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"A new addition to Polanco’s dining scene, Aúna is the most recent project of Quintonil chef Jorge Vallejo, alongside chef Fernando Torres, who oversees the culinary program. The kitchen focuses on traceability and quality ingredients, creating vegetable-forward dishes like roasted tomatoes with black garlic dip, squash blossoms stuffed with mushroom cream, or roasted sweet potato with mascarpone and harissa. Chef Torres’s skills shine through the soft shell crab with red curry and the braised-to-perfection short rib with roasted shishito peppers. Overall, Aúna’s menu is fresh air in Polanco’s oversaturated fine dining scene, complete with a well-curated wine list." - Natalia de la Rosa, Daniela Galarza