WHAT WE LIKE Garlic-jalapeño rolls, pork gyoza, smoked salmon tostones, butterfish, tempura tilapia, tres leches cake, flan, molten chocolate cake.
RECOMMENDED DISHES Wild mushroom pizza, North Pacific pizza, Sarabande Caesar salad, sesame anise-crusted seared rare tuna, pan-seared duck breast, grilled swordfish, shrimp/scallops/mussels cioppino style, sour cream cheesecake, chocolate espresso cake, flan.
RECOMMENDED DISHES -- Gazpacho; tamals; yuca fries; liapingachos; patacones; aged Manchego; Cuban sandwich; romaine salad; chicken-cilantro soup; chicken enchiladas; camarones coloraditos (shrimp in red mole sauce); skirt steak; arracacha; corn fruit punch; lemonade; panqueques; three-milk cake; flan; yerba mate.
As a general rule, sugar can be reduced by half or even to a third of the amount suggested in a cake, flan or cookie recipe and still taste fine.
"What do you eat for dessert?" "We have apple cake and flan.
Traditional desserts included moderately sweet dulce de leche cheesecake; fried bananas; flourless chocolate cake; vanilla flan; and sponge cake soaked in tres leches, a citric glaze adding punch.
WHAT WE LIKE Beef empanadas, warm goat cheese and mushroom tart, tuna and mango sashimi surprise, bruschetta di Parma; almond-crusted salmon, roasted pork loin, Tuscan grilled chicken, paninis; passion fruit mousse, chocolate molten lava cake, coconut flan, tres leches.
BEST DISHES: Corn tortillas with black beans and avocado salsa, chorizo quesadilla, ceviche, fried calamari, watercress salad, roasted mahi-mahi, seafood guisado, sautéed shrimp, stuffed pork chop, tres leches cake, coconut flan.
WHAT WE LIKED Farm Egg in Purgatory (special), shrimp with toasted garlic and Marsala, skirt steak with pico salsa, octopus al la plancha, mushrooms with poached egg and smoked paprika (special), grilled halloumi cheese with fig jam (special), cherry-tomato salad (special), beet salad, NoMa wood-fired pizza, burger with blue cheese and bacon, tortoni cream cake, caramel flan.
Wrap it in clingfilm and refrigerate for at least an hour. 2 Once chilled, roll the pastry out on a piece of baking parchment so that it is large enough to line the base and sides of a 20cm-diameter cake or flan tin (I used a round loose-bottomed cake tin).
Wrap tightly in cling film and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes. 2 Roll the chilled pastry out between two pieces of baking parchment dusted with flour until large enough to line the base and sides of a 20-23cm-diameter 20-23cm-diameter 20-23cm-diameter
