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39901 menus personalized by our Private Chefs in Other Countries
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Ceviche
Patacones with three toppings
Costa rican beef stew (beef and vegetable soup)
Enyucados (casava)
Gallos de picadillo de papa y carne (it's like a potato and beef picadillo tacos)
Shrimp cocktail
Chifrifo (rice, beans, fried pork, pico de gallo, and corn chips)
Rice and beans with caribbean chicken
Stuffed pork loin
Rice with chicken
Whole fish (traditional dish from puntarenas, it is a whole fried fish, accompanied by salad and french fries)
Costa rican rice with hearts of palm
Coconut honey
Three milks
Rice pudding
Tamal de maicena
Pineapple empanadas
Churchill
Green gazpacho
Prosciutto and marinated dates
Tomato watermelon salad, goat cheese almond vinaigrette
Conch ceviche, tiger's milk, coconut popcorn
Marinated shrimps, rice crackers
Creamy goat cheese polenta, mushrooms ragu
Lemon buter grilled steak avocado salad
Grilled salmon steaks coconut curry puff potatoes
Jerked chicken, pineapple and garlic fried rice chicken broth
Panacotta berries and pistachio
Crème brulée
Caramel flan and coconut flakes
Shrimp aguachile
Chips or totopos w/homemade salsa
Elote salad w/parmesan, mayo and chile
Homemade guacamole
Refritos or refried beans
Pico de gallo or pineapple pico
Chipotle mayo
Cilantro mayo
Mexican yellow rice
Birria tacos
Chicken tinga soft tacos
Carnita soft tacos
Pineapple w/tajin
**menu is open to changes and suggestions
Mahi mahi or shrimp ceviche over tostones w/cilantro aioli (to share)
Chapin (fish) or beef turnovers to share before dinner (to share)
Yautia pastelon: ground beef filling (4-6 people only)
Mini piononos: sweet plantain cups filled w/ground beef and cheese (to share)
Vegetarian option: heart of palm ceviche over tostones
Sorullitos (corn fritters) w/garlicky dipping sauce
Bacalaitos (codfish fritters) w/cilantro aioili
Spring mix salad w/stawberries, feta cheese, red onions and balsamic vinaigrette(to share)
Ensalada criolla: spring mix, tomato, shredded carrot, red onions, plantain chips, lemon herb dressing
Mahi mahi w/salsa criolla or garlic caper sauce over mashed yautia (local root vegetable)
Carne guisada on dirty rice or local root mash
Chicken fricassee on mamposteao rice (dirty rice)
Pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon with "orange soy "glaze over a bed of mashed yautia (local root vegetable)
Vegetarian option: canoa (ripe plantain) filled with "pollo guisado" jackfruit fricassee over yellow rice
Homemade cheesecake
Homemade guava flan
Homemade passion fruit cheesecake
Cheese flan
Homemade guava cheesecake
My specialty cocktail ~ rum fun punch / served as a welcome drink
Fresh harvest salad or seasonal homemade soup
Chef's specialty appetizers - ask for suggestions
Arroz mamposteao (rice and beans mixed together) ~ side dish
Arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas) ~ side dish
Arroz congris (cuban-style rice and black beans) ~ side dish
Arroz sofrito (yellow sofrito rice) ~ side dish
Arroz apatelao (rice with pork meat and sausages) ~ side dish
Ensalada de coditos (traditional puerto rican macaroni salad) ~ side dish
Ensalada de papa (traditional puerto rican potato salad) ~ side dish
Majado de viandas (mashed local root vegetables) ~ side dish
Roasted caribbean seasonal vegetables ~ side dish
Asopao de camarones (shrimp and rice stew)
Asopao de pollo (chicken and rice stew)
Asopao de gandules con cerdo (pigeon peas and rice stew with pork, vegan option)
Camarones al ajillo (shrimp with puertorrican style scampi sauce)
Pesca local (local fish fillet with tropical sauce - a little sweet, a little spicy a little tangy)
Salmon (salmon steak cooked on a cedar plank)
Filete de cerdo (pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon with hibiscus guava sauce)
Chuleta rellena (pork chop stuffed with herbed goat cheese)
Chuleta can-can (fried local pork chops)
Pernil (roasted pork with adobo criollo seasoning)
Filete de res (beef filet wrapped in bacon with hibiscus guava sauce)
Churrasco with ajililmojili (skirt steak with a puerto rican style chimichurri)
Pollo al ajillo (chicken al ajillo)
Pollochón (roasted chicken with adobo criollo seasoning)
Pollo guisado (stewed chicken a la criolla)
Pechuga de pollo rellena (chicken breast stuffed with queso fresco, wrapped in bacon and served with a hibiscus guava bbq sauce)
Pavochón (roasted turkey with adobo criollo seasoning)
Berenjena con pesto boricua (eggplant cutlets with puerto rican style pesto)
Setas locales (portabello mushroom steak with ajilimojili or tropical sauce)
Garbanzos con calabaza local guisado a la criolla (chickpeas and local pumpkin a la criolla stew)
Pastelón de plátano maduro o yuca (ripe plantain or yuca and meat casserole - vegetarian or vegan optional)
Homemade flan
Homemade cheesecake with local banana flambé
Homemade cheesecake with artisanal marmalade
Tembleque (coconut pudding, vegan)
Natilla de chocolate (chocolate pudding, vegan)
Coconut macaroons
Homemade flan (cheese, coffee and pumpkin options)
Artisanal candied papaya with fresh fruit and queso fresco (vegan option)
Birthday cake (at bakers price)
Onion frittata
Shrimps and potatoes
Chicken piccata
Tortellini salad
Capresse salad, dates pesto, crunchy olives
Caesar salad garlic croutons/ romaine letucce/ bacon powder/caesar dressing
Spinach canelonnis
Beef lasagna, garlic costrinis
Paella spanish style
Fruit plates
Fruit sorbet
Coconut tartlet
Poke salad
Miso soup
Japanese barbeque
Nigiri
Maki rolls
Sushi rolls
Dorayakis
Japanese mochi
Japanese cheesecake
Pissaladière traditionnelle : oignons confits, pâte fine, olives noires de nice, anchois : allergènes : gluten, poisson, sulfites
Polenta de maïs aux tomates confites - un mélange sucré et salé de tomates confites caramélisées sur une base de polenta de maïs
Moules de style illusion avec coquilles comestibles
Velouté de courge à l’huile de truffe
Traditionnel aïoli cabillaud et légume vapeur en vinaigrette
Fondant de bœuf tortilla de pomme de terre jus de viande maison au thym sauvage
Bar sauvage bisque de crustacé molle de pomme de terre
Crémeux au chocolat grand cru et praliné
Fraîcheur au citron de menton
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Founded in 2012, Take a Chef began with a deep belief that the best of the culinary talent should not be kept hidden behind the thick walls of a restaurant's kitchen; it should be allowed to shine at the one place where everyone enjoys the most treasured meals- one's own dining table.

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FOOD
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