Dining in Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica

While is Flamingo we did eat home a few nights. The kitchen is great to cook in and there is a grill on the deck. The best food store in the area is the super Maasai. You will find most everything you need there. For chicken or meat you need to go to the mega super, about 15 minutes outside flamingo. I just love the food store names they are either a mega, mini. super, or a maxi. Funny what comes to mind and I will leave it at that.

On the road in Pottero just passed the Beach House Restaurant  is a fruit & vegetable stand. Everything is fresh and inexpensive.  

                                                        All this for $2.00

 We did try a few restaurants all within the Marina area and within walking distance from the condo. We found pricing to be a bit more expensive here and the food not very good. 

 Marie's has live music a few nights and they come on early 7:00pm - 8:00pm. Thursday night there was Latin music - Trans-Flamenco Experimental.  It was just 2 guys Tony & Roy who play Spanish Guitar & Bongos and are excellent. Thursday night this is the place to be, seriously not a empty seat in the place. 

As for the food it was not very good. I have had fresh fish all over the country and this was probably the the worst I have had. I enjoy the Casado it is a perfect meal, fish (can get beef or chicken) rice, beans, and a small salad. Tonight the fish is mahi mahi and is offered blacken, burger, or casado all for different pricing. The blacken can not be ordered with the Casado, you can only get it fried with the casado 

 Okay, that makes little sense but I am willing to paid a little more for blacken fish. It came with mashed potatoes & green beans. The fish came out with a red coating on it and had no flavor at all. The mashed were tasteless and the green beans well how hard is it to mess up beans. The whole meal was bland with 0 flavor, I didn't even finish it. Marie's is #1 and highly recommend by frommer who normally is spot on. Maybe a off night?   

The music more than made up for the food. Next time eat at home and go for drinks. 

Weathering out Blizzard 2016 in Costa Rica

My family and friends are preparing for a blizzard in the Northeast that will dump anywhere from a foot to 3 feet of snow, along with ice and I am heading for the beach. As much as I love a good snow storm and this looks like its going to be a good one, I am very happy to be on the beach.
 There are so many beaches to explore from this area that are all within 30 minutes and easy to get to, and most by paved roads.

Potrero Bay is right in front of our place and is great for long morning walks. There is a small fishing village at the far end we enjoyed watching the local fisherman.  There are also a few soda's along the beach which serve good food. The Beach house was very good. It was right on the beach, wonderful sunsets, music and Casado dinner (fresh fish)  for only $8.00.
Another good place right on the beach in Potrero Bay is Soda PlaeMar, we tried it for lunch.

Next stop Playa Flamingo

After a lovely stay in Samara it was time to move up the coast to Playa Flamingo. It is only a few miles up the coast but the drive takes 2 hours. Thankfully it is all paved roads which is something we have not had since starting this trip. It feels pretty nice to drive not being shaking around like your on an old wooden rollercoaster.

 

 We have rented a condo in the Flamingo Marina area with fabulous views of Potrero Bay.

 The condo is extremely comfortable with 2 bedrooms, the master with views of the bay, big kitchen, living area, dining room, and big deck.

Plus a pool just below the condo.

 I can see we are going to be very happy here and I may have to cook some.  But lets not get to crazy on the cooking yet.

 It's lunch time, we still need to shop, Coco Loco over looking Playa Flamingo sounds a lot better.

 La cerveza and coconut shrimp.