Local Restaurants Announce Christmas Eve Dinners

Many restaurants that participate in Restaurant Week are planning  special menus for Christmas Eve dinner, featuring a festive array of dishes to enjoy this highly-anticipated evening.  

Among them, we present the following menus for your consideration:

Gaby’s Restaurant

December 24

Three-course menu

$350 MXN per person

Appetizers

• Salad – mix of arugula, spinach, with grilled pear, blue cheese and homemade apple vinaigrette

• Cream of corn and squash blossoms with Oaxaca cheese and roasted poblano pepper

Main course

• Traditional turkey with pineapple gravy

• Pork shank with Mole Madre

Dessert

• Bananas covered with caramel and pistachios with vanilla gelato

• Corn cake with chocolate gelato

Reservations: (322) 222-0480

Address: Mina 252, El Centro.

Florios

December 24

Three-course menu

$695 MXN per person (Includes a glass of wine and 15% of service gratuity)

Appetizers

• Aromatic zucchini cream

• Salmon carpaccio

• Mixed salad with cherries, onion, baby shrimp and sesame sauce

Main course

• Fish fillet with hibiscus sauce, jicama, rice and steamed broccoli

• New York steak with candied sweet potatoes and mixed vegetables

• Chicken breast stuffed with spinach and goat cheese in parsley sauce, potato puree and mixed vegetables

Dessert

• Homemade lemon pie with dipped strawberries

• Pumpkin pie.

Reservations: (322) 222-1765

Address: Galeana 185, El Centro.

Layla’s Restaurant

December 24

Three-course menu

$650 MXN per person

Appetizers

• Red wine poached pear salad

• Imperial soup (roasted poblano with corn kernels and fresh cheese)

Main course

• Lamb chops with cherry sauce served with mashed potatoes and creamy spinach with almonds

• Shrimp on with mole sauce accompanied with hibiscus rice

Dessert

• Volcano chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream

Reservations: (322) 222-2436

Address: Venezuela 137, 5 de Diciembre.

Si Señor

December 24

Three-course menu

$655 MXN per person

Appetizer

• Grilled fruit salad, mixed greens, guava and balsamic vinaigrette

Main course

• Baked beef ribs with pistachios with german potatoes, hibiscus and merlot sauce

Dessert

• Orange savarin filled with hazelnut cream and tequila flamed tejocotes

• Tequila fruit punch

Reservations: (322) 222-0577

Address: Amapas 114C, Hotel Emperador

TRIO Restaurant

December 24

Four-course menu*

$595 MXN per person

First course

• Tartar of house smoked white marlin and Atlantic salmon, wasabi cream and pumpernickel croutons

• Portobello mushroom roasted with goat cheese, arugula and pumpkin rosemary vinaigrette

Second course

• Artichoke soup with pine nuts

• Seafood soup with pesto

Third course

• Red snapper fillet in mushroom crust on swiss chard, potato confit and red wine sauce

• Rosemary roasted turkey served with red cabbage, mashed potatoes, caramelized ginger sauce

• Angus chuck roast slow cooked with chile ancho and aromatic herbs, potato gratin and French beans

Dessert

• Apple strudel with vanilla ice cream

*Vegetarian alternative available upon request

Reservations: (322) 222-2196

Address: Guerrero 264, El Centro.