Breakfast Choices

I have a list of places near my apartment that serve a good breakfast, but I am always checking out more places, especially since friends of mine are coming to visit me in Mexico City this fall.

A short walk up Insurgentes Avenue from my apartment, located in a brand new, high rise office tower, is a Toks Restaurant.

Toks is a chain of restaurants with locations throughout Mexico.  They are not as ubiquitous as the larger chains of Sanborns or VIPs, but Alejandro and I agree that their food is generally better.  However, I have never eaten breakfast there, so I wanted to see what their breakfast menu was like.

I ordered the chef's suggestion, a dish called "Delicia Mazahua" (Mazahua Delight... the Mazahuas are a tribe to the northwest of Mexico City).  It consisted of a "cake" of egg covered in "mole" and cheese.

It was very good.  The "mole" was spicy with fruity undertones.  It might not be something my friends would like, but there was quite a variety of dishes on the breakfast menu.  Toks is definitely now on the list of places to go in the morning.

Of course, if my friends get homesick for a U.S.A. breakfast, we can go to the IHOP at the World Trade Center (but not on weekends when there is a line out the door waiting to be seated).

And I am still patiently waiting for the advertised opening of "El Cardenal" across the street from the World Trade Center.  "El Cardenal" is a chain, but their traditional Mexican food is excellent, and their breakfasts are supposed to be superb.

My friends will definitely not be going hungry when they come to Mexico City!