Restaurants cuisine du monde Northern Mexico

Santiago, as a day-trip destination for Monterrey residents, offers every imaginable cuisine - like this cozy restaurant that offers most of the local and national cuisine, including the famous asado de puerco (pork in sauce), and small desserts like pay de elote (corn cakes) are very well made. The advantage is that you can order your dishes in half portions if you have a small appetite or if you just want to try several and share them.

Doña Aleja started preparing the famous gorditas (corn cake filled with different preparations) in 1957, before leaving us in June 2019, at the age of 89. A true icon of the city, the state of Durango and the entire country, people hurry from far away to taste his legendary preparations, since his family has taken up the torch: picadillo cerde o rojo (minced meat), huevo con chile, chihcarrón prensado... everything is very spicy but absolutely delicious. A small restaurant that is worth a visit on its own.

This is a very good little restaurant, located in a house with exposed stone walls, which allows you to see the country through traditional dishes: asado de puerco (typical of the region), albondigas (meatballs) in sauce, chicken with mole, tostada de tinga, fish fillet and nopal salad, among other rather classic proposals, but very well prepared. You can't get enough of it, as the menu changes every day. Warm and authentic atmosphere guaranteed, we love it (and the locals too!).