Yes, I'm way behind on my travel posts and need to catch up. We visited both CDMX and Jalisco last summer.
As for CDMX, well, this was our fifth visit to this lovely destination. We have fallen into a routine of sorts, we stay in La Condesa, our first meal is usually at Pasillo de Humo, we enjoy grabbing a coffee at Cafe Toscano, and the Missus shops for chocolate at Tout Chocolat.
Tout Chocolat
Amsterdam 154
6100 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico
The one big change for us this time around was that I was able to get us a suite at the Red Tree House. I'd heard and read about the rooms and service, but was never able to get us a room, until this visit. We loved our beautiful suite. And we especially loved the official "greeter", named Romeo.
Of course, we never saw him actually moving around, he was always napping it seems. Though we knew he was ambulatory since he would be in a different locale everytime.
We had the Jacaranda Suite on the first level.
Which had a colorful sitting area.
Which came in handy since there was breakfast served every morning and a "Happy Hour" with free wine during the early evening.
The one big issue being that there is no A/C and it was unusually hot in CDMX during our visit. And while on our previous visits there would be a downpour in the evening which bring some cooler temps, it was strangely absent during our stay. In fact, the folks at RTH mentioned how different the weather was during the current year.
It was a wonderful stay, if a bit on the "atsui" side of things.
The Red Tree House
Culiacan 6
06100 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico
For dinner, we headed to the familiar confines of a place we'd been to several times over our visits to CDMX; Pasillo de Humo. Over the years, we've determined that, at least for us, ordering small dishes (and some good Mezcal) was the way to go here.
This was an interesting visit. Because of all the detailed posts I've done, over the years, I'm not going into great detail, except to say we ordered our favorite dishes.
What I will say is that other than tripas tacos, things just didn't seem the same. Prices have gone up, but the herbs and veggies were on the "brown" side of things, the memelitas were dry, as was the pork. The hoya santa was turning brown and lacked flavor…….it was just not a good meal. Quite sad as this was place we'd been to so many times.
And the place was completely empty during our entire meal. I don't know what's going on here.
Not sure we'll be back during our future trips to CDMX.
Pasillo de Humo
Av Nuevo León 107
06100 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico