The app is the brainchild of Indian expat Abu Muadh, a self-professed "technical evangelist" with long experience volunteering in workers accommodations across the country.
While in the UAE, Ortega will be showing pictures of Mexico and Mexican culture at Abu Dhabi's Emirates Palace on September 19, at an event marking Mexico's National Day.
The exterior is nondescript and Spartan, with the red, white and blue colours of the North Korean flag flying proudly over photographs of some of its more popular dishes.