On our last night in Oaxaca, we looked for something different to eat besides mole. I found Cobarde and its fusion style to be intriguing, so we walked down to the city center to try it out. We got there pretty late, some time between 8 and 9 PM. We were asked a few times about allergies, both from the host and the server, which was really nice. The owner also came around a few times and chatted with us. Basically, for me, this was a yuzu fest in a good way. We were not too hungry and it was late, but we wanted to try some small plates. Eric R. ordered the roasted chicken pho, and I ordered the toasted naan with lengua. The lengua was sliced thin and cooked with a lot of flavor. The naan had a yuzu cream and a lot of herbs on top.
Eric R.'s soup came with two tandoor naan with ghee and salt on the side, and it was also very delicious with a different texture than the toasted naan. It was so good the owner brought us two more on the house. I had a house beer, a rice lager, that was very suave! My second drink was the inari cocktail, with sake, yuzu juice, honey, sesame oil, and shiso. I had never had a drink with sesame oil before but the combination of these ingredients just worked!
For dessert, I ordered the floating islands. It was a coconut milk softened meringue topped with crunchy meringue sticks in black tea powder on top of yuzu curd in a matcha sauce. Basically, Eric R. said the cocktail, toasted naan with lengua, and dessert "screamed Lisa." A lot of my favorite things were part of this meal, and the environment was very nice in the restaurant. The bathroom is really cool - it has a garden with an open air roof! Buen provecho! read more