Restaurants
Ringlete
Well done and served local food. Many recipes with plantains.
Tizones
Great meat.
PacÃfico
Well made seafood, many recipes from the Colombian pacific.
El Solar
A fun place with outdoor seating, many options in the menu. Live music on weekends.
Cali Plaza Hotel Restaurant
Cali Plaza Hotel Restaurant A favorite hang-out for International Tourists, FREE Wi-Fi. Calle 15 Norte No. 6N-37 - Granada Barrio - Zona Rosa - 57 2 668 2611 - [email protected] "http://www.caliplaza.com"
Faro El Patio
Large menu, outdoor area. Live tropical bands on Fridays and Saturdays.
El Patio Verde
Plantain is king in this restaurant. Closed Sundays.
Deliveries
Sr. Wok
Ready to eat oriental buffet. Choose combo with rice, noodles or chop suey as base and add two choices for COP$ 10,700 or three choices for COP$ 13,600. Choices include orange chicken, beef teriyaki, mushroom chicken, kung pao chicken, bourbon chicken etc. Delivery COP$ 2,000. Decent portions.
My Thai
Sushi, thai curries green, red, yellow with chicken, beef, pork and calamari for COP$ 11,500, Salmon al vino big fillet with stirfried veg and rice COP$ 16,500 and various other stir fries etc. Delivery nearby COP$ 3,500.
Cholados- a delicious mix of shaved ice and exotic fruit with rasberry and sweet condensed milk sauces and a wafer cookie. Often sold from vendors that have stands that display fruit and shaved ice, and best found in Jamundi, about a 15 min drive from the southern neighborhoods of Cali.
Pandebono - baked rings of cheese bread which is quite typical of Cali
Buñuelos - sweet fried doughnut balls
Sancocho de gallina - a very popular chicken soup, best found in a town called Ginebra, about one hour drive from Cali
Manjar blanco - a candy made from cooked sugar and milk, similar to dulce de leche Milk candy
Chontaduro or peach palm fruit - a local delicacy that is sold on the street, topped with salt or honey
Mango viche - green unripened mango, which is sold on the street and eaten with salt and lemon juice
Guarapo - a deliciously refreshing drink of freshly pressed sugar cane juice usually the seller has a machine and extracts the juice right in front of you served with ice and a squirt of lemon juice
Grosellas - small sour fruits which are sold on the street in bags and are eaten with salt
Arroz atollado - one of Valle del Cauca's most delicious dishes, almost like a risotto with chicken, sausages and potatoes
Empanadas - corn pastries filled with meat or chicken and eaten with hot sauce aji
Champus - very exotic mix of pineapple , "lulo" see below, corn and a plant called "limoncillo"... just delicious!.
Jugo de lulo or lulo juice - the most delicious of all local fruit juices
Aborrajados - fried cheese-filled plantains
Dulce de Guayaba con queso - a delicious dollop of guava paste on top of a fresh slice of local 'cuajada' cheese
Marranitas is a delicious mix of plantain with "chicharrón" pork`s skin fried(The best ones are in "El champus de Lola" in San Antonio hill.