MEXICO CITY

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Vast, chaotic and super colourful, Mexico City is everything you might expect from North America’s largest metropolis, and more. It’s at once raucous and calm, ramshackle and sharp, youthful and steeped in history. Not far from the colonial palacios and catédrals of Centro Histórico, the recently gentrified colonias (neighbourhoods) of Roma, Condesa and gritty Juárez are characterised by lush parks and quiet streets, crumbling pastel facades shaded by jacaranda and ash. Restaurants and bars abound and food is everywhere.

With a renewed passion for local traditions and fiercely proud of its food, Ciudad de Mexico (CDMX) is a melting pot with a tonne of talent. Mixing ancient indigenous and Spanish flavours and techniques (recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural treasure), and blessed with a diversity of endemic ingredients, the food is bright,(a revered corn fungus) and (florets like quinoa), (pepperleaf) and avocado leaves, (roasted crickets) and chicatana ants – await discovery.