Punta Corcho

15 Destination-Worthy Restaurants in the Mexican Caribbean | Eater

"Puerto Morelos, a beach town just north of Playa del Carmen, is easy to miss. There’s only one main road in and out, which traverses a mangrove preserve teeming with wildlife like crocodiles, toucans, and jaguars. The must-go spot is Punta Corcho, a Bib Gourmand-recommended seafood restaurant. There, on the second floor of a palapa overlooking the ocean, chef Daniel Ovadía serves dishes like chocolate clams filled with a nutty, creamy, pistachio and coconut broth and veiled with bonito flakes, or a fluorescent red aguachile so commanding that other patrons will stop by your table to take a look. While the seafood comes from local waters, there are international influences, too. The Camarones Cocinados a las Brasas — plump local shrimp, their tails flayed and glazed with hollandaise and a sprinkle of fried chaya — call back to the region’s trade with the Netherlands, while dashi cures the fresh-caught sashimi." - Lee Musho