Debut Mexican restaurant from Adriana Cavita to open this May
A section of the menu will also be dedicated to street food, offering a changing roster of tacos
Mexican chef Adriana Cavita is set to open her debut solo Mexican restaurant on 6 May on Marylebone’s Wigmore Street.
The site will serve Cavita’s takes on traditional Mexican dishes that tell a story of her “heritage and the people who taught her the craft of cooking”. The downstairs of the restaurant will feature Mayahuel, a dedicated mezcal and cocktail bar where guests can enjoy a drink before dinner or visit for cocktails and bar snacks separately.
Cavita revealed the menu will open with a ‘raw’ selection which rotates depending on the seafood available. Raw dishes will include Carlingford Rock Oysters with Clamato oil and jalapeno vinaigrette as well as Yellow Tail Aguachile Rojo with watermelon, mezcal and ‘grasshopper’ seasoning – a smoky topping made from roasted and ground red grasshoppers.
A section of the menu will also be dedicated to street food, offering a changing roster of tacos – Birria taco, guajillo adobo sauce and veal bone consomé made with beef cheek and a Baja fish taco, hake in masa tempura with smoked cabbage escabeche.
Cavita will also be introducing some “lesser known street food favourites” to her guests including Tetelas, a Oaxacan stuffed masa snack made with blue corn and served with roasted potato, salsa tatemada and house made queso fresco as well as Tlayuda – often referred to at the Oaxacan pizza – with chargrilled pumpkin, Oaxaca beans, nacha sauce, Somerset cheddar and duck fat.
The dining area at Cavita has been designed to include “cosy areas”, bar seats and larger tables to showcase the materials and textures of Mexico with wooden and tile elements, exposed bricks and a “warm earthy colour palette”.
