Mexican Magic – Blog
Traditional cuisine, margaritas, music and tequila to toast with friends, here’s our guide to a great Mexican night out at Royal Resorts.
Welcome to the Hacienda!
Book your table for a Mexican evening of delicious flavors, drinks and music at Hacienda Sisal in Cancun.
Start your Hacienda Sisal dining experience with a selection of tasty snacks or antojitos. Order empanadas, sopes, Mexican-style gyoza filled with roast pork pibil, crispy beef chicharron for tacos, guacamole prepared tableside and queso fundido served with blue corn tortillas, among others. For seafood lovers, the Itacates Trilogy is a must: refried beans are served with Sisal-style fish, octopus in ajillo sauce and shrimp with chorizo.
Other options include salads, beet carpaccio and soups such as the caldo de piedra from Oaxaca, a flavorful seafood soup that dates from the pre-Hispanic period. Fishermen traditionally prepare it with the catch of the day cooking it on stones heated by a campfire on the banks of rivers or on the Pacific coast. At Hacienda Sisal it is prepared tableside in a volcanic stone molcajete or mortar.
Main courses range from Oaxacan mole sauce with chicken breast stuffed with pumpkin flowers, goat cheese, plantains and cheese, traditional marinated pork carnitas, crispy fried chicken flautas, lime shrimp and mezcal salmon. There are steaks, fajitas and the Sisal Molcajete, a mortar filled with grilled lobster, chicken, pork, skirt steak, shrimp, nopales and salsas, perfect for making tacos. Enchilada fans will love the chicken in red or green sauce or in mole, the shrimp or vegetable variations.
Other Hacienda Sisal dining highlights to try are the Sisal lobster, pork in Taxco-style pink mole sauce, chicken in relleno negro from the Yucatan, xcatic beef fillet, crab in pipian pumpkin seed sauce and a pork chop cooked in a pastor-style marinade.
On Tuesday and Thursday evenings there is live Mexican music with Voces de la Tierra and on Wednesdays the mariachis take to the stage.
Traditional recipes, tequila and music in a romantic setting, Hacienda Sisal is perfect for a Mexican evening in Cancun. For more Mexican flavors during the week, be sure to try the Mexican buffets at The Royal Sands on Wednesday and Friday at The Royal Cancun and for all the color of Mexico’s folk dances, don’t miss the Mexican Show at Gran Salón Hacienda Sisal on Wednesday evening.
Mexican Food & Spirit Pairing at Hacienda Sisal
Discover the world of tequila and mezcal and learn about Mexico’s miracle plants, the maguey and agave and the species used to make these iconic liquors. With a selection of leading brands to try, you’ll learn about the history of tequila and the distillation process and see how they are the perfect pairing for the tasting menu of mouthwatering dishes. Every Monday and Friday at 4:30 p.m. in Hacienda Sisal. Reservations required.
Mexican Night at The Royal Haciendas
Monday night comes with a rousing cry of Viva Mexico at The Royal Haciendas, it’s Mexican Night. Tuck into a traditional buffet in La Palapa del Sol, enjoy live marimba music and a colorful folk dance show on the stage in Phase 2. The terrace, gardens and hacienda architecture make it the perfect setting for an evening that celebrates Mexican culture.
If you enjoyed Mexican Night, visit La Palapa del Sol on Friday for Ancestral Mexican Flavors, a selection of dishes sourcing local ingredients and cooked to recipes that have their origins with the country’s ancient cultures such as the Aztecs and Maya.
Mexican dining at Grand Residences
If you are staying at Grand Residences by Royal Resorts, plan an evening at Flor de Canela for a celebration of Mexican cuisine. Try dishes from different regions of the country, seafood cooked to recipes from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts, and mouthwatering antojitos for sharing. There is live music during the week too and if you love tacos you won’t want to miss the Taco Tuesday buffet!
Also at Grand Residences, If you are a wine lover, ask your Concierge about the Mexican Wine Tasting Experience. Reservations are required for this enjoyable and interesting event, a combination of wines from some of the country’s leading vineyards and delicious cuisine.
For more dining ideas during your Royal Resorts stay, ask your Concierge or call Restaurant Reservations, ext. 165
