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Julie
Guest
What types of food is served in the Dominican Republic? what are some customs? What are the main sports????
HELPPP1!!
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Keith
Guest
1. What you would be served in a "typical" Dominican household is known locally as "la bandera," ("the flag") because it is so common: rice & beans served with meat, often mixed together (in which case it's a "loquio"). But many other very Dominican dishes, such as san cocho (sorta, but not exactly, a stew), asopao (kindof a tomato-ey rice soup with seafood or meat mixed in), pica pollo, their version of spaghetti (everything mixed together, often with chunky vegetables included), pastelitos (little meat-filled pastries, sometimes with egg and/or raisins thrown in), and all sorts of things made with plantains -- mangu, mofongo, tostones (my personal favorite)....
As far as restaurants go, you can find many cuisines other than Dominican, esp. in the capital, Santo Domingo. Italian, French, Middle Eastern, Spanish, Chinese (although I only found one that I thought was good), Mexican (although I do not think the Dominican version of Mexican is very good), American-style steakhouse.... Can't find things like Thai or Indian, or for that matter, any of the other truly spicy-hot foods. Truly good seafood is hard -- but not impossible -- to find in a restaurant.
2. customs -- about what??? would help in answering this if you were a bit less all-encompassing in this question....
3. main sport, nay, the national passion, is BASEBALL. Basketball, volleyball, boxing are all popular, but nowhere near the level of popularity of baseball. And baseball's popularity is shared by the women -- not as much just a male thing as it is in some countries. There are other sports growing in popularity, such as bicycling. And of course the rich play golf, tennis, race boats and cars. But baseball is king.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Keith
As far as restaurants go, you can find many cuisines other than Dominican, esp. in the capital, Santo Domingo. Italian, French, Middle Eastern, Spanish, Chinese (although I only found one that I thought was good), Mexican (although I do not think the Dominican version of Mexican is very good), American-style steakhouse.... Can't find things like Thai or Indian, or for that matter, any of the other truly spicy-hot foods. Truly good seafood is hard -- but not impossible -- to find in a restaurant.
2. customs -- about what??? would help in answering this if you were a bit less all-encompassing in this question....
3. main sport, nay, the national passion, is BASEBALL. Basketball, volleyball, boxing are all popular, but nowhere near the level of popularity of baseball. And baseball's popularity is shared by the women -- not as much just a male thing as it is in some countries. There are other sports growing in popularity, such as bicycling. And of course the rich play golf, tennis, race boats and cars. But baseball is king.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Keith
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Natasha
Guest
Re:just a small correction 
Hola Keith,
What you are referring to is Locrio. This dish is only called Locrio when it is a mixture of rice and meat (chicken, pork or beef). More specifically, then you would say locrio de pollo (chicken), or locrio de cerdo (pork).
The locrio has its roots in the Spanish paella. When the Spanish ladies in the colony could not find all the ingredients on the island to make paella with, they had to use what they had, thus this is a "bare" version of the paella.
When rice and beans are mixed together, it is called a Moro.
Being that part of my father's heritage is Lebanese, I grew up eating "interesting" combinations of dishes at my grandmother's home It was not uncommon to have rice and beans and some stuffed vegetable like eggplant or a home made dessert using farina...yum! However, you can give me a bowl of sancocho with white rice and a slice of avocado on the side just about anytime
Regards,
Natasha
Hola Keith,
What you are referring to is Locrio. This dish is only called Locrio when it is a mixture of rice and meat (chicken, pork or beef). More specifically, then you would say locrio de pollo (chicken), or locrio de cerdo (pork).
The locrio has its roots in the Spanish paella. When the Spanish ladies in the colony could not find all the ingredients on the island to make paella with, they had to use what they had, thus this is a "bare" version of the paella.
When rice and beans are mixed together, it is called a Moro.
Being that part of my father's heritage is Lebanese, I grew up eating "interesting" combinations of dishes at my grandmother's home
It was not uncommon to have rice and beans and some stuffed vegetable like eggplant or a home made dessert using farina...yum! However, you can give me a bowl of sancocho with white rice and a slice of avocado on the side just about anytime Regards,
Natasha
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Eddy
Guest
It should be illegal
To post things like that in the middle of the night when everything's closed. I'm HUNGRY.
To post things like that in the middle of the night when everything's closed. I'm HUNGRY.
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Keith
Guest
Re:just a small correction
Thanks, Natasha. I never heard my wife or suegra refer to the dish in that fashion, just others. I never had the guts to ask them to repeat it slowly and clearly so (as those are always willing to do) I would know how to spell it (Spanish is a phoenetic language, after all).
Un abrazo,
Keith
Thanks, Natasha. I never heard my wife or suegra refer to the dish in that fashion, just others. I never had the guts to ask them to repeat it slowly and clearly so (as those are always willing to do) I would know how to spell it (Spanish is a phoenetic language, after all).
Un abrazo,
Keith