Good morning, guys. Welcome back.
Vagabrothers exploring Mexico City.
Right now we are Colonia Juarez.
Colonia Juarez is essentially the come-back-kid of Mexico City.
A hundred years ago,
it was the most exclusive neighborhood in town.
It went through some troubled times,
and now it's finally back on the up-and-up.
We're going to explore this place, but first.......
coffee.
This place is my vibe.
I walk in there and they're playing Royksopp
if you know who Royksopp is.
Comment section. Coffee shop.
Cute little bakeries, restaurants......
sure there's a lot more.
But we're going to explore it after we caffeine-ate.
For breakfast we got the best of both local and global cuisine.
We got some cold- brewed coffee from Ethiopia.
I ordered some chilaquiles.
It's going to be very nice......
a typical Mexican breakfast.
So excited....
Cold-brewed coffee, guanoabana juice,
and an açai bowl
because the last couple days have been delicious,
but decadent.
Should have got a bigger sauce pan.
All right. Breakfast and coffee are done.
And now it's time to explore the neighborhood.
OK guys. A little history on Colonia Juarez...
The story of this neighborhood is really
intimately tied to the story of one of Mexico's
most controversial figures: Portifirio Diaz
who was a seven term president of Mexico
in the late 1800s.
His economical policies basically made Mexico
one of the wealthiest countries in the world,
but also one of the most unequal.
That meant that the rich got richer
and were able to build these beautiful
French- styled mansion, but the poor didn't.
Eventually, that lead to the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
A lot of the wealthy fled the area,
and that sent the neighborhood into decline.
It was essentially abandoned for basically
the last hundred years.
You know what this place reminds me of right now?
Kensington in London.
That's because of this...
Look at these things. In England they call them 'muse'.
A central sort of like private alley.
That's where you would have the stables
back in the day.
But now they've all been renonvated and
turned into cool places.
There's definitely tons of potential here.
The area is right, right in the center.
It's just natural that it's going to become
a cool place to live again.
When you have a Nimbus 2000
you obviously are very selective about where you park it.
We've had coffee. We've had food.
We've walked around; we've learned a little bit of the history.
Now we're going to head into this awesome,
old-school building right here that has been
turned into a kind of co-op with different small businesses.
But one of them is a menswear store.
We're going to go take a look... see if there's
anything cool in here that catches our eye...
and hopefully doesn't break the bank.
Look at these shoes, man. These are so nice
and made by them, it looks like.
I'm already in love.
I think Alex and i have discovered
we have a weak spot for men's fashion,
and this place is really cool...
Not only is it housed in this classic building,
but the style... it looks vintage, but it's all new.
Seventy percent of the things here are actually
made in Mexico.
They've just got this really cool, classic style
that makes the perfect souvenir to bring home.
Which one of those would you put with that?
I don't know.
First I've got to make sure that this can fit me.
It's like a corset.
Too many chilaquiles. Too many chilaquiles
All right. Ladies, Gentlemen.....
Damas y Caballero. It is lunch time.
And we have come to the restaurant Amaya.
The owner, Jair, and his brother Vladimir
have been pioneers in one of the biggest
trends in modern Mexican cuisine:
that of Baja California.
They've got restaurants in the Valle Guadalupe,
in Tijuana, and now this restaurant,
which is bringing that Baja Californian food here
to Mexico's capital.
This restaurant Amaya opens next week.
We're really lucky. We're going to have a sample,
a little bit of lunch, some wine,
and maybe catch up with some friends.
Que tale?
Guys, you might recognize
Martín from our video on Tijuana
from two years ago from Verde y Crema
The world is a "pañuelo"
I am Jair Tellez
My personal style is defined from
where I'm from. I grew up on the border.
We were too American for Mexicans
and too Mexican for Americans.
Therefore, people expected things from the border
to be kind of lacking in substance.
And there has been this focus on what's authentic
and what's not.
What we do is very authentic.
It's traditional. it's new traditions.
It's a statement of identity, in a way.
We are coming up with a tradition, and that's amazing.
The slogan of this restaurant is:
"comida rica and vinos raros"
Good food and odd wines.
They have all natural wines,
which is why this one is a bit opaque.
It's not filtered... a little bit less clarity, but more purity..
This is a serious treat.
We are here before the restaurant open to the public
literally trying all of the experimental dishes
coming out of the kitchen.
"tostada acevichada"
A tostada that wanted to be a fish taco.
You guys let me know if it works.
All right. Fresh veggies,
guacamole, cabbage, garnish
and this lovely, kind of spicy mayonnaise.
it's absolutely delicious.
Oh look at this.
We've got some clams. pearl beans,
pig's feet.
Salud!
Bueno.
Hazelnut eclair with some chocolate.
Yum.. Seriously doubt I'll be able to walk out of here.
Do you guys have a stretcher, maybe?
Mescal! That's the solution.
I was going to take a siesta,
but if mescal's involved,
I think I'll go dancing.
Salud.
I'm so stuffed. I'm exploding with happiness.
So happy. This is a great neighborhood.
That was a great restaurant.
And, looks who's back. Hey. Hey.
Me.
Ok.. ¿Ahora que vamos a hacer?
We're going to go walk around.
Instagram mission? Instagram mission
with this beautiful sunlight.
A picture within a picture, within a picture.
We're just getting the best Instagram right now.
If you haven't already, make sure you see
these shots on Fernanda's Instagram [@FerCaballero]
as well as ours [@Vagabrothers].
What do you think of the Vagabrothers, Fernanda?
You've been with us for two or three days now.
I don't know.. It's complex.
I really don't know what to say right now.
It's okay. I'm kidding. I love you guys.
It's all good. I think we have a new buddy
here in Mexico City. Watch my eyeballs.
Seriously? The tarantula venom makes your mouth numb.
I can't feel my mouth at all.
I can't feel my face when I drink you.
And I don't like it.
I do. It's nice. Otro!
We've just finished dinner,
and we have been joined by.....
Hello.... I'm Alan
por el mundo!
No, no, no. Alan "xel" mundo.
"AlanXe" mundo.
Welcome to Mexico.
I don't know what is your plan
because it's not my plan. I'm going to sleep.
But you're going to a "speakeasy."
The plan is this: we're going to put our right foot
in; we're going to put our right foot out.
We're going to put our left foot in; put our left foot out
something like that.
And then we're going to do the hanky panky
And turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
We're going to the Hanky Panky.
It's a speakeasy, and there's apparently
a really easy way to get in. We'll tell you more
about it when we get there.
And Alan....we'll see you tomorrow.
Tomorrow, I will take you to my neighbor.
Neighborhood?
It's called Colonia Roma, and it's my
favorite neighborhood in Mexico City.
Boom. Enjoy your Hanky Panky.
And we'll turn ourselves around.
And that is what it's all about.
We're going to a speakeasy. I don't really
know where it is. We can't find it.
But we only have to go through a refrigerator.
I don't even know what a speakeasy means.
A speakeasy is an old-school bar
that was hidden during times of prohibition
so that you could have a party without getting
rolled by the cops.
But now it's so hidden, we can't even find it.
I don't believe this guy at all.
Poco sketchy.
He's definitely sketchy.
This is a wild -goose chase, bro.
So we are looking for this place.
And I was just telling Fernanda that the most
important word in English for travel is: "gumption."
Gumption....Alex lacks gumption, sometimes.
You don't know when to give up, dude.
Gumption means...it's the ability to continue
[wasting people's time] on the road, looking for
the thing you need. Having faith.
We should buy a doughnut.
What was that?
We made it. We found it. You have to literally
go into a kitchen.
The point being that
there's still more to explore here in
Juarez in the city of Mexico
We're going to go in this underground bar,
and we'll see you guys soon. OK?
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In the meantime, stay curious, keep exploring,
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if we make it out of this place alive.
Peace. Good night.
Oh ye of little faith. We've found it.
Details not allowed. We can't ever tell you where it is.
You'll just have to find it yourself.
Salud Bro!
Yes. yes, yes, yes, yes.