first venture into Colombia... food!

After a sprint from Tumbes, Peru to Bogota, Colombia, I am reunited with a couple friends from Canada.  I left on a Thursday evening and arrived into Bogota on Wednesday, only being in Ecuador for 48 hours.  Don't worry, I will be back to Ecuador.

I gotta catch the sunset on the Gulf coast right now, but here are some food photos so far...

a big shank of pork in the foreground. In the background is stewed chicken (left) and grilled steak (right)

 my first restaurant, located in Bogota on the campus of the Universidad de los Andes

 lechon- shredded roasted pork, served with crunchy rice and a crappy arepa (corn cake)

 seafood casserole with cheese on top

Colombian meatballs (top right of plate) served with some rice, spaghetti, unripe tomatoes and a plantain.  The red juice is mora (type of blackberry) 

 Bourdain ate here... and so did I.  Above is the ceviche with shrimp, calamari and octopus

 prawns, calamari, octopus and fish in a coconut curry with oyster sauce (above and below)

 tiger prawns, marinated in coconut and grilled

 diced lobster tail in coconut and oyster sauce

dedo de queso - a giant cheese finger... not really gooey, more like dough with some cheese in the middle