Category: Food and Wine – South America

The Four Seasons, Bogota, Colombia

The hotel is split in two, in the sense that it occupies two buildings, within 15 minutes drive of each other. We stayed in the modern building, located in what we discovered was the most vibrant and trendy part of town. This is a relatively small hotel (just 69 rooms), […]
Lifting the lid on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.

It was with a Robinson Crusoe attitude that we ventured into the Costa Rican jungle. Flooded with pictures of the beautiful, wild Caribbean coast (of Costa Rica and Panama), the trip was something we had been dreaming of for a while. We had gone there with guns blazing: we had […]
Restaurant Sobre Las Olas, Cahuita, Costa Rica

Juventino Rosas’ Over the Waves waltz may be a rather unusual choice of a name for a restaurant in Cahuita, Costa Rica. The only plausible rationale is the fact that the Italian-owned eaterie overlooks the sea and is quite romantic at night. We had our best fish meal there: fabulously […]

Red Frog Beach, Bocas del Toro, Panama

This is an impressive 11ha development offering the best and probably only jungle experience in both comfort and authenticity on Bocas del Toro. Approaching it by boat, you will disembark on a pontoon leading to extensive mangrove and signs affirming its green credentials. Complimentary golf carts and jungle trucks […]
Cambalache – a taste of Argentinean festivities in London

To say that there has been a huge buzz about this year’s Cambalache event – London’s Argentinian culture, wine and street food festival extraordinaire – would be an understatement. Tickets have flown off their digital shelves into the eager clutches of customers who span the spectrum of wine enthusiasts, culture […]

The Four Seasons, Bogota, Colombia