One of the world's best restaurants opened a temporary pop-up in the Mexican jungle - here's what it's like to eat there
The new Noma location is on the edge of the jungle in Tulum, a resort town overlooking the Caribbean in Mexico.
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It's an outdoor, open-air restaurant.
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Chef René Redzepi describes Mexico as being a very sentimental place for him. "I consider it to be my adopted home, one filled with almost a decade of cherished memories from vacations with my family. The place that I dream about," he said on the Noma website.
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Redzepi is known for his love of foraging ingredients from nearby forests and shores in Denmark. However, he claims that Mexican cuisine has also had a strong influence on his cooking.
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Before the temporary restaurant opened for guests on April 12, Redzepi traveled through Mexico to find new flavors and ingredients with his former sous chef Rosio Sanchez.
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"We searched to find that special chile, to understand the seafood, to taste just a few of the infinite variations of mole, and to find inspiration in the vast and wonderful culture," Redzepi said.
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Source: Noma
In an interview with Vogue, Redzepi said that spice would be one of the most important factors on his new menu. "Discovering spice is like uncovering a sixth flavor," he said. "So it's basically all over the menu."
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Many of the ingredients he uses are locally sourced.
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They're prepared in innovative ways.
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The tasting menu costs $600 per person, including drinks.
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There's plenty of seafood on the menu.
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One of the most popular dishes is the "just cooked octopus with dikilpak."
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The "cold masa broth" comes with lime and "flowers of the moment." Masa is the dough used to make tortillas in Mexico.
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There's also a "coconut with caviar" dish.
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For one of the desserts, they serve "grilled avocado and mamet seeds."
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For another, it's chilis stuffed with chocolate.
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For those who don't want to pay the full $600, there's a cheaper $100 bar menu, $90 of which will go to the Mundo Maya Foundation, which works on sustainable development in the local community.
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