are you asking? you just stand here in the street and random strangers bringing delicious foods. this is a great country. wow this is beautiful. felt the cool rain show live. yeah. colombia. ordinarily and for all too many years when this country makes the news or appears in a film or a television drama, it s not for its looks, which are i should say, right up front spectacular. it s not for its people. who are everyone i ve ever met anyway. warm proud, generous and fun. or for its food, which is truly great. you know what this is, but it s good fruit in this country. excellent . i m no stranger to this place . generally speaking, it s a particularly vibrant mix of spanish european afro caribbean and indigenous people. these are deep waters by friends that no news story or episode of miami vice has ever come close to navigating, er. it is and always has been a fiercely fiercely proud country and its people yearn to see international coverage of something other than cocaine an
quarter of the fish market is a place that serves breakfast to the market s workers and shoppers. we re talking beef short ribs simmered in an oily broth with potatoes, salt and scallions. tomas swears by this stuff, a traditional breakfast soup from the andean region. we are mar-a-lago gracias like chili. do. gracias. yeah now we re talking. this is perfect when you have a good party last night was just gonna say this is hangover food. perfect i know. hangover food well, and this is good. so that s hong comedian there. yeah. good broth. yes, good. so what s this dish called? beef is stuck broth of
young restaurateurs, such as musician turned chef tomas rueda are beginning to make a name for themselves in colombia. what do you say? stop! please. please, please. this is paolo came out one of the biggest markets in bogota. i love this place is very beautiful. the colors my mom come here to buy flowers. my grandma also. did i mention that this city is over? 8000 ft up. hence the altitude sickness. i m feeling not good. tomas comes here a few times a week for an early breakfast, which i m hoping will make me feel better. motto market has been running in one form or another since the 19 forties place is huge. want some
is the most northern part of south america and borders venezuela in the east. it s home to the native semi nomadic people of colombia called the y you why you are a tough autonomous tribe, who never taken sides with either the government, the farc or the paramilitaries. as a result, they remain independent politically and live pretty much by their own code. i m eating one. pablo mayorga, a chef from bogota, who comes to this spot on a regular basis. this is not another country. this is columbia. but but it s a very different particle of being a heater is a very rugged terrain beds desert. there s not that much water. so that s part of why the spaniards, they weren t able to colonize them. coming here for some time, i became very interested in wahida because i began dealing with fresh fish and fresh lobster,