Gallo Pinto: is the typical Costa Rican breakfast. It is made of rice and beans, fried or scrambled eggs, minced meat, plantains and tortillas. It is usually served with cheese, fresh orange juice, fruit and coffee, it has everything!

Ceviche: It is a food of Peruvian origin but other international cuisines have borrowed the recipe to make their own version. This is the case of Costa Rica, where it is also prepared with fresh raw fish that is marinated with citrus. But it is usually made with sea bass, cilantro, garlic, celery, onion, sweet chili and chimichurri.

Casado: One of the most typical plates. It is necessary to try it in a restaurant that prepares traditional cuisine to enjoy the full experience. The dish is served with beans, rice, red peppers, onion, fried plantains and meat. This can be chicken, pork or beef, grilled or sautéed and served with french fries and vegetables.

Olla de carne: Typical Costa Rican soup. It uses meat cut into large wedges, with potatoes, carrots, yucca, chayote, ayote, tiquizque, ñampí -Costa Rican vegetables- and plantain. All this is simmered in a large pot, hence its name.

Chifrijo: Chicharrones and beans… Chifrijo! Pork crackling, rice, beans with broth, tomato, onion and chimichurri.

Pork Tamale: Not missing from Costa Rican tables when Christmas arrives. Plantain leaves are used to cook pork with a prepared mixture of flour, rice, beans and vegetables.

Typical Costa Rican desserts: There is nothing like the sweets in the Costa Rican recipe book: rice pudding, cajeta, chiverre or pineapple empanadas and churchill. Wheat flour is usually used in most cases to create the cakes and they are accompanied with syrups and ice cream.

Beverages: from coffee to chan. Costa Rica produces excellent coffees, so coffee drinkers should not hesitate to try it when they pass by coffee shops and restaurants. As for chan, this is a Costa Rican recipe: water and chan seeds. It is said that it facilitates intestinal transit and lowers blood pressure.