Gypsy Jan
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Mision 19 by Javier Placsenia in Tijuana; a review by the New Yorker
http://tinyurl.com/7gq5v5q
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
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\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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bajalearner
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Where is the restaurant?
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Just finished reading it. Don reluctantly passed it to me on his kindle, fearing that I would want to go to Tijuana for dinner after reading it.
So guess what~~
I WANT TO GO TO TJ!!!!
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gallesram
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It is located in the Rio Zone very close to the Hotel Lucerna (about 2 blocks away). We went for lunch in December; the food was outstanding and very
interesting. The atmosphere was a bit cold for my taste and you definitely did not feel like you were in Mexico; you could have been at a very modern
and hip restaurant anywhere in the world.
We probably went at the wrong time because we were literally the only people in the restaurant; we even had to ask them to turn the lights on!
Granted, it was a Saturday in December and my guess is that it probably is busier for lunch during the week. I would recommend going when it's busier
since it probably has a better "vibe". Incidentally, we have also been to Caesar's (their sister restaurant) on Revolution and frankly I liked it
better.
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Kalypso
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| Quote: | Originally posted by gallesram
It is located in the Rio Zone very close to the Hotel Lucerna (about 2 blocks away). We went for lunch in December; the food was outstanding and very
interesting. The atmosphere was a bit cold for my taste and you definitely did not feel like you were in Mexico; you could have been at a very modern
and hip restaurant anywhere in the world.
We probably went at the wrong time because we were literally the only people in the restaurant; we even had to ask them to turn the lights on!
Granted, it was a Saturday in December and my guess is that it probably is busier for lunch during the week. I would recommend going when it's busier
since it probably has a better "vibe". Incidentally, we have also been to Caesar's (their sister restaurant) on Revolution and frankly I liked it
better. |
You're right, it is a very sleek room, but it's also very consistent with a lot of alta cocina restaurants in Mexico City. I remember when Pujol first
opened there; everything was pretty much white on white. It was a bit stark. Mision 19 fits into a very contemporary niche and is much less
traditional. I've been several times. I happen to like the room but my taste runs to the contemporary in style. I really like the food too. Almost any
version of the nopal salad is fabulous. I really recommend Mision 19 because it really highlights the food products that are rasied, grown, harvested,
or fished in northern Baja and Southern California.
I've had drinks at Cesars but have not managed to eat there yet, so I am glad to read it's very good. I'll be trying Cebicheria Erizo, another of the
Plascencia spots, this weekend. I've heard only good things about it; I hope I'm not going in with unrealistic expectations.
[Edited on 1-27-2012 by Kalypso]
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Gypsy Jan
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Cebicheria Erizo
Here is a review by Bill Esparza (streetgourmetla.com)
http://www.streetgourmetla.com/2010/05/cebicheria-erizo-tiju...
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Kalypso
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That's the review that made us want to go 
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