Tag Archives: food
Peruvian Food: The Best in Latin America
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Pictures and descriptions of the best Peruvian dishes.
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Food Tours NOT for the Middle Class
Posted on 28. Sep, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Responding to feedback on my food tours, I explain the pricing.
Many readers thought the price of my Bogota gastronomy tour is too high. This article explains the pricing.
First of all, keep in mind 500,000 pesos is all-inclusive. So visitors get picked up at their hotel for every meal. We’ll assume the average round trip taxi price is 10,000 pesos. Also keep in mind I’m eating too … Read more
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Food Tours in Bogota, Colombia
Posted on 26. Sep, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Now offering food tours for foodies, culinary adventurists, and food tourism.
I’ve worked in the tourism industry for almost a year now. I’m a good tour guide. I show gringos a good time and authentic, Colombian experience.
Now I’m now offering food tours in Bogota, Colombia … Read more
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Colombia’s Culinary Hall of Shame
Posted on 12. Sep, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: I call out the most overrated restaurants and menu items in Colombia.
Alternate Title: The Worst in Colombian Dining
This is a critical article on Colombian cuisine. If you’d like to read a positive article, see 10 Things to Eat in Bogota. Or read this piece and understand why there are no Colombian restaurants in the States … Read more
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Tweets from Beijing, China
Posted on 06. Nov, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: I didn’t do much writing in Beijing. I did regularly update my Twitter profile. Those tweets with elaborations sum up what I did in China.
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Fruit in Colombia
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Description and pictures of the several different exotic fruits I eat in Colombia.
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My Rice Rant
Posted on 01. Aug, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: I explain why rice sucks.
A Facebook update from November 2009:
I’m spending 6 weeks in the States and I’m not eating one grain of rice the whole time!
My January 13 tweet (twitter.com/colinpost):
Life in Latin America is a daily struggle to minimize my consumption of rice.
Rice has no taste. Rice is nutritionally worthless. Rice is filler crap, the most abused filler crap in the world. … Read more
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10 Things To Eat in Bogota
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Descriptions of my ten favorite things to eat in Bogota: bandeja paisa, ajiaco, black folks’ fish, chiguiro, arequipe, fruit, ensalada de frutas, morcilla, lechona, and Andres Carne de Res. I also included three things you don’t have to eat.
You’ll eat Colombia’s national dish, bandeja paisa, throughout the country. Rice, beans, ground beef or steak, chorizo, chicharrón, arepa, avocado, platano, fried egg, and sometimes morcilla. Any bandeja paisa costing 15,000 pesos will be good. My favorite is La Cucharita de Mi Abuela at Calle 63 & Carrera 13. Be like me and mix it all together with a cup of ají for spicy, sloppy goodness… Read more
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Arepas in Colombia
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: My definitive post on arepas in Colombia. Arepas are a starchy biscuit / pancake and everyday staple in the northern Andes.
Arepas are a staple food in Colombia. Arepas are to Colombia as tortillas are to Mexico. Arepas are basically cornmeal biscuits. There are many different kinds, but they all derive from corn and they’re all shaped in a patty. They taste almost like a biscuit but with less moisture. Most don’t have much flavor. They’re featured in my 3 Things You Don’t Have to Eat in Bogota. However, it’s pretty hard to visit Colombia and not eat these things. They’re everywhere. They’re served with street-food. Arepa with chorizo, or arepa with egg and chicharrón. … Read more
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La Calera, Guatavita, and Girardot, Colombia
Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Colin.
SUMMARY: My stories from three pueblos outside Bogota, Colombia. Includes La Calera, Guatavita with Gringos, and Fell Off the Wagon in Girardot.
La Calera
La Calera is a nice little town on the other side of the mountains. Most go by bus but Alejandro and Winston walk. Friday night we made tentative plans for them to call Saturday. We couldn’t decide that night because they wanted to borrow dogs. Dogs? – I asked. They wanted to borrow a pitbull or rottweiler in case we ran into thieves on the trail. Oh, OK… Read more
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