The Princess Leonor The past landed Saturday, May 3 in Panama. After stopping in Brazil, Uruguay or Chile, the daughter of Felipe VI arrived at the port of the capital, where it will be a few days before heading to New York. There he was waiting for a pleasant surprise: when the Spanish Navy arrived in Puerto, there was the Queen Letizia -As a mother more next to the rest of relatives- waiting to see her daughter and the rest of the classmates.
Mother and daughter have spent four months without seeing each other and, After his emotional reunionthey wanted to make the most of their time in company. Thus, the Queen and the Princess have enjoyed together some tourist plans in Panama City, taking advantage of the few hours prior to the reception of gala on board the Juan Sebastián de Elcano school ship. At this time I could not miss, of course, a visit to one of the more traditional restaurants in the areaa unique opportunity of Know Panamanian gastronomy in depth.
Thus, last Saturday Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor were able El Nacional Restauranta specialized establishment in the product of the land and Panamanian food. Restaurant sources revealed to Vanitatis How was the experience: “They arrived super -rear, very simple and asked for everything a bit: Tamales, old clothes and several more things of our Panamanian kitchen. They were curious and wanting to try, ”they told the magazine.
Thus, mother and daughter were able to try old clothes, a succulent frayed meat stew with vegetables, embedded in sauce and accompanied by the traditional patacones; and the tamales, a dough of cornmeal dough, wrapped in bijao leaves or corn cob, and steamed or in the oven.
After enjoying a pleasant lunch, both agreed to put in a photo Next to the restaurant team. For security reasons, they asked the restaurant not to publish anything at the time, although they did a few hours later, through their Instagram account.
“Yesterday we lived a historical moment! We had the honor of receiving nothing more and nothing less than Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor of Spain. An unforgettable encounter that fills us with pride and reaffirms our Commitment to culture, hospitality and flavors of Panama. Thank you for visiting us and being part of our history! ”He wrote the restaurant as a photo foot of this publication.
Located in front of the Plaza de la Independencia, in the old town of the Panamanian city, El Nacional is known for being A traditional option at a good priceserving the most typical dishes of the area without tourist traps or mergers. This local busy, a place of authentic Panamanian food, offers a variety of dishes, such as Sancocho, stewed meat, old clothes, cevichestamales or carimañola, as well as typical local desserts such as mamallenaa sweet made based on crumbled bread and kneaded with milk, vanilla and raisins.
In addition, this restaurant stands out for having in your letter with vegan and vegetarian versions Of many traditional dishes, with elaborations such as the fried cassavic ceviche, rice with Panamanian -style vegetables or lentil croquettes bathed in Creole stir -fry.
