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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.
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
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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”
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”
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
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New Year events in Thailand are likely to bring more people this year because everyone is tired of lockdowns and craving normal life. Many tourists, who book hotels in Pattaya, Krabi, or Phuket for the holiday season, also want to participate. As champagne has become an essential drink for New Year celebrations, the question regarding alcohol consumption comes to mind. The government allowed serving alcoholic drinks during the New Year countdown but only open-air cafes and restaurants with good ventilation will be permitted to do this until 1 am on 1 January 2022. This rule is nationwide. Read this

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Cuisine and restaurants in the neighbours of San Jose

Travel notes on best cuisine and restaurants of San Jose (Costa Rica) on OrangeSmile.com. Famous recipes and traditional dishes and courses in San Jose restaurants. Where to eat - our recommendations on popular places in San Jose, where you can taste delicious meal and also spend a good time with your friends.
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