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Mexican Lifestyles Food & Dining Landmark Restaurant Goes Global | Landmark Restaurant Goes Global |
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| Written by MATT SCHEWEL | |
| Saturday, 29 July 2006 | |
 'Gerardo Delgadillo Flores used to think his dreams were unrealistic. Now he hopes to bring El Sacromonte's take on Mexican cuisine to every country in the world.' - Photo By F. Sanchez Invited to accompany a group of tequileros and Jalisco officials trying to open up a new market for tequila, Delgadillo and Sierra ended up stealing the show. "We walked down the street and people would recognize us because we had been on two television [cooking] shows," recalls Delgadillo. "They said, 'You're the Mexicans!'" The two also gave demonstrations for culinary students at Red River College in Winnipeg, and later gave the young chefs a chance to help prepare the evening banquet. "When we started to cook with rose petals, to make salmon with jamaica sauce and a chile noodle soup, they were very impressed," says Delgadillo. The Canadian idea of Mexican cuisine is heavily influenced by Tex-Mex, which Delgadillo has made it his mission to fight against. "I always say it's a hybrid, but a poorly-made one – just like Chucky, the evil doll," he says. Delgadillo's trip to Canada is just another step in his effort to make El Sacromonte a truly international restaurant. Together with Sierra, he has already served up Mexican cuisine in Spain, India, Singapore, France, the United States, and England. Now he hopes to kindle an informal exchange program with culinary students at Red River College. "I offered them a place to eat, an apartment in which stay, without any obligation," says Delgadillo. "If they want to come here to El Sacromonte...we will receive them with open arms." He is also interested in sending Mexican chefs to Canada, to study English and learn what the new Canadian cuisine has to offer. "There are new people who are doing great things in order to produce a cuisine with identity, which is lacking," he says of Canadian cooking. Delgadillo prides himself in serving la nueva cocina mexicana, which he describes as old family recipes with a new touch. "The cuisine of El Sacromonte is what people eat in the homes of Guadalajara," he says. By traveling both internationally and around Mexico, Delgadillo has become an ambassador for Mexican cuisine, and is always looking for more ways to inform people about what's going on at El Sacromonte. "People who want to take a cooking class, we can do it here. Normal people, you don't have to be a chef, you don't have to be anything," he says. "It's just a matter of coming to an agreement, introducing the person to the chefs, and giving them two or three days a week." Just make sure you're able to catch Delgadillo before he heads off on another culinary adventure. El Sacromonte is located at the intersection of Pedro Moreno and Colonias, near the American Consulate. Tel. 3825-5447. |
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