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| Mediterranean Restaurant Reinvented in Barrio Escalante |
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Sofya Mediterranean Restaurant in eastern San José’s Barrio Escalante has reopened with a new menu that places more emphasis on meals from various regions of the world. A recent feast for the media, introducing the restaurant’s latest eats, didn’t skimp on flavor, in food or culture. |
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| Factory Steak and Lobster Rolls Out New Menu |
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The chefs at the Real InterContinental Hotel paraded out four tender hunks of meat for the media to sample. One after another, waiters plunked down onto the plates tender slices of New York strip, Angus tenderloin, skirt steak and Milanese tenderloin. |
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| Mongolian Grill Serves Healthy Choices With a Taste of History |
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The hungry, weary warriors gather around a campfire in the middle of nowhere, somewhere in Asia. They are exhausted, filthy and rank after doing battle with the enemy all day, then hunting game and picking berries and edible vegetation for dinner. |
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| Crêpes et plus: Le Bistrot de Paris Serves French Classics |
Eating out is much more than satisfying hunger pangs. We look for tempting new culinary offerings, ambience and character. As you know, restaurants in the Central Valley come and go with confusing regularity and vastly differing levels of competence. Many don't make it a year, while others are Costa Rican institutions. And some survive quite well once they've reinvented themselves and their menus a few times.
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| Bell’Italia Receives Raves in Escazú |
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Next to eating, talking about food is one of my favorite pastimes. It also seems to be a national trait among Italians who open eating establishments, whether elegant restaurants, sophisticated trattorias, family-run eateries or pizzerias. |
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| Good Things to Eat and Drink in Them Thar Heredia Hills |
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Christmas-tree expeditioners in the Heredia hills, north of San José (see Weekend section cover story in this week's print edition), can warm up with a cup of hot chocolate at Restaurante Bromelias del Río, just 50 meters west of the Guápiles highway on the road to San Isidro de Heredia. It's the perfect roadside stop for tree-shoppers, or anyone out for a scenic drive in the country. |
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| Latino Rock Café Celebrates Organic and Vegetarian Cuisines |
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For vegetarians in Latin America, dining out often means a meager subsistence on rice and beans. Most get by in Costa Rica by substituting an egg for the meat in a casado – a typical dish of rice, beans, salad, ripe plantain and a portion of meat, chicken or fish – though it may take some convincing of suspicious waitresses. |
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| Tandoori Palace Attempts to Fill Indian-Food Gap |
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“Welcome to Mumbai,” said a member of our lunch party who had already arrived at the restaurant. He was enjoying a drink served by a charming young lady dressed in a traditional waitstaff outfit complete with a pillbox hat. |
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| Pizza, Pasta and Charm on the East Side |
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For a pizza lover, the name La Posada de la Pizza (Pizza Inn) will evoke delightful images of melted cheese, garlic, olive oil and floury crusts sliding together in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. |
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