Panama » Dining in Panama City

"The food of Panama does not contain spice in it and its specialty lies in the use of corn. The food contains more quantity of oils. Besides this almost all kinds of sea foods are also used frequently."

Panamanian food is comparable with food of other Latin American countries. But the importance of Panamanian food is that it mainly not contains more spice in it. Panamanian cookery mainly contains corn as essential item in it. Cooking is exercised chiefly in oil. All types of Fish, seafood and shellfish dishes are Panamanian specialties.

Other usually cooked foods in Panama include:

• Camarones
• Pollo
• Patacones
• Ceviche
• Corvina 

Although a large collection of fruits are grown-up in Panama, fresh fruit is not offered in restaurants.  Fruit can be bought in outdoor marketplaces and can be observed standing nearby major roads.

The food in Panama tends to be good and reasonably priced. And in Panama City, the range of restaurants is substantial. Prices vary extremely, as do the menus and conventions. But seafood is, of course, almost always an area of expertise. The Chinese restaurants in the region of the banking centre tend to be decent, too, since there is a rising Chinese population to support the best ones.