July 28, 2024 - Visited the Chapultepec Castle and Dinner at Entremar

In the morning, we went up to the rooftop for coffee and breakfast.  It was nice and the view from the rooftop was impressive.  We took many photos there.  

Then, we walked around the neighborhood and got nice coffee at Puebla 93. Then, we walked by a perfume shop Fueguia 1833 for browsing around.

Then, we walked to Chapultepec Park to visit the Chapultepec Castle.  Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City is one of the largest city park in Mexico, measuring in total over 686 hectares (1,700 acres). It turns out that Chapultepec Castle is the site of National Museum of History since Feb 1939.  This building has served several purposes during its history, including serving as a military academy, imperial residence, presidential residence, and observatory.  The museum hosts twelve showrooms that house objects from various stages in Mexican history, including the foundation of the Spanish Empire (known in Mexico as “The Conquest”), the New Spain and the Viceregal era (known in Mexico as “The Colonial epoch”), the Mexican War of Independence, the Liberal Reform, and the Revolution of 1910.

Dinner at Entremar, which is an old-fashioned white tablecloth eatery with a terrace specializing in high-end fish recipes. Entremar is the sister restaurant of the popular Contramar. Every traveler going to Mexico City wants to go to Contramar and have their Pescado a la Talla and their Tuna Tostadas. Since Jennifer could not make a reservation at the Contramar, she got us a reservation at the Entremar. One can have the exact same menu at Entremar, in the heart of Polanco, in a fancier setup, with a nice second floor terrace overlooking the park.

We had fish tacos, grilled octopus, tuna tostada and other dishes.  They were all delicious. Now we all had our first Mexican cuisines in Mexico City.