What are the most popular, typical or famous foods of Panama?

The most popular, typical, or famous foods of Panama?  Woh...there are many wonderful, very diverse restaurants in Panama where you can eat food from any part of the world.

 

Panama is an Indian word that means "Abundance of Fish"..so if you are seafood lovers...Panama is "Paradise" for you.  We have a fish market In Panama City where you can buy fresh seafood for your home every day.  And you can eat fresh seafood for very good prices at most of our restaurants in...

The most popular, typical, or famous foods of Panama?  Woh...there are many wonderful, very diverse restaurants in Panama where you can eat food from any part of the world.

 

Panama is an Indian word that means "Abundance of Fish"..so if you are seafood lovers...Panama is "Paradise" for you.  We have a fish market In Panama City where you can buy fresh seafood for your home every day.  And you can eat fresh seafood for very good prices at most of our restaurants in Panama.

 

Now if you don`t like seafood..don`t worry...at the restaurants in Panama you will find lots of for chicken and for meat on the menu too!

 

A typical Panamanian "everyday" meal would be rice, beans, plaintains, chicken/fish or meat.

 

We have a lot of fried empanadas, tortillas, carimañolas, yuca frita, patacones, which people have for breakfast with eggs too.

 

Then we have the "arroz con pollo" (rice with chicken), tamales...I can just keep on going!

 

If you like fruit...this is also "paradise" for you.  All year round we have locally grown, delicious pineapples, banana, melons, watermelons, oranges, passion fruit.  Mango season is about now...April.  When it is mango season you can go pick mangos "for free".

 

We don`t grow apples, pears in Panama..but you can find them at all our supermarkets.

 

So I can promise you will  not have a problem finding delicious food in Panama!

 

There are many restaurants that serve the typical Panamanian food, Corbina a la Ajio (which is also known as sea bass).  The fish is broiled and then served with the Ajilo sauce.  Also, carimanolas, whch are made of with yucca flour then deep fat fried. This is a real staple.  How about fried yucca?  The yuccca is boiled till tender, then cut in small pieces and deep fat fried. There is always the ever popular empanada, which are made of pastry with a variety of...

There are many restaurants that serve the typical Panamanian food, Corbina a la Ajio (which is also known as sea bass).  The fish is broiled and then served with the Ajilo sauce.  Also, carimanolas, whch are made of with yucca flour then deep fat fried. This is a real staple.  How about fried yucca?  The yuccca is boiled till tender, then cut in small pieces and deep fat fried. There is always the ever popular empanada, which are made of pastry with a variety of fillings: cheese, beef, chicken. The Empanadas are usually deep fat friend but you can find them baked in the oven.

 

There are several very nice restaurants which are out on the Amador Causeway specializing in typical food.  If you want entertainment with your typical meal you can take in the dinner show at Las Tinajas.

Popular foods of Panama:  My favorites are fruits, i.e., pineapple, papaya, bananas, plantain, yuca, tamales, popacones, ceviche and covina.

 

Popular foods of Panama:  My favorites are fruits, i.e., pineapple, papaya, bananas, plantain, yuca, tamales, popacones, ceviche and covina.

 

Panamanians eat lots of chicken, but they don’t eat it like Americans.  They don’t sit down to have a large chicken breast.  Instead, they incorporate it into a dish like arroz con pollo (chicken and rice), in which they have just a little of the chicken, not the whole piece.

 

It’s the same with beef.  Panamanians won’t sit down to a steak like you would in the US.  Instead, they typically cut it up and put it into a sauce...

Panamanians eat lots of chicken, but they don’t eat it like Americans.  They don’t sit down to have a large chicken breast.  Instead, they incorporate it into a dish like arroz con pollo (chicken and rice), in which they have just a little of the chicken, not the whole piece.

 

It’s the same with beef.  Panamanians won’t sit down to a steak like you would in the US.  Instead, they typically cut it up and put it into a sauce that you put over rice.  You’ve got the essence of beef and you’ve got a few pieces of beef, but you’re not going to sit down to a big steak.
 
Panamanians do, however, love their sausages.   We buy them in the supermarket, but also in a specialty, gourmet, homemade sausage store.  Five handmade, really tasty, high quality sausages will cost you US $3.50  

I have lived in Panama for 20 years and have a Panamanian family. The preferred food is rice, chicken, maybe a little salad and tejadas.

I have lived in Panama for 20 years and have a Panamanian family. The preferred food is rice, chicken, maybe a little salad and tejadas.

The Favorite Foods of Panama

Traditionally, a local Panamanian would eat rice, red beans and lentils along with meat, chicken, pork or fish on an almost daily basis.
 
One favorite meal is white rice with "guandú"  (kind of green beans) with a great aroma, and "ropa vieja" (literally translated: old clothes).
 
But Panamanians are also very much concerned about nutritious food, and there are lots of places with "green...

The Favorite Foods of Panama

Traditionally, a local Panamanian would eat rice, red beans and lentils along with meat, chicken, pork or fish on an almost daily basis.
 
One favorite meal is white rice with "guandú"  (kind of green beans) with a great aroma, and "ropa vieja" (literally translated: old clothes).
 
But Panamanians are also very much concerned about nutritious food, and there are lots of places with "green foods" available, either cooked at home, as well as available at vegetarian restaurants.  Mediterranean and Chinese foods are very popular, as well as sushi.
 
Usually, at house birthday parties, the most popular menu is: "arroz con pollo" (chicken and rice), potato and beets salad and "plátano en tentación" (yellow plantain with brown sugar and cinnamon).
 
At weddings, the most popular and traditional desserts are: "sopa borracha" (drunk soup) and "sopa de Gloria"  (Gloria´s soup).  Both are delicious. The first one is made with liquor and the second one is soft and with white cream on top.
 
For breakfast, there are: "tortillas" (made out of corn),  "patacones "(green plantain),  "carimañola" (ground yuca), hojaldres (made our of flour).  Also very popular for special occasion breakfasts is liver steak with onions, eggs, coffee with milk, natural fruit juice, and pancakes.
 
In the city of Panamá a visitor can find restaurants with tastes from every country; very international wherever you go.  In the "interior" the food is more casual and local meals can be found more easily.
 
There are plenty of seasonal fresh fruits to choose from, and all kinds of vegetables to make salads, at an extraordinary good price.  There are also top restaurants, which are very expensive.  You choices are close to unlimited; it’s just matter of budget and taste.

• Tamales.  Cornmeal-based patties steamed inside a banana leaf.  Inside, you will find chicken or pork, and a little bit of vegetable like olives or raisins. It is one of the most typical foods you will see in Panama around the...

• Tamales.  Cornmeal-based patties steamed inside a banana leaf.  Inside, you will find chicken or pork, and a little bit of vegetable like olives or raisins. It is one of the most typical foods you will see in Panama around the holidays. It has a really unique and special flavor because of the achiote (also known as annatto), which give tamales a color and a taste that you really cannot find anywhere else. As a side note, if you take a look at most butter packaging all over the world, annatto is what they use to give the butter its yellow color.

• Arroz con pollo.  A paella style rice dish made with chicken. It also has achiote, which is what gives the dish its orange color. This is a popular dish during the holidays in Panama. It is a “must” to have arroz con pollo during special events like Sweet 15, weddings, and other parties.

• Sancocho. A soup made with chicken and a root vegetable called ñame. It also has an herb called culantro (not cilantro, which is different), which is like a weed that grows anywhere and that has a very unique flavor. The essence of Panamanian cooking is culantro. Sancocho is also a reputed cure for hangover, so, after a long night of partying (which is one of the national pastimes here), people eat sancocho the following morning to feel better.