El Jarocho de las Lomas, Seafood restaurant in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico.
El Jarocho de las Lomas is a seafood restaurant in Lomas de Chapultepec that prepares fresh cocktails with shrimp, octopus, and oysters using ingredients sourced from Nueva Viga market. The kitchen also makes a house salsa bruja, an oil-based sauce with three types of chili, olives, carrots, garlic, onion, and special spices.
The place started as a mobile seafood business decades ago and later became a fixed restaurant location in Miguel Hidalgo. This transition from street selling to a permanent shop shaped its straightforward approach to serving customers.
The place follows time-tested Mexican seafood cooking traditions that remain visible in how dishes are made daily. Customers can watch how classic preparations like the vuelve a la vida cocktail and crab tostadas are assembled fresh at the counter.
The restaurant is located at Iturrigaray 105 and operates Monday through Saturday with afternoon closing times. Visitors should arrive in the morning or early afternoon to enjoy the full menu selection.
A dish that many visitors overlook is the salsa bruja, made according to a special house recipe that sets it apart from typical store-bought sauces. The sauce is prepared fresh daily and brings a distinctive flavor to the seafood dishes served here.
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