Asao ~ The Finest Mexican Cuisine!

Asao, which in Kumeyaay or Diegueño language means To Eat, is a place that highlights the flavors, colors and textures of Mexico’s culinary traditions.

Concept:  Asao is a restaurant that works with the classic flavors of Mexican cuisine, rich in its variety and extension, colors, and textures. Asao also goes for nutritious cuisine and goes beyond delicious Mexican dishes.  Our proposal may go from something simple and spicy to something baroque and sweet like a Mexican salsa or an elaborate mole based on hibiscus flower.

Asao’s cuisine is always in a learning stage, we don’t presume to show any kind of pretentious statement. We firmly believe that we are not inventing any flavor.  The only thing that we have done is to discover great combinations with gastronomy research and recovering these flavors and aromas that have been mostly forgotten but that are very popular in the traditional markets of our country.

Being this the case and adding the knowledge on the basis of international cuisine, our proposal is that of the Contemporary Mexican cuisine.  We make dishes that have real Mexican flavors, but with a very personal Asao touch in which we include avant-garde techniques to improve the results texture wise.

In Asao, the presentation of the dishes is very clean, making the food the main character in each dish.  Once mounted, it lets you perceive the aromas and flavors, going from the salty, the sweet, the sour or spicy, as well as the colors that are alive like flowers or opaque as the Earth and that evoke in our guests nostalgic memories.

Despite all the possibilities that Asao cuisine offers, we don’t fall in excesses while trying to combine or manipulate the food; we are neither a fusion restaurant nor a signature cuisine.  We keep a simple but rich Mexican style, maybe with modern touches, but just like that.

It is important to outline that we are interested in our guests’ health that is why in Asao’s kitchen we stay away from using excessive grease.  We carefully prepare our sauces and we only use fresh produce.