CAFÉ DES ARTISTES - THE RESTAURANT
 

 Opening in November 1995, we can describe Casa Mexicana as seven joyous years of art, culture and cuisine - where at Café des Artistes all ingredients from fresh fruit and vegetables, to meat, fish, chicken and desserts are hand-picked and freshly selected daily to assure the quality desired by executive chef/owner Teresa Martinez. From her training at New York's Macrobiotic Center, she learned to combine foods and balance ingredients for satisfaction through all your senses. Dishes, that literally camera carrying visitors have photographed at their table to take home, and try to replicate their culinary experience in Pozos. "Every dish is like a painting to me", says Teresa, "and it must have a perfect balance of color, textures and flavor". Here are some of her house specials:

• Cold Gazpacho with Avocado & Shrimp.

• Fried Banana Rounds wrapped in smokey bacon with guacamole.

• Grilled fresh salmon fillet with sesame crust.

• Cold curry chicken salad served with the now famous strawberry rice.

• And her Casa Mexicana soup also called Christmas Soup.

  At Café des  Artistes we feed you through all your senses, and living up to it's name, we feature Mexican dishes once served by cult-artist Frida Kahlo to her beloved Diego. Some of these dishes include:

• Chiles en Nogada.

• Quesadillas with "flor de calabaza" pumpkin flowers (in season).

• "Huauzontles" in a green or red sauce (in season).

 

  Some of these dishes have been inspired by Frida's recipes, available in the book titled "LAS FIESTAS DE FRIDA Y DIEGO" by Guadalupe Rivera Marin.

  Or you can eat according to Pablo Picasso's "doctor's orders" diet.

  The color green was seldom used by Picasso in his paintings because he saw it much too often in his meals. Due to a mineral deficiency in his system, under doctor's orders the artist's diet included lots of spinach. Here for your enjoyment, a variety of dishes that Picasso would have loved.

Picasso Specials

• Shrimp/cheese/spinach/mushroom omelet w/tomatoes fresh basil and olive oil.

• Steamed eggs over spinach in a mushroom cream sauce.

• Cheese enchiladas with grilled spinach, sweet tender corn & mushrooms.

 







  Breakfast, lunch, or dinner at Café des Artistes is a culinary experience worth the trip to Pozos.