Panama offers some of the best dishes and delicacies of the world. Right from the authentic cuisine, you can even get the taste of the local sausages, hotdogs and burgers.

The national dish of Panama known as ‘sancocho’ is a delicious soup cooked to perfection with vegetables and meat.  The meat that is used to make a sancocho is chicken and is garnished with herbs such as oregano and garlic and flavored with salt, black pepper, onion and cilantro.  In the Guinness Book of Records Panama holds the world record for cooking up the largest sanchoco in the world, in the year 2003.  This record breaking soup held 2500 gallons in a pot that weighed 1470 pounds. 

Coffee is very refreshing and good in Panama. The people also love to drink beer and one must try and taste the local brands of the country. Rum too is quite popular in Panama. You should even taste the “chichas” which is a blend of tropical juice, water and ice. The country offers other varieties of food too and for the vegetarians there is ample of food, specially the Chinese items, which finds its way into all the restaurant menus. Go to Panama, eat, drink and make merry!