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Chef-owner Julieta Ballesteros, a native of Monterrey, Calif., fuses Mexican cuisine with French presentation. Since Crema opened on West 17th Street, Ballesteros, often called the City’s top Mexican chef, has been producing refined versions of Mexican classics, such as flautas en trilogia de salsas (crispy corn tortillas with shredded chicken, corn, caramelized onions and a trio of salsas) and choco flan (a chocolate and vanilla flan cake with caramel-flavor cajeta, spice-roasted pineapple and coconut ice cream).