Yesterday - Saturday - was our day for eating lunch at a new-to-us restaurant.
It was my turn to select a restaurant and my choice was Los Jardines Vivero y Café. This restaurant is next door to Super Rosvil El Liceo where I would be able to pick up a few groceries after lunch.
As is quite typical in Costa Rica, you cannot judge a “book by its cover”. This is what the entranceway to the restaurant looks like when it is closed (from their menu cover):
The staff are very friendly, welcoming and attentive. The restaurant opens at 11:30 am and I suggest getting there at that time, which is what we did. It started filling up fast closer to noon.
We started with sangria:
We both ordered paninis. Lance chose ham and cheese:
And I chose mushrooms and pesto:
The yellow sauce is mustard and mayo and it’s for dipping the chips in which, by the way, are really good. Before our main courses arrived, we were presented with a plate of plantain chips with a warm bean dip on the side - gratis.
Neither of us could finish our paninis so we asked for para llevar (take away) and that will be our dinner tonight with a salad.
I know that Grecia expats meet here most Wednesdays for lunch.
Highly recommend this restaurant. They require Covid-19 compliance - temperature measurement, hand washing and mask wearing. Masks can be removed when you sit down.
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3 comments:
¡Hola! Warm bean dip is the best, especially with plantain chips!! This looks like a really nice and cute place, we'd love to have lunch there. A question regarding your anti-covid protocol. CR, I take it, has no app or equivalent to show that you have been vaccinated, tested negative, or have anti-bodies? Taking people's temperature is pretty useless because non-symptomatic patients often don't have an elevated temperature. We've been traveling in Germany and France the last couple of weeks and I feel safer knowing that everybody on the train and in every restaurant has been vaccinated. If you can't show proof of 2 shots, you aren't allowed to sit down anywhere.
https://ticotimes.net/2021/10/25/costa-ricas-entry-requirements-during-covid-19-updated
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