The Mexican Food Festival
3rd Sept 10
To celebrate, certain foods are considered representative of Independence Day. A favorite is pozole, a soup made of cacahuazintle corn. pork or chicken.
Other foods have the colors of the Mexican flag; green, white and red. like chiles en nogada, the famous "pico de gallo".
And of course, it just wouldn't be a party without plenty of tequila!
At Café Azteca the tradition is always alive; it has always been representing Mexico in Ireland and Europe with big pride serving the best Mexican
culinary specialities transmitting at the same time the history and the Mexican culture. VIVA MEXICO!!!
Programme:
- Monday the 13th
- Mole verde
- Tuesday the14th
- Chiles en nogada
- Wednesday the 15th
- Mole rojo
- Thursday 16th
- Tacos de huitlacoche and a free shot of tequila
- Friday the 17th
- Quesos fundidos with the company of azteca mariachi at 8 pm.
- Saturday the 18th
- Pescado Zarendeado
- Sunday the 19th
- Birria
Cooking Lessons
1st Sept 10
Our cooking lessons continue to be a great success, we are very happy to see more and more people getting into the mexican cooking. Thanks to everyone who has attended and a special thanks to all who have given feedback on their own endeavours at home. It's great to get a photo of those wonderful meals!
Irish Times
23r August 10
Thanks to the Irish Times writer, Marie-Claire Digby, for the mention in The Magazine, Saturday 21st August.
To View Click Here
New Products
13th August 10
We have added a number of new products; Dried Chilli range - ancho, pasilla, guajillo, morita. As well as mole, pozole, achiote, fresh & frozen tortillas,
handmade sopes, corn husks, dried epazote. Some products are already packaged or by contacting us you can specify your required amount. You can purchase
from us in store, or your order can be posted by paying p&p.
Contact us for more details; by email or call Hugo at 087 2413581. Orders must be placed in advance,
for both postal and collection.
Azteca Mariachi
7th August 10
Irelands first Mariachi band aren't getting much time for siestas these days! They are growing in number and popularity. Recent gigs included playing at the launch of the LANCI festival at City Hall as well as a Yelp.ie event. They will be playing in Temple Bar on 15th August, and during September will be kept very busy playing throughout the 10 day event celebrating 200 years of Mexican independence. So if you're having a fiesta and want a bit of ´Ándale´, please contact us in advance to book.
200 Years of Mexican Independence
5th August 10
This year is an extra special year for Mexico, as we will be celebrating the bicentenary of our independence. To celebrate we will be serving a different traditional dish each day from 13th to 19th September, e.g. Mole, Chili Relleños etc... Full details to be posted later. And of course in keeping with Azteca tradition, we will be serving our FREE TEQUILA shots on September 16th!
Burrito En Primavera
1st August 10
Does anyone really care about catwalk trends anymore? Well this is one to make you stand up and take notice – we've been serving handmade burritos at Azteca for many years and they have always been a popular choice, but with the introduction to Ireland by Azteca of the BURRITO EN PRIMAVERA, all other models have been knocked off the catwalk! A lot 'plumper' than the other models the Burrito en primavera has a lot more style to it. Azteca is set to ban skinny models from all cafe catwalks! BURRITO EN PRIMAVERA is a 12" burrito and as with all our dishes, contains authentic homemade Mexican fillings; al pastor, carnitas, cochinita, mixiote etc. making our burritos the tastiest burritos in town.
Cooking Lessons
22nd June 10
A huge thank you to all our participants during the summer. You make the classes interesting and enjoyable. Due to the huge demand,
we have been, and will continue to hold classes on other weekday evenings and weekend mornings. We are very pleased that there is such
an interest in learning to cook Mexican at home. The Mexican diet is often referred to as one of the healthiest cuisines in the world,
due to the amount of tomatoes, onions, chillies, beans, avocadoes, fresh herbs and corn consumed daily, so we are delighted that more and
more people may eat these foods on a regular basis now that they have ideas of how to put them together to make a meal.
We would like to thank everyone for all the flattering comments that have been posted in various places on the internet, boards.ie, yelp.ie, and azteca facebook page.
M–OLE, M–OLE, M–OLE, M–OLE...
20th June 10
We are very pleased to announce that the traditional Mexican dish Mole is to become a permanent fixture on our menu. Mainly due to the amount of interest in our classes, more and more people have learned about it, tried it and loved it! Teaching people about Mole has been a personal endeavour for Hugo at Azteca; he has always been irritated by the way Mole has been portrayed throughout the world. It has unforgivably been referred to as 'the chocolate sauce' time and time again, and so when people sit down to sample it, they're expecting a sweet taste and end up passing unfair judgement on a most treasured gift from Mexico. Whereas if they know the truth behind Mole; the concoction indigenous to Mexico that contains many unique ingredients and has a rich, velvety texture, and may or may not contain a small amount of cocoa, well then they enjoy the beautiful savoury sauce that is Mole.
Website Designer
12th June 10
A huge thank you to Victor Issel Olvera-Smith for keeping up to date our azteca webpage, we keep getting a lot of praise for the design. Well done Issel!!
Azteca Band
2nd June 10
Azteca band has taken off in full swing with two gigs already - at the mexican celebration of 5 de mayo and at Café Azteca to celebrate Hugo's birthday! The gigs were a great success and by god with only four musicians they sound fantastic! (Chispa, Maggie, Liza and Jorge) We are currently recruiting a few other musicians to join our great band. Azteca Band is ready partying - any kind of celebration or event!! For more details contact us at info@azteca.ie Add a bit of excitement to your special event with Irelands first Mariachi band!!
World Cup
1st June 10
Café azteca will be showing all the World Cup Matches, come and join us for a bit of fun!!!
Cooking Lessons
1st June 10
We would like to thank all the people who took the lessons, they made the classes very enjoyable. We are so busy that we have had to provide extra classes to cope with the demand, and not only that, we have groups who now are attending a second and a third class, learning how to make mole and tamales! If you wish to attend the class do contact us by mail at info@azteca.ie and we will try to find a date that will suit your requirements.
'Food and Wine' magazine
4th May 10
Thanks to 'Food and Wine' magazine for including us in the 'Food and Wine top 100' in the May edition.
It read as follows:
No. 14
Most generous teacher.
We love Hugo Camacho's style. Keen to spread his love for Mexican food he holds free cookery classes every
Wednesday evening in Café Azteca near Dublin's Christchurch Cathedral. The classes are for a maximum of five people..., so do book.
A charge of €15 a head covers the cost of ingredients.
The Azteca Mariachi
3rd May 10
The Azteca Mariachi band will perform it's first gig on the 5th May at the Purty Kitchen in Temple Bar, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo (Battle of Puebla). Open admission, all are welcome. The band have formed just 6 weeks ago with four members and it's growing with some other musicians to join the band in the weeks to come. They will bring fun, spirit and sparkle to any party or get-together with their music and songs.
The Cooking Lessons just keep getting bigger!!!
2nd May 10
Thanks to all the participants for assisting and supporting our cooking lessons "you've made them so enjoyable". The Coking Lessons have been such a success that every Wednesday is booked out until July. However, if you wish to participate, you can contact Hugo at 087 24135 81 or info@azteca.ie to organize another day that may suit you and us.
World Cup
2nd May 10
Café Azteca is the first Mexican place transmitting The World Cup Matches, and of course, sticking with tradition, we're ready to have fun and merriment while watching the matches. Viva México!!! We will welcome the Irish fans to help us cheer on the Mexican team against France on June 17th - don't forget to don your green jerseys!
Mariachi
7th Apr 10
Coming soon Azteca Mariachi group for parties or any event.
Extended Menu
5th Mar 10
Café Azteca Has Added to It's Menu a Variety of New Dishes Like:
- Tacos Al Pastor
- Cochinita Pibil
- Carnitas
- Mixiotes and
- Tamales
HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY!!!
Website Design
5th Mar 10
We Would Like to Thank Our Website Designer Victor Issel Olvera-Smith at Drakon Art for All the Complements We Have Received from Our Customers.
Full Wine Restaurant Licence
17th Feb 10
Café Azteca has now a full wine restaurant licence. Soon we'll have more mexican beers. We're looking forward to be the first mexican restaurant in Ireland to serve Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial and Pacifico...salud!!!.
Cooking Lessons Update
17th Feb 10
Our cooking lessons have been a complete success. We would like to thank all the participants who really made them such an enjoyable experience and we wish them the best of luck cooking delicious mexican dishes...we might get invited!!
Mexican Products
17th Feb 10
In addition, as always we have a fine array of ingredients for your kitchen, including corn flour, corn tortillas, chipotles, rajas and jalapeños. We are especially proud to offer our own imported mexican coffee, gown exclusively in the magnificent highlands of Chiapas, México ...stop in for a cup, and take home a bag, today.
Spanish Conversation Sessions
29th Nov 09
Café Azteca will host spanish conversation sessions every tuesday from 5pm.
Join the group and have fun!!!
Azteca Mexican Café - Mexican cooking lessons
1st Sept 09
Free lessons for September, October, November and December 09
Do you want to know how to make tortillas,
taquitos, guacamole, salsa, etc?
If the answer is Yes, check the cooking lessons section for more information
Other News
1st Sept 09
Check our special every weekend
pozole, tamales, mole etc. just phone us or send us a mail and we will let you know about it.
1st Sept 09
To celebrate our independence day in Azteca we give a free shot of tequila with your food
we are the first in Ireland with this tradition we since 1996
1st Sept 09
The food and wine magazine published in this month of September 09 an excellent review
and we would like to thank the magazine and Stuart Clarke for selecting us
