You chose one of the best places to eat in Costa Rica. I lived there for many years and the food there is excellent. I always recommend to all of my American friends who visit Costa Rica to go to the Mercado Central in San Jose. But I also recommend to try every Mercado Central of every province. The older the place the better

Years ago I went during the Christmas Holiday season. Just beautiful: decorations, people, land and different climates. Breakfast is rice with beans, lunch is rice and beans, dinner is beans with rice. Fun place.

I grew up in Costa Rica and I've wanted so long for you to visit my home country! Thank you so much. I can't wait to finish the video!~

I cant believe you were here! Thank you so much for highlighting Costa Rican and Central American food ❤❤❤

Hey Mike, welcome to Costa Rica, really excited that you are in my country enjoying our food and pura vida!!!

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

Hopefully he comes back for longer. We would love to film with him and show him some amazing spots like when we filmed at Big Mama's near Playa Conchal. Such a cool spot. Or Yiya's near Nadayure! That's one spot everyone needs to visit.

that chicharron plate looks amazing.

So much history there!! I'm so glad that you love it, it is also my favorite place ❤️!!! Come back soon !!!

Hoping to try some of these place when my friends and I go on Sept 27th - Oct 2nd!!! I cant wait, it will my first time in Costa Rica!!

Mike welcome to Costa Rica!! I cant believe youre here! thanks for showing our food to the world

Bienvenido Mikey! To Costa Rica Hope you enjoy the comida! Just be careful in the city! Pura Vida!

I love the Edit ❤in here hats off !

So glad you made it south

Im glad you enjoyed your visit in my country.Pura vida😊

I love the orange-lime (limon mandarina)

I hope you go to Puerto Limon ❤ the food is insane... you have to try paty, rice and beans, plantinta, ron don, pan bon. And best of all lo mejor de limon es su gente🎉

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

We are planning to head to the Limon province early 2024 to film. We can't wait to check out the food and culture there. So different then here on the Pacific side.

@jjtravels7145

10 ай бұрын

@@TheDufresnes my husband and family are limonense don't let people scare you it is a literal hidden gem

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

@@jjtravels7145 oh we are definitely not scared, we wanted to come in October but we need to save up money to head that way and film. We're looking forward to it. We already know people from the area and have a subscriber that wants to show us around Limon town! It's going to be fun showing people to not be scared of the Carribean side. Pura Vida

El barrio, comida criolla🤍

Hearty and probably good and cheap? Sign me up! That all looked incredibly delicious!

Costa Rics is still the most memorable trip I have ever had. The gallo pinto trully is mind blowing stuff that I would have from breakfast to dinner, as much as I could

Happy Snowfurfee ~ May all your dreams come true I wish you more great fame and fortune!! ~ StayFurfee 🎉🎉

Pura Vida!

Wow you get around thank you for sharing Pete cape town south Africa looking forward to seeing you soon

Once again thank you for a great food experience

Can someone send Guga here, Mike just said some local Costa Rican restaurant made tender and flavorful eyeround steaks! And that's astonishing really.

I'm glad you tried one of my favorite ice creams 😋 I don't go to the central market too often, but when I do I always make sure to get myself one of those.

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

Next time we are there we'll definitely film the Ice cream spot!

Decades ago, my local family there criticized me for eating at the mercados. It's not a cuisine capital, but you get quality of local meats you don't get in SE Asia and fresh produce. Traveling to Costa Rica in a few months and I'm awaiting Flor de Itabo.

Hey Mike! Its Saturday. & i know this is about to be delicious.. They put passion into their food. To when you taste it, you taste the passion too.. Yum-my 🤤🐞 Lets go Mike. Enjoy.. 🤟🏼❤️🐞🤗

Tarea número 1

The breakfast food looks good and that meat plate do yum ❤❤..x

I can see why Costa Rica is label as one of the blue zone countries. People there eat very healthy, look at all the seafood and beans. Their diet and life style is key to their longevity.

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

The blue zone is only in a part of the Nicoya Peninsula around the city of Nicoya. Unfortunately a lot of locals here now eat a lot of baked goods and drink beer and coca cola. The Blue zone is shrinking and the newer generation aren't keeping the same lifestyle.

@rocacoshi

7 ай бұрын

Hey, I’m from Costa Rica, I’ve always lived here, I’m 19 and 2 of my great grandparents are still alive, and I met 6 out of the 8. The thing isn’t rice and beans, sure it’s part of the main diet for most people but it mostly filler food, not like, something we all eat, let alone every day, but there are people who eat it for every meal. The important thing truly is the ground root vegetables, all of these yuca, malanga, tiquisque, ñame, ñampi, etc, etc. It’s really common to eat in olla de carne (meat soup), fried, or used as dough for empanadas, filled with meats, veg, or cheese. All grown and made near your area usually.

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Nice one Mike the Food in Costa Rica sure looks real and vibrant .. very special indeed I could happily get fatter munching my way around there !

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

It's the fresh quality ingredients here that make the food so good!

Much love Mike ❤️ enjoy your yummy food 😊

Mike nice way to eat a gallo de chicharrón, like a tico pro hahahah

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

@@Culture_mirror ❤❤❤

Pura vidaaaa, you should visit Limon, Manuel antonio, Tamarindo, San carlos

Man, Mike is all over the map 🙂

Try the cheese tortillas or Go to the Caribbean try the ricenbeans, patty, hiel

As far as the food, I think you were meant to be born there!

Everything looks delicious! 😋🎉💯

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I can't believe you are or were, I live, enjoy it Mike, blessings!

Absolutely love Costa Rican food, some of the best food ive had when in Guanacaste, Pura Vida

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

It is good but he missed the best, Chifrijo!

@turntridgeplays5485

10 ай бұрын

@TheDufresnes Omg yes! The crunchy combined with the fresh chimichurri is amazing

Glad to have you in my country Mike! Hope you enjoy your stay and most importantly all the amazing food we can offer !

Oh no. That sounds good 😊

Hey Mike, you should come to Guatemala.

More Central America ❤

Pura Vida!!!

Costa Rican here. So glad you are trying our food! Viva Costa Rica 🇨🇷

The food all looked phenomenal ❤

I’ve been there! Many, many years ago!

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

You need to come back again then!

Pura vida Miike!! Glad to see you enjoying yourself in my country. 👏👏👏

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

Pura Vida, It's easy to enjoy it here!

MOKA Cafe, been traveling Pura Vida land many years..know it well.

There is something like this in La fortuna???

Interestingly enough, Lolo Mora's brother was married to my grand aunt.

Love and peace from Australia as always Mikey 🦘😘

if skin is not crunchy (it has to snaps) is not chicharron

@ndb_1982

10 ай бұрын

Maybe you have a hearing problem. He said it is crunchy.

Omg your in Costa Rica your 6 hours away from me lol

:) 00:47 👍

Such amazing foods!!!

Yo should try the Chifrijo

He likes it......Hey Mikey!!!!!

Costa Rica 🇨🇷 ❤💙🤍

Hey Mike, can you please come to Indonesia again?

Hay I went there once

Keep up the good work buddy! Love the enthusiasm in your vids, always look forward to see what ull do next!

Love your content Mike! Do Colombia please! 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

This looks very delicious, all I’m thinking about is how can he finish the plate 😂😂

@brianmacfarlane268

10 ай бұрын

Gluttony?

Costa Rica,a place I would love to visit for sure,luckily for me I speak and understand Spanish.

@rioluna6058

10 ай бұрын

The baches are good but to me the forest and waterfalls are the Best of this country. Try southern costa rica is cheaper is not as touristy but there are plenty of forest and wsterfalls in the south cause is where the moutains get to 10.000 feet. (4km) and in a 45 minute drive you get to the beach so the terrain is so rugged that there are lots of waterfalls to me is the hidden gem in CR. Pérez zeledon - uvita( whale Bay). Nauyaca waterfalls is one example of that.

I never knew I needed Jackie Chan doing food reviews

It is surprisingly good. Is ceviche fish in cold fresh sauce?

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So cool to see you in Central America !! It really changes from Asia !! When are you coming to taste hornado in Ecuador?

Hey Mickey: great stop in San Jose! I first went to the Central Market in 1992 or 93! It looks nicer now! Of course, the Soda Talas is still around. San Jose has had a large expat- USA community for at least 60 years now! Most Liv we up in the hills surrounding San Jose! You missed some great Costa Rican coffee vendors in the Central Market. Tamarindo Beach on the Pacific coast was developed in the 1980's to cater to the foreigners. You could have bought a 2 bedroom condo on the beach for $US25,000 in the early '90's. I believe today it is very touristy. Off-beaten-track is the Caribbean-side with Limon, Puerto Viejo! Cross the border into Panama & visit the Bocas del Toro national park! Pura Vida!

I’m leaving for Costa Rica tomorrow!!!

I love Costa Rica 🇨🇷 I took my mom there last year can’t wait to see all the foods you eat here

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

Glad you loved it here, if you ever want to see more about Costa Rica our channel is packed with content from here. Pura Vida

Street food is the best

2:54 I'm not wearing socks! 😧

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

No but it may blow your sandals off!

@RaxaPKXD

10 ай бұрын

​@@TheDufresnesSticky Lidl floor already tried it! 😂

hey, pura vida

Finally no buffets mikes back

Your frequent miles must be in the hundreds of thousands!!! Can't keep up with what country you're in😊

Mike U should go 2 Vietnam & try there food it’s really good

It’s Costa not Coesta

That ice cream sound like eggnog!

@rodvarmo

9 ай бұрын

The flavour is a lot more intense than eggnog

Hi Mike Chen, where have you been ?!

When you go to Germany?

Dinner.. that's not a casado, sorry my friend you got scammed!

Besides, the supposed formal member tasks are paying with your money, they ask you for a certain amount and offer you 30%, a scam.

Getting closer to Panama…I hope you visit my country!

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rookie mistake the guy gave away his family secret

@TheDufresnes

10 ай бұрын

I'm sure it's not the first time and they've been in business for over 100 years.

First to comment

Aparte, las supuestas tareas de miembro formal, son pagando con tu dinero, te piden cierta cantidad y te ofrecen el 30%, una estafa.

Is that breakfast? It will be a lunch

Hey Mike, welcome to Costa Rica, really excited that you are in my country enjoying our food and pura vida !!!