Container City took recycling to the next level when it opened to the public last year in one of the finest business neighborhoods of Bogota. Twelve shipping containers, each one occupied by a gourmet restaurant, bring a lot of personality to a fresh idea for Colombia.
A woman walks by in a gold and green sari, delicate sandals on her feet and long gold earrings glittering against her silky black hair. She speaks in Hindi with her companion, who is also dressed in a beautifully patterned sari. Indian music plays in the background.
No, I’m not in Mumbai or New Delhi, but having dinner at Taj Mahal, a newly opened restaurant in Usaquén. The lure of Indian food is sure to get me into a restaurant, but the promise of naans baked in a tandoor oven right here in Colombia was irresistible, so I recently visited Taj Mahal to taste them myself.
This article is part of the Kitchen Talk – Conversations with Chefs series of this blog. What I’d heard about Restaurante Nueve sounded good to me. I’d been told that this…
Bogota, Colombia, often called the Athens of South America, has plenty to offer both business travelers and tourists.
The facade is plain white and the blue letters simple. Abasto. As in, going to a store. We stepped in the restaurant and the first thing we were hit with was…