Also, after reading your comment about your view of the Palacio Chinese Restaurant, what is your favorite chinese restaurant in David? I’m craving the real hot, Szechwan or Hunan, and can’t find it anywhere!

Wendy

Ok, based on your recommendation, I will try it again. I understand that the rent on the new location is going to be pretty steep. I wonder if that will require all restaurants to up their rates again.

Also, I don’t want to “beat a dead horse”, but I do want to go back to the Hibiscus issue. I stand by what I said earlier - but in a subsequent conversation with the chef - I’d like to perhaps straighten out the purported “raise in prices” issue here.

I think what happened was that the conversation you had about increased prices had to do with the chef adding a Special Menu to his already Classic dishes. The Classic meals have only gone up about $0.50 to $1.00 since early 2005 (which is very small in terms of what I’ve personally observed with other area restaurants). The new menu is built around specialty items that are only available when the chef has the ingredients. For instance, he offers a garlic/butter fresh langostino and fresh corvina brochette for $15.00 which is the highest priced entree on both menus. The sauced fresh trout filet on the Classic menu is $10.00 - up from $9.50 in August ‘05. There are other entrees beginning at $8.75.

His prices remain very much in line (or lower than) some of the other restaurants in the area (like the Panamonte and certainly the Palo Alto). The quality and consistency I’ve already referred to - in my view - and again, I go back to personal choice. I happen to like French cuisine and his is very competitive with that I’ve had in other countries…good solid home-style French cooking… Which also seems to be enjoyed by the many Panamanians who eat there.

Please try him again — or wait until he’s in his new location. Then he’ll be offering breakfast and lunch menus and some different evening entrees.

Thanks for leaving a comment. Yes, I misses out by one day on the Chili. I will call Maritriny the next time to make sure she saves me some.

I had Mole and it is always good.

I’m the person who told you about the chili con carne at Antojitos. Sorry that you were not able to sample it yourself on your recent trip to Boquete, but I will have some soon and think of you while eating there. Antojitos is one of my favorite eatery places in Boquete. I am convinced that Maritrini does put a dab of love in each dish that is served.

Also, I did not know of your web site until I met you last Saturday. I will visit more in the future.

I am glad to hear that the Hibiscus consistency has improved. It was over a year ago when I used to eat there. Still in terms of the prices I heard, I don’t think I will be going to the Hibiscus. I would rather go to the Panamonte, which I understand has also increased its prices.

In terms of Hibiscus, I eat there probably every two weeks, and I’ve always found the food to be of quite consistent quality and quantity and prepared to order in the French way. I would hate it if the chef prepared everything from a set menu with standardized products ala TGIFridays or McDonald’s. Good cuisine is like good music: Part of the pleasure is to enjoy the nuances of the original brought to bear by the mood of the chef or conductor.

In terms of Machu Pichu (and some others in Boquete), their unwillingness to comply with the law and CLICLAC regulations is one reason to not patronize those places. Just like television - if you don’t like the program, you have a choice….