They added on avocado which is an awesome touch.
And then they added in,
oh we got both green and red salsa.
And then they added on some cheese on top.
And this is just bubbling, sizzling away.
It smells incredible.
It looks delicious.
While it's still bubbling hot,
I gotta take a bite.
Oh avocado with all that salsa
and some of that beef.
Oh it's just burning hot.
Oh that is just like steaming hot,
almost like liquified avocado with beef steak.
And that's just like lava hot salsa.
Yeah I'm gonna need to blow on that.
Oh that avocado.
It's just like that's liquid avocado.
Oh it's so good.
That's truly world class.
I love the taste.
You can taste those salsas in there.
Both the roja and the verde,
which is the red and green salsa.
It has a dry chili flavor.
It has a nice sour taste to it.
It's so awesome because it's kept so hot.
It's just burning
and you can feel the heat just radiating off of this stone.
Next I will open up the box of tortillas.
And they have the unique square shape tortillas here.
I'm gonna try and get a little bit of everything
into my tortilla for this bite.
Get some of that.
Scooping it up,
the bottom of that beef down there
with the avocado.
Stick this into the tortilla.
And then I got to go in for some of that cheese.
It almost looks like tofu
but it's cheese I'm pretty sure.
Some cheese and some of that salsa.
Next and then also some of that nopal.
Yeah I just love how this piece of cactus,
it's just kind of draped over the side of this stone
like a drying towel.
Some extra green salsa.
Also some of the pico de gallo.
And then finally just a squeeze of lime.
Okay perfecto.
Oh wow that's juicy.
I like it with that extra tomatoes and cilantro,
that pico de gallo that gives it
an extra refreshing edge
along with a squeeze of lime.
You got the cheese in there.
You got the beef.
All of that wonderful just hot salsa.
Oh that liquid avocado is amazing.
That just dissolves in your mouth.
I also could not resist ordering some tacos here.
And they also serve them on the square tortillas
which I've never seen before.
And what's amazing about this place,
is that they mix the meat with a bunch of avocado.
So yeah I'm a huge lover of avocado.
Avocado is one of my favorite fruits.
And for this one I got the arrachera,
which I think is skirt steak.
So they cook the arrachera.
They chop it into small pieces.
It looks like beef guacamole.
For this one I'll try the red salsa
to contrast that green.
And then of course you gotta squeeze on some lime.
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That just squishes with avocado.
Oh that's just like straight up beef,
but really tenderful, flavorful beef
mixed with so much pure avocado.
Like so pure,
it's such a good combination.
It's so rich from that avocado.
And that arrachera, wow.
Because we got the Molcajete with the bistec.
But the arrachera is definitely more tender.
They're both good though.
Next time I would probably opt
for the Molcajete with the arrachera.
Oh man that beef is awesome.
I love the avocado in here.
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The volcanic bubbling has now stopped,
but it's still really hot.
You can still see the steam coming off of it.
I'm gonna try one of the onions.
I just cannot get enough of onions in Mexico.
They're so good in every different form and shape.
Oh that flavor.
That just sort of popped with this
crunchy onion texture to it.
It's a little bit chewy.
Like the outer edges of the onion.
The outer layers of that onion are a little bit chewy,
but then it gets like soft.
It's sweet.
Oh man that's delicious.
It has a roasted charred flavor to it.
I love it.
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Such an incredible dish.
That stone mortar,
it stayed hot.
I mean it didn't bubble the entire time,
but even after finishing,
after clearing out all the contents of it,
you can still see the steam rising off
of that hot stone.
So it stays hot throughout your entire meal.
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- When you're done with your main meal,
they come around with a cart full
of really colorful desserts.
And so we decided to try a chocolate cake.
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It's got like a,
not the fluffy kind of cake,
but it's really like kind of dense,
but really rich.
Really chocolatey.
That's a good way to end this meal.
I think it says 508 pesos.
And we had all of the food I showed
plus an extra quesadilla.
We had drinks and then we had that dessert.
A full, complete meal.
That was such a fantastic meal.
The food was excellent,
service was great.
I like how it's still a sit down family restaurant,
but you can watch them as they cook your food
right in front of you,
and then they serve it directly to your table
hot and fresh.
It has a very friendly feel to it as well.
Fully enjoyed that lunch
and if you have a chance to make it here
when you're in Mexico City,
I would highly recommend it.
Everything was good, yeah.
Everything was good actually.
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