14 Colombian restaurants among the best…

Mr. Hollywood says on Sep 10, 2007, 10:01:

My thumbnail review of three:

Donostia: Good food and great downtown setting. See and be seen lunch spot for Colombia's political elite. Expensive.

Criterion: Really nice food and setting. Expensive.

Matiz: They must be kidding. The food there is a joke and WAY overpriced.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 10, 2007, 10:58:

Mr. Hollywood,
It's good to know that you have experienced the food and service of Donostia, Criterion and Matiz.

More restaurants coming soon!

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

El Piloto says on Sep 10, 2007, 11:40:

No upscale dining options in Medellin make the list of best restaurants in Colombia???

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Sep 10, 2007, 11:41:

Welcome back Monpi!. como te fue?
I KNOW THE BEST RESTAURANT IN SAN ANDRES: "DONDE FRANCHESCA" the best sea food you will ever have!!!. I have been to many counties in my life, but this food is one of the best I have ever had!. The restaurant is ON the beach, in the beaches of "San Luis" las playas de San Luis/ San Andres, Colombia.

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 10, 2007, 11:43:

El Piloto, the only thing I liked about Medellin this time was Mondongos' restaurant near 70

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 10, 2007, 11:47:

Hola pelaa,
It's good to know that Don de Franchesca is a good restaurant in San Andres. Tell us about the food there why it's so good?

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

mrgizmo says on Sep 10, 2007, 15:21:

That's a great list! We should all contribute and make a PBH Restaurant Guide, so that we can all refer back to it.

Behind every successful man, there's a nagging woman

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Sep 10, 2007, 17:37:

"Donde Frachesca" the food is made to order, and she gets `pulpo` and many differnt kinds of fish delivered by plane form the pacific, she is a cook, and has won awards, and been all over the world in cooking seminars. I guarantee you, that you will be amazed with that food, and I am not an eater, I don`t care for food so much, but there I was like WOW!.

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

goin_south says on Sep 10, 2007, 17:41:

I would post; but I tire repeating myself.
You go guess.

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Sep 10, 2007, 17:41:

Monpi, pelao: I will send you a photo of her restaurant so you can post it on PBH.

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

goin_south says on Sep 10, 2007, 17:43:

(Hey Lisa; you been to Colombia lately?)

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Sep 10, 2007, 17:48:

G S: what gave you that idea?

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Mr. Hollywood says on Sep 10, 2007, 19:00:

Unless La Ballena Azul has changed in the last few years it's really nothing special. Great location, though.

The crepe place across the street is actually better.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

goin_south says on Sep 10, 2007, 22:13:

monpirri... WHY ONLY... 14.......?
Why .. 14?

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 11, 2007, 04:06:

GS,
These reviews are done periodically or monthly, I'm assuming Cromos did 14 for the month of August.
As you know there are hundreds of good restaurants that something do not make it to a list becuase of politican reasons or otherwise. For instance, your restaurant, the one in Monserrate or mine did not make it to the August list.

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Sam Salmon says on Sep 11, 2007, 11:52:

I've eaten at Mondongo's-it was awful/bad beyond belief/a joke/ a mess and completely substandard.

I'd never recommend it to anyone I'd want to speak to again.

' a la orden!'

0 funny, 0 helpful.

billyb says on Sep 11, 2007, 17:46:

Surprised Harry Sasson(SP) wasn't on the list? I thought I saw it on Conde' Nast's list of top 100 in the world.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 11, 2007, 18:23:

Chef Harry Sasson opened Harry's Bar about a year and a half.

Cromos magazine, August 27, 2007 page 113

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 11, 2007, 18:29:

Here's the short article:

Chef Harry Sasson
Hace año y medio, este famoso chef abrió Harry's Bar con la idea de brindar su especialidad, las carnes y los chorizos, en un ambiente descomplicado y relajado. Su sobria decoración en espacios totalmente abiertos, junto a la chimenea del bar, son parte de los atractivos de este sitio, ubicado en la calle 70 No. 5-57
Agosto 27 de 2007/CROMOS/ 133

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Mr. Hollywood says on Sep 11, 2007, 19:43:

Some of the worst-prepared meals I've ever had in an expensive restaurant have been at Harry Sasson's. It's a beautiful restaurant but I've had meals that tasted like the chef dumped a whole box of salt on my plate. And others where the seafood was cook so hard that it was like rubber.

So many better options within a stone's throw of Harry S.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 12, 2007, 04:22:

Donde Francesca Restaurant
San Luis, San Andres

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

billyb says on Sep 12, 2007, 06:30:

Monpi,did he have restaurant called Sasson before?

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 12, 2007, 06:58:

I'm sorry Billyb, that part I do not know.

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lisa Zee says on Sep 12, 2007, 14:35:

Bravo Monpi, se ve bello el restaurante"Donde Franchesca". I made sure I got the flag. One of my favorite dish was, "muelas de cangrejo" OMG!, I thought I was going to have to brake the dam things, no, they come without the shell, you slice them in you mouth, and what a bite!, I was so full already from eating, pulpo, sufle de pescado, parvo rojo, salad, arroz con coco, it was a fist, we went there 3 times!.

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Monpirri says on Sep 13, 2007, 09:11:

Oh Lisa, ahora tengo mucha hambre y sueño.
Que rico suena "Donde Franchesca"
Gracias por compartir ese lugar

"Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup

0 funny, 0 helpful.