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Costa Rica Restaurants: Sites to Savor

Food is a major attraction for a lot of people and Costa Rica restaurants can definitely be a foodie’s paradise. From local traditional cuisine to international gourmet you can find it all at the Costa Rica restaurants. Besides food, these Costa Rica restaurants will also provide you with a great variety of drinks.

However, if you are looking for a lot of spice in the typical Costa Rica food you may be disappointed. Unlike Mexican dishes, you will notice that the traditional food that is easily available at the Costa Rica restaurants is not really spicy.

Types of Food Found in Costa Rican Restaurants

In Costa Rica's restaurants you will generally find dishes made of beef, chicken and fish. It is not that you will not find vegetarian dishes but these may be rare. Remember to request for ‘vegetariano’ when you wish to have vegetarian dishes.

You already know that Costa Rica restaurants that offer the traditional flavors of Costa Rica do not serve food that is spicy. The conventional food is much healthier than other cuisines and often considered as bland too. However, you may not feel so if you are not too much for spices and like to relish the real essence and flavor of most food.

The fruits and vegetables that these Costa Rica restaurants will provide you with indeed can be extremely delicious. At the Costa Rica restaurants you can get fresh fruit juices that will be great for your breakfast. These juices are very reasonable too. These Juices are called "Jugo Naturales" and many times they will be more than happy to create a "Mixto" of various fruits for you.

Traditional Cuisine

You can get the traditional dishes of Costa Rica at most Costa Rica restaurants. Let us see some of the popular items that you can find at these Costa Rica restaurants. Firstly, there is the ‘casados’ that is often treated as a full meal due to the fact that is extremely filling and reasonably priced too.

On tasting it at any of the Costa Rica restaurants you will notice that it comprises of rice, beans, a little bit of beef, chicken or fish and a small helping of cabbage salad.

While dining in Costa Rica restaurants you should also ask for the ‘palmitos’ that refers to the center of a baby palm tree. This is a part of salads and is dressed with some vinegar. Another important traditional dish that you will come across in the Costa Rica restaurants is ‘gallo pinto’ that is usually taken as breakfast.

This also consists of rice and beans that is fried after it is combined with onion, Salsa Lizano, cilantro and bell peppers and is served in combination with sour cream and eggs.

A simple yet delicious traditional dish of rice, chicken and vegetables called ‘Arroz con Pollo’ is yet another popular dish served at the Costa Rica restaurants. At the Costa Rica restaurants you wuill also find a dish called ‘Olla de Carne’ that is made with veggies like corn, plantains, squash, yucca and potatoes that are combined with beef and a soup is made with them.

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