My fav restaurants in Mexico City, part II !!! 

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I have been coming to Mexico City since 1994 and family living. All memorable visits with many restaurants over the years ,even some forgotten; however, will put the ones that brings the my memories flashing with new pictures not yet in my blog. This is my treat on the Mexican cuisine, one of the best in the world. Do read/see my many posts on the whole country in my blog, Therefore, here is my take on my fav restaurants in Mexico City, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I,

I had another crazy trip going first from Nantes to Amsterdam on HOP the regional French carrier who was totally late missing my connection with KLM there at Schiphol. The flight was delayed due to fog for almost 1,5 hours!!! no way to get any flights on a Saturday to needed to stay at a hotel and flight back the next day Sunday. Yikes!!! I do not think will be on HOP again. It’s Air France idea of low cost but not working at least for me.

The rest was nice as KLM gave me a nice shuttle bus ride to the Bastion Best Western hotel with dinner, breakfast included all free; then a 10€ voucher for lunch on Sunday. The return shuttle bus was nice also. Schiphol,  I have been before and always lateness there do not understand why going around you need to fly north and then south !!! The Schiphol airport of Amsterdam claim to be an excellent transfer airport but to me has always been late there !! The BW Bastion Hotel, I stayed complement of KLM webpage: https://www.bastionhotels.com/en-gb/hotels/hotel-amsterdam-airport

My Sunday KLM flight to Mexico City (DF) airport or Benito Juarez was excellent ride and on time. Once arrival, I was picked up rather nicely by a car and driver service to take me to my hotel in a nice area of the city corner of Insurgentes Sur  and Mercaderes; the City Express  Plus Hotel. The best of it is the location, but not a hotel for a family visit more so business trip is ok. https://www.cityexpress.com/en/plus/hotels-mexico/ciudad-de-mexico/benito-juarez/insurgentes-sur

My office building where I was visiting has a gorgeous view over the city from our 19 floor office and seeing again the Diablos Rojos Mexico city baseball stadium was nice; I have seen games in it several years back. As well as the very nice Teatro de los Insurgentes theater always nice memories (see post).

However, as always, the best part is to meet old friends ,always there when I stop by the city , former colleagues of many years we counted by now 20 years and still going strong.  I had gone to the Wing’s Army bar on Insurgentes Sur to see the football/soccer match between the PSG and Bayern Munich as a French team was playing and won 3×0, the ambiance was nice and plenty of good Miller High Life beers by the liter which have been a long time not drank again, this was neat and the Army hamburger great with good company even better. Webpage: http://wingsarmy.com/mx/

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Later in the evening I met my friends mentioned above, and figuring out a place to go in the area as they are from outskirts of the city I told them about the La Bella Lula and interested all went there. It was great loud music and great selection of beers I tried the Pacifico beers with Enchiladaas de Mole Negro delicious and plenty of more beers. I came back, of course, this is Oaxaqueño style food (Oaxaca) and had a very nice Tasajo de Res con Enfrijoladas with another nice set of local Dos X beers, nice flan dessert to kill for as well. Ah the dish is about four slices of beef with a tortilla spread in black beans soup, delicious! It seems to be a nice place for an after work/happy hour/apéro meeting of friends! webpage: https://labellalula.com/Branch

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Finally, I have to give you a simple great Argentinian cuts steakhouse call El Diego. This was the best dinner of the trip with great bife de chorizo beef steaks and nice Negra Modelo beers, great wooded dining room and views over Insurgentes Sur, nice street and great people watcher spot! A must to return next time. Facebook page not verify if still open. https://www.facebook.com/El-Diego-M%C3%A9xico-1391939824422613/

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There you go folks, another wonderful visit and a nice trip back on not too congested Mexico City. The choices are endless, I just touch base on mines, Again, hope you enjoy this post on my fav restaurants in Mexico City , part II !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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  1. I also missed a connection at Schiphol, so I spent the night with the other passengers in the same situation in a hotel that specialises in doing that, the atmosphere there is weird. The most annoying thing is that the luggage is not available as it is already checked in for the next flight.

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    1. Yes Schiphol is weird, it is also the only airport in Europe where they check my passport and even call a supervisor to see it… I guess a Spanish name on a French passport is different for them! I do not worry about luggage as only had carryon with me but imagine if with luggage! thanks for stopping by

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