Highlights
Time Out says
Mix up your lunch routine and take your tastebuds on a journey to Latin America with Chayote. This family-run restaurant offers the essence of Mexico, Peru, and Spain with high-end ingredients in every dish to provide an uncompromised culinary experience! Enjoy tortillas made using only Mexican imported corn, topped with only certified prime cuts of meats for delicate textures paired with indigenous to South American chillies in the salsas, mole, and sauces. And to top it all off, you'll get a Margarita to spice up your afternoon.
What’s on the menu?
Starters
Prawn and Jalapeno Croquetas: crunchy shell, rich and creamy prawn jalapeno bechamel inside.
Cactus Tempura: tender baby cactus (nopal) leaves friend in tempura batter
Quinoa Slider: red and yellow quinoa slider with amarillo chili, served on in-house made guajillo brioche bun with sweet potato cream, topped with papaya yoghurt, and pickled red onion.
Tacos
Next in line – the essence of Latin experience – the tacos! Our taco tortillas are made in London from authentic Mexican imported corn and delivered to us fresh twice a week. Tacos come in pairs for sharing!
Chicken Thigh tacos: 24-hour ancho cumin, adobo rub marinated, topped with salsa ranchera and pico de gallo.
Chayote tacos: superfood chayote, corn off-the-cob, epazote, jalapeno, pico de gallo, fresh mint & agave salsa.
Short Rib tacos: 36-hour marinated in Mexican spices, 6- hour braised on the bone, shredded, and mixed with reduction paste. Served with pineapple salsa and pickled red onion. Sprinkled with crispy chicharron.
Land and Sea
Superfood Chayote: pan fried chayote and courgettes with red Spanish and poblano peppers, and arbol salsa. Served in a ring of thinly sliced raw chayote with guajillo cream and Amarillo aioli, sat on rich, earthy, and nutty red mole.
Hake a la Veracruzana: skin-on lean cut hake fillet cooked on plancha, sitting on a bed of rich tomato based sauce with capers, olives, tomatoes, garlic, pinch of epazote. served on a fresh banana leaf.
Iberico Pork Carnitas: most delicate certified Iberico pork cheeks from Southern Spain slow cooked for 3 hours with red wine achieving melting texture. Served with herbal green and earthy red moles, topped with pico de gallo.
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