What’s For Breakfast in Costa Rica?

What can you expect to eat for breakfast during your Costa Rica vacations? Well I guess it all depends where you stay.

Many hotels in Costa Rica serve buffet style breakfasts where you can get anything you want – fruit, cereal, eggs, bacon, yogurt, etc. etc. But then that would be the similar wherever you are the world from London to Beijing.

If you want to go local and get the breakfast enjoyed by Costa Ricans, you can go to a local eatery called a soda or a restaurant that serves breakfast. Just as in North America, it could be a quick bagel or toast or cereal, in Costa Rica it could be fruit salad or just cornflakes with banana. However, if you have more time, then you have many options. Gallo pinto, sometimes served with bread dipped in sour cream, eggs – scrambled with onions or fried in tomato sauce. There are also corn pancakes called chorreadas. If you have a sweet tooth, there are also pastries, plain cake and pineapple patties. If you see a cake calledTres Leches (three milks), it is a Tico favorite. Three sorts of milk (evaporated, condensed and just regular milk) are poured over the cake with whipped cream on top.

Gallo pinto (rice and black beans) is the staple food of Costa Rica and can be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We recommend gallo pinto with scrambled eggs and a tortilla.

What do you drink for breakfast in Costa Rica? Coffee, of course! Home grown Costa Rican coffee is famous around the world and where better to enjoy it. You can get a one day coffe tour visiting a coffee plantation to learn more. Herbal teas are also widely available. If you want something sweet, then a local favorite is agua dulce (sweet water). Sugar cane is boiled and reduced and then set in conical molds. Yes,sugar cane is also farmed in Costa Rica. The end result is called tapas (lids). Some of this is scraped off and put into boiling water or milk and presto there’s you agua dulce.

Certainly breakfast in Costa Rica is an interesting and enjoyable experience. Source:

JonathanMadrigal and Go Easy your host during your Costa Rica vacations. Go Easy is able to arrange hotel reservations, tours in Costa Rica, private transportation in San José, corporate transportation in Costa Rica, transfers to and from SJO airport and much more. Go Easy will make it easy for you! For more information please visit: www.goeasycostarica.com