It has been almost a month since I have written about food in Boquete Panama, I eat at home more. I gave up writing reviews of restaurants some time ago and switched to writing first impressions because I only found a few restaurants in Boquete consistent enough to merit a real review. This is not [...]
I had to do it, I had to follow the bread crumb trail to Cuenca Ecuador to see why International Living and others haver called it a best place in the world to retire, last week and maybe this week also. I decided to do the trip by bus from Guayaquil Ecuador, I was told [...]
Not much more than a year ago an icon of the Expat community in Boquete Panama announced she was moving to Cunenca Ecuador. Like many people I wondered why, I told her I had money on her returning within six months. I was wrong she lasted a bit of a year. I really have no [...]
I eat at restaurants all around Panama, I write a lot about restaurants in Boquete. With the exception of a great location for fried chicken in a broken down truck I have never had an exceptional meal in Bocas del Toro; until now. Heather, Gumby, Rae and I had the opportunity to have dinner at [...]
If Napa California is about wine, then Boquete Panama is about coffee. For people living in Boquete Panama before the influx of expatriates, the economy was coffee. It was when the price of coffee collapsed that local farmers sold their farms to developers and expats who had fantasies of growing and selling boutique coffee. I [...]
After a satisfying breakfast and in anticipation of a late lunch what could be better than a Heineken and bitterballen. Around the world people know and drink a Heiny but outside of the Netherlands and it’s settlements it might be difficult to find Bitterballen. I a lovely outside bar in Curacao we discovered a perfect [...]
Boquete Panama is not a port city, however Panama City has a port on the Pacific Ocean and Colon a port on the Caribbean. Panama has long been a cross road between the seas and a point of entry to the seas. If you are a resident of Panama the addition of Colon as a [...]
American television has Iron Chef an import from Japan. In Boquete Panama we have the Woolford and Buddies Ribathon, contest of six teams attempting to win the Big Boner Award for producing the best ribs in competition. 120 Pounds of pork ribs and 24 hours later the contest ends in the Ribathon. As a warmup [...]
In Panama there is a traditional to celebrate when a roof is installed on a new house. Boquete Panama is no exception and yesterday we went to a Mondongada. A Mondongada is named for the traditional tripe stew, Mondongo, served as such events. At a Mondongada the construction workers, owners and friends and families share [...]
I was confused, what is smoked meat? Meat has been smoked forever but in Montreal Smoked meat has a special significance and is similar what I grew up calling Pastrami, but it is different. The place for Pastrami in New York City is Katz’s Deli, the place for Smoked Meat in Montreal is Schwartz’s Deli. [...]
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