Chile en Nogada 4-Chef Tasting

Chile en Nogada Tasting

The evening

Four chefs. Four chiles en nogada. One night at Casa Nostra.

It is nogada season in San Miguel, and one version was never going to be enough. Casa Nostra invites three guest chefs to the table alongside Chef Marco, and each one is doing something different with Mexico’s most patriotic dish.

Chef Marco, Casa Nostra: Seafood Chile en Nogada, salsa di noci

Chef Manuel, La Dona & Bistro Mexique: Traditional Chile en Nogada

Chef Cristian, Casa Origen: Vegan Chile en Nogada

Chocolatier Edwin, SMA Chocolates: Dessert Chile en Nogada

You taste all four in one sitting, in the order they were built to be tasted, and each chef tells you the story behind their plate. Some are staying close to the classic, some are taking the dish somewhere new.

The details

Wednesday, September 23 at 6pm

Casa Nostra, Terraplen 8, Zona Centro, San Miguel de Allende

800 pesos per person, cash only, paid at the door on the night

Fifty seats. Reservations required.

Allergies, please read before you book

This is a four course tasting built around a traditional dish. The menu is set and there are no substitutions.  Please be aware:

● Shellfish. Chef Marco’s course is seafood.

● Traditional contains meat- often beef & pork

● Nuts. The classic nogada sauce is built on walnuts, so nuts appear across most of the menu.

● Dairy. Traditional nogada is made with cream and cheese. Dessert will have chocolate  

We pass every allergy note to the chefs in advance, but each chef arrives with a fixed count of servings prepared that day. That means no substitutions and no replacement plates.

A word on reservations

Small restaurants and independent chefs carry the whole cost of an evening like this before a single guest walks in. Ingredients are bought, chiles are prepped, seats are held. So a few gentle house rules.

● Payment is 800 pesos in cash on the night and at the door. No cards, no transfers, so please come prepared. Libations and gratuity extra at the table and can be on credit card.

● Because nothing is prepaid, your word is the whole reservation. We hold your seat on trust and turn other people away to do it.

● Cancel by Sunday, September 20 if you cannot make it. That gives us time to offer the seat to someone on the waiting list.

● Tell us if your party size changes, even by one. That one seat is somebody else’s night out or an extra seat at the table.

● Doors open at 5:45pm , first course at 6:15 Please be seated before then, because four chefs have timed their kitchens around that plate.

● No shows are the one thing that genuinely hurts. If something comes up, a quick message on WhatsApp is all we need. + 1 425-999-6916

Say yes, show up, bring cash, and let four chefs feed you. That is the whole experience.  This dinner will become an event of SMA lore and talked about for years.  

Join us.

Questions, allergies or party changes: Team@ExperienceSMA.com or WhatsApp +1 425 999 6916