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Cuisine of San Jose for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

San Jose and National Museum Tourists wishing to fully embrace the ultimate tastes and flavors of ethnic cuisine of San Jose should necessarily pay a visit to the Mercado being a central market place of the city. The market offers its visitors plenty of original treats and dishes. The territory of the market also hosts several attractive restaurants and small cozy cafes. The main distinctive feature of local cuisine is plenty of seafood dishes. Master chefs of local restaurants are genuine experts of original treats made of seafood, crustaceans and shellfish which are served almost in all gastronomy establishments of the city. One of the most popular treats of a daily diet of local folks is the sopa de pescado being a fish soup.
Authentic traditions, festivals and lifestyle of San Jose inhabitants
San Jose will meet and surprise its foreign guests not only with hearty and welcoming atmosphere and a great choice of entertainments but with plenty of exciting ethnic holidays and country … Open
Exotic treats fans will also love local cuisine. Exotic dishes admirers will have a chance to try squids under ink sauce and the Ceviche dish being small pieces of raw fish pickled in lime juice. Sweets and original desserts of local cuisine deserve special attention of gourmands and sweets addicts as well. Most sorts of traditional desserts are made of various exotic fruits. The market place offers a great choice of dried and fresh fruit. The main speciality dessert treat served in local cafes is still the helado de sorbetera ice cream.
One of the most popular gastronomy establishments of the city is the Bar Poas restaurant. This eating house is always ready to please its visitors with original desserts and various refreshing drinks. The walls of the bar are decorated with photos of regular customers. Each visitor of the bar will be warmly and heartily met there. The bar keeper is always glad to meet new guests and treats his visitors with plenty of exciting stories about the city and its history and life. Copyright www.orangesmile.com
Excursion over cultural sights of San Jose - 'must visit' points of interest
San Jose is the city of centuries-old history carefully keeping landmarks and artifacts of the past and being extremely proud of its culture. To learn the history and culture of the country … Open
The best place to enjoy dainty breakfast is the Grano de Oro being a small and cozy eating house. The menu of the restaurant offers a rich choice of original fish dishes as well as pancakes added with fresh fruit and delicious syrups. To try the best dishes of Latin-American cuisine tourists are recommended to pay a visit to the Machu Picchu restaurant. Its visitors are offered to complete their meals with a glass of traditional Peruvian drink named Pisco.
National Theater of Costa Rica According to experienced travelers the best chicken taco dish in the city is served in Manolo’s Churreria restaurant. The eating house is of great popularity among sport fans as bookmakers accept bets for important sport events in the restaurant. Among the eating houses specializing in Asian cuisine the Tin Jo restaurant is one of the most popular. The eating house serves traditional dishes of Chinese, Indian, Japanese and Thai cuisine. Vegetarian diet followers will surely love to visit the Vishnu restaurant which menu presents the most original and unique dishes made of vegetables, rice and fruits. One of the main benefits of the Vishnu restaurant is reasonable pricing policy for dainty dishes.
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Unique sights around San Jose

Manuel Antonio National Park

From the series “Largest Nature Reserves on Earth”
Check on the map:   Distance from San Jose center - 60.5 km.
Nowadays, plenty of fascinating attractions are open to the visitors of Manuel Antonio park. The so-called Canopy tours are undoubtedly of high demand. These are trips through the jungle on suspension cables equipped between crowns of trees. Such means of travel is an excellent way to explore the exotic varieties of plant and animal life of the park and enjoy its splendor. … Read further

Pacuare River

From the series “The Most Dangerous River Rapids for Rafting”
Check on the map:   Distance from San Jose center - 60.1 km.
The length of the river forms about 30 km. Traditionally, the rafting season begins in the second half of corn and coincides with the beginning of the rainy season. The fact that it almost always rains during this period does not frighten the numerous athletes. At the few moments, if you do not have to row, you can enjoy the beautiful exotic plants and the precipitous waterfalls, whose height reaches three meters. … Read further

Cuisine and restaurants in the neighbours of San Jose

Placentia Village
Many foodies prefer to order raw fish in restaurants of Belize. Local chefs marinate small pieces of fish in lime juice and serve them with various spices and herbs. The choice of alcoholic beverages is no less amazing. Visitors of local cafes and restaurants can ... Open »
Guatemala City
Connoisseurs of meat delicacies must try "Escabeche" - super tender chicken meat cooked in a pot with herbs. A special treat is "Fajitas" that can be cooked from poultry meat or fish fillet. Slices of meat and fish are pre-fried and then baked in clay pots with ... Open »
Cartagena
In general, the diet of Colombians is quite similar to the European one. You will usually be offered huevos-pericos in the morning. This is the usual scrambled eggs with tomatoes and onions. It is customary to eat soup, the second course, and a small dessert at lunch. ... Open »
Medellin
The Crepes & Waffles restaurant will be a perfect place for family dinner. Its spacious hall can comfortably accommodate a large company of mates and as delicious complement to the meeting the guests are offered traditional meat and fish dishes, salads and various ... Open »
Georgetown
Both locals and guests of the city like East Xiamen Delicacies. This restaurant is designed in an inimitable art-deco style. The main hall is decorated with numerous antique items. Even furniture was made more than a century ago. All food in East Xiamen Delicacies is ... Open »
Montego Bay
The national cuisine also features plenty of exotic fruit which is impossible to resist. You should taste an oranic. It is a citrus that is bred as the result of crossing a tangerine and an orange. An ugly, the hybrid of a tangerine and a grapefruit, has an unusual ... Open »
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