Cahuita - Costa Rica - Caribbean Restaurants
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Chao's Paradise
When visiting Cahuita, Costa Rica, you won't want to miss eating at Chao's Paradise Restaraunt.
The delightful ambiance is pure casual Caribbean with an open air diningroom, palm thatched roofs, and reggae music wafting in the breeze that floats in off the blue-green water just across the beach from this prime oceanfront location. Norman, the owner and head chef at Chao's Paradise, finishes this perfect scene as his dreadlocks and bright smiling face make you feel immediately welcome. Then there is the food at Chao's. Don't be fooled by the casual surroundings. The Caribbean cuisine is delicious and authentic, with just a touch of Norman's own inventiveness. Norman doesn't use cocunut milk with every dish, preferring butter, wine, and garlic--along with just the right spices--to create a number of chicken and seafood dishes like shrimp and red snapper that will make you want to return again and again.
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Cahuita, Costa Rica
Cahuita is a sleepy Caribbean beach village and the first major tourist destination you'll reach heading south out of Limon. The tourist boom going on in Puerto Viejo and the beaches south of Puerto Viejo has in many ways passed Cahuita by. This is one of the most laid-back villages in Costa Rica. The few dirt and gravel streets here are host to a languid parade of pedestrian traffic, parted occasionally by a bicycle, car or bus. The village traces its roots to Afro-Caribbean fishermen and laborers who settled in this region in the mid-1800s, and today the population is still primarily English-speaking blacks whose culture and language set them apart from other areas of the country. People come to Cahuita for its miles of pristine beaches which stretch both north and south from town. The sandy beaches lined with rain forest and the coral reef offshore are all part of Cahuita National Park.
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