Don’t Know Panamanian Food? These Chefs Aim To Change That

It’s 7 p.m. and the kitchen is preparing the first orders of the evening. Chef Mario Castrellón puts the finishing touches on a dumpling stuffed with a sea bass escabeche.

«Sometimes, customers get confused. They think, ‘This guy [Castrellón] is nuts! I am eating a Chinese dumpling and he says it’s Panamanian,’ » laughs the chef and restaurateur. «But Panama’s cuisine is fusion by obligation.»

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