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amw

food in panama picture post

Dec 12, 2021 23:07

Arriving in Panama i really had no idea what to expect from the food. I didn't know anything about the country except for what i learned from the Pirate History Podcast and the Panama Papers investigation. I bought a ticket on a whim, and arrived in slightly sketchy corner of Panama City just after sunset. The first restaurant i visited was the one ( Read more... )

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carriea31 December 13 2021, 04:30:35 UTC

And now I want flan.

spiffikins December 13 2021, 06:09:49 UTC

I walked in and to my delight the owner spoke Putonghua (Mandarin), so i was able to order a plate without struggling in Spanish

How awesome that you found good Cantonese food randomly in Panama!

Your description of finding a common language reminded me of when I was in Mexico and trying to use my tiny amount of Spanish to buy groceries. I saw a little counter-service Chinese food place in the strip mall where the grocery store was, and decided to get a meal to go and take it to the beach.

The woman behind the counter was entirely fluent in Spanish - but accented. My brain short circuited - I lost all my Spanish because she was Chinese - and apparently that confused me and I couldn't grok that she spoke Spanish. But! I knew that I was in Mexico, and that English was incorrect - so when I went to thank her, what came out was "Merci beaucoup" - because apparently my brain just defaults to French when I know "not English" but don't have the right language file loaded :D

amw December 25 2021, 22:43:14 UTC

This is a great story! I have kept getting my language wires crossed too over the past few weeks, it's really frustrating. I think i will try make an entry about it, because it seems to be something odd that some people encounter when learning a language but not others.

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newwaytowrite December 13 2021, 07:29:57 UTC

I am thrilled you found some good food after so many misses.

olamina December 14 2021, 01:06:51 UTC

The Peruvian potatoes are called papas a la huancaina. So good.

The patacones relleno look good. Glad you discovered ceviche. It is so damn good.

A lot of this food looks like the boring ass food I had in Colômbia. Glad you found some decent Chinese.