Panamanian food

[Jack Tyler]

The owner of Cafe Red Onion (Rafael Galindo) claims to be Honduran and says
that the food is like he had growing up in Honduras. Strange group, those
folks. Incidentally, I have eaten there (Kirby location) a couple of times.
It's pretty good... an awful lot of emphasis on presentation... small
portions. Maybe I've had the wrong items, but with the emphasis on looks,
it reminds me of the old Texas saying "All hat and no cattle". Their
ceviche is tasty, but seems to be, as I remember 3-4 pieces of shrimp...
avocado and some red tortilla strips. However, prices are good. But I only
trust small portions in expensive restaurants, like Cafe Annie.

Jack Tyler

<j-...@brokersys.com> wrote in message news:99vuf9$2kn1$1...@news.hal-pc.org...
> I was out with a friend at Cafe Red Onion (the one on 290) and she
> mentioned that some of the food there was like she could have gotten in
> Panama, where she grew up. Then she asked me to find out if there were
> any Panamanian restaurants in Houston.
>
> So, are there? It's okay if it's Espanol because she's bilingual (and a
> natural red-head -- it's a jaw-dropper when us brown-hairs go in and *she*
> translates).
>
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[Jim Smolen]

"Jack Tyler" <market...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>The owner of Cafe Red Onion (Rafael Galindo) claims to be Honduran and says
>that the food is like he had growing up in Honduras. Strange group, those
>folks. Incidentally, I have eaten there (Kirby location) a couple of times.
>It's pretty good... an awful lot of emphasis on presentation... small
>portions.

Not in my experience. I've found the portions to be very generous.

Jim

[Kerr]

Then she asked me to find out if there were
> any Panamanian restaurants in Houston.
>
> So, are there?

Wow, you stumped me. There are plenty of Colombian places (a neighbor of
Panama). Try La Gran Sorpresa on Richmond and Dodo's Chicken on Richmond.
They are 2 of my favorites & there are several others along Richmond just
east of Gessner that are Colombian food. You also mentioned Honduran and
you can get Honduran seafood soup at Orlando's on Hwy6 near Clay. But I
don't know of any true Panama places.
Kerr.

[Hane]

"Kerr" <rke...@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:xd%w6.14111$8y.16...@typhoon.austin.rr.com...

Well, Kerr, if you're stumped I'm ready to state there are none in Houston.
You know more ethnic, esoteric eateries than anyone, except maybe Jay!

h-

[Kerr]

> Well, Kerr, if you're stumped I'm ready to state there are none in
Houston.
> You know more ethnic, esoteric eateries than anyone, except maybe Jay!

Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it. However I will defer to
Jay in that he does know more places than I do.
Kerr.