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IVO HENFLING | MARCH 20, 2015 We were seriously surprised to find a restaurant with such a varied shrimp menu. I knew the restaurant existed as we had walked by it several times, but from the outside, the place looks like a Johnny Rockets, not inviting enough for me. When I find a restaurant that’s worth […]
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IVO HENFLING | MARCH 13, 2015 You just arrived at the international airport in Costa Rica. As soon as you walk outside arrivals, 10 guys jump on you, trying to help you with your suitcases. Of course they want to get paid for their services, how much should you pay them? You’re having a […]
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IVO HENFLING | NOVEMBER 6, 2014 I had never heard of this Argentinian restaurant in San Jose, though I had driven past it many times. I don’t go to San Jose that often anymore, but it looks like the city is becoming a good place for great restaurants again. One in a while, when I find […]
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IVO HENFLING | APRIL 4, 2014 When you purchase a house in Costa Rica, you have to organize a housewarming party. A couple of months ago, TicoNuevo was planning his housewarming party and asked me where to find musicians to turn this into a real happening. Who else to ask than your Costa Rica real […]
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by Ivo Henfling Once you move to Costa Rica, you will want to eat out once in a while. Depending on where you are going to live, you will be able to read the menu or not. In the Escazu and Santa Ana areas, as well as the beaches of Costa Rica, you […]
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by Ivo Henfling When you grow up with burgers, you cannot live without them. Moving to Costa Rica doesn’t change your eating habits. If you have grown up eating hamburgers and hotdogs, you cannot just start eating gallo pinto the next day. The advantage is that if you move to Costa Rica, thousands of US […]
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While the country isn’t renowned for its own cuisine (there are some really great exceptions), you will find a multitude of international restaurants in addition to well-known restaurant chains (if you yearn for a taste of home, but then, why bother coming to Costa Rica in the first place). In our estimate during our visit […]
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by Ivo Henfling Thanks to Liz & Tony, I got to know the best Asian restaurant in Escazu – Costa Rica, right across the street from where I live……..yes, it was right there and I didn’t see it. They say “see further than the end of your nose” and I have a big nose. The […]
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by Ivo Henfling Every time I go to Jaco Beach, I need to stop over for lunch at the Taco Bar Restaurant downtown, across from the Pops ice cream parlor. This first Costa Rica Taco Bar has some incredibly awesome Tacos and at very reasonable prices and it’s a quick in an out as it […]
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