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title: "Sikwa"
description: "Another Barrio Escalante gem, Sikwa takes a singular approach: the menu is built exclusively around pre-Columbian ingredients and indigenous Costa Rican cooking traditions, interpreted through a contemporary lens. There is no wheat, no dairy, and no European-introduced produce. Instead, the menu draws on corn, beans, squash, chilli, cacao, and foraged jungle plants, prepared with techniques that predate colonisation."
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Another Barrio Escalante gem, Sikwa takes a singular approach: the menu is built exclusively around pre-Columbian ingredients and indigenous Costa Rican cooking traditions, interpreted through a contemporary lens. There is no wheat, no dairy, and no European-introduced produce. Instead, the menu draws on corn, beans, squash, chilli, cacao, and foraged jungle plants, prepared with techniques that predate colonisation.

Clay-pot cooking, smoke, and fermentation are handled with modern precision, and each dish arrives with a brief note on its cultural context, delivered naturally rather than as a lecture. The result tastes completely different from anything else you will eat in the country.

Expect around USD 50-70 per person for the full tasting experience. Reservations are necessary.