Eating in Canoa

March 26th, 2016 Canoa

Every morning after coffee and Pilates, Anita makes us breakfast. We have either oatmeal, bananas and yogurt, perhaps with a side dish of ripe papaya, or eggs, toast, tomatoes and bananas. It's a great way to start the day before we go out for our 1 3/4 to 2 hour walk down the empty beach.

For lunch, we have a fresh vegetable salad plate along with local cheese or hard boiled eggs, often accompanied by leftover patacones (fried plantain) or any other leftovers we might have. Anita makes a salad dressing from freshly squeezed lime juice and oil, perhaps with a touch of hot sauce. The plums are for dessert.

This is one of our favourite dinners at Cevicheria Saboreame #2: Encocado de pescado (fish in coconut sauce with rice and patacones) and ceviche de cameron (shrimp ceviche with plantain chips)

We buy local cheese from a little shop on the Main Street. It costs about $2 per pound or less and tastes great. For under $20 per week for cheese, fruits, vegetables and eggs, we eat all our breakfasts and lunches made with delicious fresh food.

We've also started eating at another beach shack called the Charly Bar. They have great fish in tequila sauce (whatever that is) and lightly breaded shrimp with rice, salad, patacones and beans. Any of the above entrees are $5.50 to $6.

Anita is enjoying a double banana colada for $4 during happy hour at the Surf Shak. We go there on Tuesday evenings. We split a hamburger combo (big burger, fries and a large beer), then have a double banana colada for dessert before the trivia contest. Unfortunately, this week we were in a 3 way tie for first place but lost in the playoff round. Still fun.

Wine tasting Canoa style: $8 per litre. If you're not sure about which wine to buy, the old tetra pack never disappoints.

                                     

Our favourite table at the Charly Bar on the beach - not classy but great ambiance.

The aforementioned fish in tequila sauce at the Charly Bar.

Finally, the charcoal fired chicken roaster at the restaurant where we buy a "pollo medio con arroz sin ensalada" (half a chicken with rice but without salad) for $7 to take out for our Sunday dinner. Anita cooks extra vegetables so we have a great dinner in our apartment and enough leftovers for a stir fry the next day. Fantastic!