What I ate: We shared a variety of dishes to start, including an empanada, a chicken ... soup that's popular on the coast — brimming with tangy tomato, onion and lime flavor, plus cilantro and yuca.

This consists of a fish stew that is cooked seasoned inside bijao branches and served with yucca and ripe plantain ... Soup is usually eaten on Palm Sunday and this is a chicken or chicken ...