Food in Colombia is characterized by the fact that its cost is relatively inexpensive.
Food in Colombia
Colombian cuisine is influenced by European culinary traditions, with an Asian flavor as well. The diet of Colombians contains rice, corn, meat, seafood, vegetables, fruits, fish, legumes.
In Colombia, seafood stews (Casuela de Mariscos) are worth trying; tacos pancakes (“arepa”); chicken soup with corn, potatoes and local herbs (ajiaco); chicken or pork with corn, vegetables and eggs, stewed in banana leaves (tamales); baked pig stuffed with vegetables and rice (lechona); fried balls made with cheese and cornmeal (bunuelos); assorted pork, beef, sausages, beans, rice, avocado, eggs and fried bananas (pandeha paisa); spicy sausages ("boar"); stew or marinated meat with vegetables (“ceviche”); fried guinea pig (“chicken”); fried ants of a special kind (“Hormugas-koulona”).
Sweet tooths should enjoy sweets with custard ("natilla"), fried strips of fruit dough ("ohuelas"), pasta of guava and other fruits ("bocadillo"), pie stuffed with fruit ("el carmello"), bananas fried with cinnamon, sugar and vanilla ("tentation").
Fruit lovers can taste in Colombia not only pineapples, mangoes, feijoa, papaya and oranges, but also such exotic fruits as uchuva, guama, curuba, pomarossa, guayabamanzana.
Where to eat in Colombia? At your service:
- cafes and restaurants serving Colombian and international cuisine;
- fast food restaurants: McDonalds; Frisby and Kokorino (you can order fried chicken here); Waffles and Crepes (here you can enjoy desserts and ice cream); El Corral (here you can taste buns with different fillings).
Drinks in Colombia
Popular Colombian drinks are coffee, hot chocolate, mate, tropical fruit juices, manhar blanco (vanilla milk), beer, rum, agaurdiente (cane vodka).
In Colombia, you can taste beer brands such as Aguila, Dorado, Club, and also "champus" (a foamy drink made from pineapple, grains and other ingredients).
Colombia Food Tour
As part of a gastronomic tour to Colombia, you will taste national dishes and drinks, as well as visit the Gastronomic Museum (it is open in the Colombian city of Cali). There you will be introduced to the history and development of Colombian cuisine, and also, you will visit the various zones of this museum ("Indian era", "Spice Road", "Modernity").
And in the Colombian city of Cartagena, you can visit the La Vitrola restaurant, where you will be offered to enjoy excellent national dishes and listen to jazz. If you suddenly come to this restaurant and there are no free tables, you can count on getting free sweets and a bottle of Veuve Clicquot.
Colombia is colorful and noisy festivals (flower exhibition in Medellin, International Caribbean Music Festival), sports events (cycling "Columbia Tour", tennis, football and other sports games), sandy beaches, colorful national cuisine.
