Friday, September 3, 2010
Thai Basil Fried Rice and Shrimp Wontons
Monday, July 5, 2010
Chicago - BBQ Bob's Ribs
Definitely one of the most exciting things about eating in the US, compared to eating in Panama is the high-quality ribs you can find. Unfortunately, in Panama, it's just not possible to find good BBQ ribs. At least, I didn't find any in the five years I was there.
So, now I'm in Chicago, at least for the summer, and the food available simply blows your mind. A lot of the places to eat are chains, but there are some great, unique places, if you have a good look around. Sometimes you have to pay a little more to find a non-chain, but with Bar-B-Q Bob's, the quality was amazing and the value pretty good too.
We just rented an apartment in Roger's Park for a month, and on the first night here, we wanted to get delivery. There are not that many delivery options in Roger's Park, so we were psyched when we found that Bar-B-Q Bob delivers.
He offers a selection of ribs that include Baby Back, Louisiana and Rib Tips. We tried the Tips and the Baby Back and they were excellent. Be sure to order extra sauce, because it's so good, you'll want to pour extra all over everything! The ribs come with simple white bread, french fries and coleslaw, supposedly, although our coleslaw didn't arrive.
You can see the menu and order online at Bar B Q Bob's Website/
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Panama: Rincon Suizo
Rincon Suizo Restaurant
Whenever I feel like a really good meal in Panama, without pretension or having to worry about making a reservation, I turn to Rincon Suizo. Rincon Suizo is definitely one of Panama's truly great restaurants. Their menu is an interesting mix of Swiss, German and Austrian food, all made either classically, or with an infusion of local Panamanian ingredients. Rincon Suizo is not a cheap place to dine, but when considering value for money, I think that Rincon Suizo is hard to beat.Rincon Suizo Menu
Last night, at Rincon Suizo, I decided to go to Rincon Suizo. I hadn't been in a long time, probably about one year, so I was really excited. My boyfriend and I shared the Camembert Au Gratin, a whole Camembert cheese served with a Passion Fruit and Green Peppercorn sauce. It was an interesting appetizer, the cheese was absolutely divine and the sauce sweet, but not too sweet. For a main course, I chose the Filet San Moritz, a delicious fillet steak, served with a creamy mushroom sauce with some melted cheese on top. It looks somewhat like a heart attack on a plate, but is absolutely delicious, with none of the strong flavours outdoing the others. I chose to accompany my steak with a Rosti potato, one of my all-time favourite side dishes, and one that is not often found in Panama. I could have chosen French Fries, mashed potato, vegetables or rice. My boyfriend went for the Tenderloin Trios, an attractive dish of three tenderloins with a selection of sauces: a Morel mushroom sauce, a Green Peppercorn sauce and a Cafe Paris herb butter sauce. All in all, it was delicious. For dessert, we shared a German-style Apple Strudel served with Vanilla ice cream and I ordered an Irish Coffee, another of my favourite things in the world.Rincon Suizo Wine
Apart from the spectacular food menu, if you're a wine buff, then you will love Rincon Suizo. With the most extensive wine menu of any restaurant in Panama, Rincon Suizo has a vast selection of wines ranging from the reasonably priced Little Penguin Australian Merlot which was my choice last night (an excellent tipple, I might add), to some outrageously priced French reds at some USD $2,000 per bottle and up. I personally have a serious issue with spending thousands of dollars on a bottle of wine, and prefer to go with several 20-dollar bottles. It just seems to make more sense to me.
If you're in Panama, looking for a dinner that will leave you smiling with joy for at least 24 hours after the fact, then Rincon Suizo is for you!
Rincon Suizo is located in El Cangrejo on Calle Eusebio A Morales. Visit their website for more details.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Panama - Super Gourmet
Super Gourmet Casco Viejo
Super Gourmet Casco Viejo is one of my favorite places in Panama City to eat and hang out. It is a friendly little place that sells a selection of deli items, wines, snacks, some hard-to-find groceries and an excellent selection of sandwiches and salads. They also have daily specials including a soup of the day and treats like meat loaf, chili con carne, smoked salmon pasta salad and buffalo chicken wing dip.
The atmosphere is super laid back and it's quite a community meeting spot, with expats living in the neighborhood generally stopping by for breakfast, lunch or dinner most days.
On Saturdays, Super Gourmet hosts a barbecue party, when people gather for the street-side grill-fest featuring delicious sausages, hamburgers and chicken shish-kebabs. Again, quite a community gathering, Super Gourmet plays good music and has cheap, ice-cold beer. Definitely worth stopping by when you're in Panama City at the weekend.
Super Gourmet is located on Avenida A, next to the Canal Museum
Tel: +507 212.3487
http://www.supergourmetcasco.com/.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Panama - Matseui Sushi
Matseui Sushi
Matseui Sushi is one of the lesser-known sushi restaurants in Panama City, but for me it has always been one of the best. It is a rather old-fashioned place, and could do with a fresh coat of paint, but apart from that, I like it. The wait-staff dress in traditional japanse attire and the sushi is generally very good.
Matseui is now promoting itself on Facebook, seemingly trying to boost their market image, and they have an "Open Sushi" promotion, which runs I think every night apart from Saturday. The deal is you pay $21.75 + 5% and you get all the sushi you want to eat, including nigiri (sushi) and rolls. The fish on offer last night was national tuna (maguro), fresh salmon (make), shrimp (ebi), yellowtail (bojala), snapper (pargo) and sole (lenguad0). For the rolls, you can choose California or Maki style, and you make your own out of a selection of ingredients or choose one of the chef's suggestions.
Everything we ate here was absolutely delicious, and the fish was some of the freshest and softest I have ever eaten. Think melt-in-your-mouth Tuna.
Matseui Sushi is located opposite the Hotel Granada in El Cangrejo.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Panama - The Night Mail
Anyways, good news!!! A new company, correo de la noche, or Night Mail has openeed up in Panama, and does the same thing, except they charge $5 and only operate from 6pm to 6am. That's fine, because I don't think Domy did much business in the day time anyways!
I used Correo de la Noche for the first time the other night to collect some sushi and was very satisfied. Call them on 393-7777.