NICOS

28th October – 1st November

Some restaurants don’t just feed a city, they become part of it. Nicos is one of those timeless institutions.

Mexico City’s answer to St John or the River Café, Nicos has been woven into the fabric of Azcapotzalco since 1957, offering honest, ingredient-led cooking to generations of chilangos. Just as they’ve always done, farmers still knock at the door with the best of what’s growing nearby, and today it’s mother-and-son team, María Elena Lugo Zermeño and Gerardo Vázquez Lugo, who keep the fire burning.

For Gerardo’s week at Carousel, we’re bottling up six decades of soul and serving it in a menu that hits with full-flavoured-force. Think ‘Duck with Axiote, Bean Broth’, ‘Wild Mushroom Chileatole, Epazote’ and ‘White Wedding Mole’. Enduring proof, if ever it was needed, that the old adage still stands: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.