The gastronomy of Cartagena de Indias
The city is renowned internationally and by this fact, many
restaurants propose a varied gastronomy to accommodate tourists
and offer a worldwide gastronomy that’s the same for all the
touristic cities. In other ways, people from Cartagena, what do
they have like gastronomic habits?
The food
People from Cartagena usually eat “egg arepas”, manioc, “corn or
bean bunuelos”, empanadas”, sancocho”, plantain, coco rice,
“yucca con suero”, “butifara”, etc. Many small restaurants of
fast food are present everywhere.
Seafood and fishes are evidently excellent meals such as pargo,
bocachico, sierra, crab legs, shrimps, squid, etc.
In the historic center, precisely at the
Portal de Los Dulces,
you can taste trypical candies from Cartagena made of coconut,
pineapple, papaya, grapefruit and also made with milk.
Drinks or beverages
Fruit juices are in great variety, but more difficult to find in
non-touristic quarters because Colombians prefer soft-drinks and
beer. The most popular beer is manifestly the Aguila and than
the Club Colombia. Wine isn’t a big habit of the residents.
The most popular alcohol liquors of the country are the
aguardiente the looks like pernod and there’s the brown rum.