Richard Branson loves his tacos

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Mexico News Daily | Wednesday, October 22, 2014

What does an Englishman know about tacos? Enough, evidently, to open a chain of taco outlets in the country of their origin.

Richard Branson says he loves tacos, and it turns out that he loves them so much he’s opening taquerías in three cities in Mexico this year, which will be followed by several more over the next five years.

Branson says on the new firm’s website that there were two reasons for launching Virgin Tacos. The first was the desire to introduce a positive change, as Branson says he does with any line of business, by using all the brand’s innovation power to reinvent one of the country’s principal dishes.

Equally important, says Branson, “I simply love tacos and have done since the first time I tried them. I know that to love them doesn’t make me an expert, but I said, ‘Screw it, let’s do it.’”

The British entrepreneur, founder of Virgin Records, Virgin Atlantic and a host of other firms that carry the Virgin brand, said he joined forces with experts “in this culinary art” to carry out his plans.

At this point, those plans include a menu that offers 12 taco options as well as “RB’s favorites.”

The first outlets are scheduled to open November 20 in Coyoacán, Condesa, Santa Fe, Polanco and Lindavista in the Federal District, followed by two others in Guadalajara and Monterrey. The company plans to invest 1.35 billion pesos in its taquerías over the next five years.

Source: CNNExpansion (sp)

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Mexico City Airport to Quadruple Passenger Capacity

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September 4, 2014

Last year, Mexico City's Benito Juarez International led all Latin American airports in takeoffs and landings and handled a record 31.5 million passengers in 2013.

Mexico City - Mexico plans a new $9.15 billion international airport which will eventually handle 120 million passengers a year, quadrupling the congested current hub's capacity, President Enrique Peña Nieto said on Tuesday.

In his annual state-of-the-nation address, Peña Nieto said the new Mexico City airport would have six runways, as Reuters reported in June, up from the two the current airport has. It could eventually surpass the world's busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, which handled over 94 million passengers last year.

Peña Nieto said he would present on Wednesday the airport plan, which aims to ease delays at the current hub, the Benito Juarez International Airport.

Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto addresses the audience during his second State of the Union address at the National Palace in Mexico City, September 2, 2014.

Peña Nieto did not say how quickly the airport would reach its targeted capacity, nor when construction would begin. The current hub handled 31.5 million passengers in 2013.

Without a new airport, the government is concerned Mexico may lose competitiveness.

"The current saturation restricts communication within the country, limits Mexico's connectivity to the world, restrains trade and investment, and creates delays for users," Peña Nieto said at an event in Mexico City.

"We cannot keep postponing a serious solution," he added.

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Sinaloa Seafood Dishes on Display in the Federal District

by Maureen Dietrich

28 May 14  

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On offer are Sinaloa dishes shrimp ceviche, aguachiles, various scallop dishes, coconut seafood and deserts.

The succulent flavours of Sinaloa gastronomy are on display in the Distrito Federal for the next 30 days to attract lovers of the best seafood in the world.

With the tastes of different dishes based on shrimp, fish and scallops, yesterday the Festival Gastronómico de Sinaloa was inaugurated under the auspices of the Sinaloa Secretary of Tourism, the Instituto de Gastronomía (Mazatlán campus) and the restaurant Mar del Zur.

Taking part in the preparation of the dishes being offered to the public is chef Eduardo Palazuelos, owner of Mar del Zur, and experts cooks from the Mazatlán Gastronomy Institute.

The intention of the event, according to a press release from Sectur, is to promote Sinaloa dishes in central Mexico.

In the days preceding the event, Sinaloa Chefs Jesús Morán, Uziel Bojórquez and Enrique Hernández Niebla worked with the chefs from restaurant Mar del Zur in the preparation of 17 Sinaloa recipes which are now on offer, including shrimp ceviche, aguachiles, various scallop dishes, coconut seafood and deserts.

For the next 30 days the culinary exhibition will remain open to the public at 163 Emilio Castelar, colonia Polanco, in Mexico City.

Over 120 guests and Mexico City media attended the inauguration where an exhibition of Sinaloa arts and crafts were also on display.

 (from Sectur press release)

Mexico City on the Mind

September 23, 2013 3:03pm

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Mexico City is rapidly emerging as a—if not the—hotbed for emerging art, fashion, and design. It boasts one of the globe’s highest concentrations of museums, features cutting-edge architecture (check out Museo Soumaya, a hull-like structure plated in honeycomb blocks designed by the firm FR-EE), and just yesterday, received attention in a front-page New York Times article about its increasing attractiveness for expatriate artists and entrepreneurs. It seems the metropolis has appealed to designers, too, as traces of Mexico City popped up on a host of Spring ’14 runways.

While such labels as Rodebjer and Rebecca Minkoff pulled inspiration from Mexico, the biggest splash belonged to Prada (as big splashes often do). Signora Miuccia commissioned a panel of muralists to paint her set with giant faces, which were replicated on dresses, skirts, and coats. Prada reported that political art out of Mexico—particularly the work of Diego Rivera—served as a strong source of inspiration, and the collection’s first look featured a print by Mexican street artist Stinkfish.

At House of Holland, Henry Holland paid homage to Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 hit Romeo + Juliet, much of which was filmed in Mexico City. Splendid hues and religious motifs weren’t compromised, thanks to prints—which nodded to Mexico’s deep Catholic roots—by L.A.-based tattoo artist Alex Garcia.

Considering that Annette and Phoebe Stephens—the duo behind New York-based jewelry line Anndra Neen—were raised in Mexico City, it is perhaps not surprising that notes from their childhood emerged in their latest offering. Spring ’14′s sculptural shields, triangular necklaces, and woven metal wares were reportedly inspired by Ron Fricke’s 1992 globe-trotting documentary Baraka. The designers, who produce the line in Mexico City’s Zona Rosa neighborhood, embraced not just Mexican artisanship but Namibian and MENA crafts as well. To top it off, the Stephens sisters showed their new range alongside their personal collection of Rivera works—the exact artist that led Ms. Prada, thousands of miles away in Milan, to her own effort.

—Nick Remsen