Moving to Panama and Dining at Las Tinajas
When you move to Panama City, Panama with IntlMOVE, you will have the opportunity to try many different restaurants.
Panama City offers a variety of restaurants with a wide range of different types of cuisines.
Las Tinajas is a very popular dining place for locals that want to enjoy authentic Panamanian cuisine.
The restaurant is named after a traditional clay pot, called a tinaja, which was once used to keep drinking water fresh.
Las Tinajas is located in the financial district and serves lunch and dinner.
You can enjoy sopa borracha, which means drunken soup, which is the house specialty.
There are also tamales, carimanolas and many other traditional Panama dishes.
A carimanola is a meat-filled croquette made from yucca.
The restaurant says its dishes are prepared with fresh native ingredients from different Panamanian recipes.
If you want to try a variety of different appetizers get the picada, which allows you to try a many different items.
Some of the appetizers you will want to try are the Ceviche, the seafood salad or the shrimp cocktail.
The fish sticks served with tartar sauce are also a favorite.
There are also salads that are sure to tempt your taste buds.
The fresh yucca salad is served with a house dressing and shrimp.
In addition to the drunken soup, you can choose to start your meal off with the seafood soup or the pumpkin and pixbae cream soup.
When you are ready for your main course, you can try one of many traditional dishes from Panama.
The rice with chicken is a great choice along with the chicken pot tamale.
The pork chop served with mango chutney sauce is a specialty or you can try the salted hung beef with fresh tomato sauce.
If you are more of a fan of the sea, you should try the Caribbean style red snapper or the squid with roast pepper in coconut sauce.
After you have finished your meals, you have to leave room for dessert!
You will not want to miss out on Las Tinajas homemade custard.
You can also try their tres leches, which is out of this world.
If you want to visit Las Tinajas and enjoy a show, make sure you go the restaurant on Tuesday, Thursday or Friday night at 9 p.m.
There are dancers that dress in traditional Panamanian clothes and put on an unforgettable performance.
You can learn about the traditional folklore, which will help you learn more about your new country.
The restaurant is located in a colonial house, which adds to the unique charm of the local restaurant.
If you need a space for a private business dinner or a celebration, Las Tinajas also has private rooms available.
When you move to Panama with IntlMOVE, try to immerse yourself in the culture of your new country.
Dining at Las Tinajas will give you the experience of eating traditional food while learning about the traditional dances and dress of the Panamanian people.
