Local · Trusted · Free
The Morning Impact — your neighborhood's most important stories, delivered every morning.
Hermanas, from Austin-born and raised Chef Silvino Sanchez, is now open off East Sixth Street in Austin.
The details
The restaurant is named for Sanchez’s father's hometown, Ejido Primero de Mayo in Coahuila, Mexico. The town is known locally as Hermanas after its train station that connects the region to Mexico City.
The menu
Sanchez worked at the now-closed Thai Kun under Chef Thai Changthong and spent four years as sous chef at BRUTØ in Denver, a one-Michelin-starred restaurant, before returning home to Austin to open Hermanas.
The menu is inspired by Sanchez’s Mexican heritage and summers spent in Guadalajara as a child. Sanchez grew up in Del Valle and has embraced Southeast Asian techniques in the kitchen that translate at Hermanas.
"You think the dish is Mexican, and then you bite into it and find all these Asian flavors. That's the connection," Sanchez said in a news release. "It's not fusion. It's just how these two cultures actually live in me.”
Some items found on the menu include:
Hermanas also features a cocktail program and wine list to pair with dishes.
