Santo Domingo Trip Overview
Join your host Rossy and learn to cook 2-3 traditional Dominican dishes such as sancocho and platano frito (fried plantains) in her cozy kitchen. You can expect to cook for about 1-2 hours before enjoying the meal with Rossy at her dining table.
Rossy mixes up the menu so you can get anything from asopao (a rice-based soup), mangu (mashed plantains), arroz con pollo (one-pot chicken and rice), habichuelas (beans) and platano frito (fried plantains). End the meal with homemade dulce de leche or dulce de coco and coffee.
Rossy is passionate about nature, people, reading, photography, art, dance, and growing orchids. She loves being a host and teaching other people about Dominican culture and the country’s cuisine. Since restaurants in the city rarely have Dominican food, Rossy loves to serve it to her guests to introduce them to the delicious local dishes!
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Join your host Rossy and learn to cook 2-3 traditional Dominican dishes such as sancocho and platano frito (fried plantains) in her cozy kitchen. You can expect to cook for about 1-2 hours before enjoying the meal with Rossy at her dining table.
Rossy mixes up the menu so you can get anything from asopao (a rice-based soup), mangu (mashed plantains), arroz con pollo (one-pot chicken and rice), habichuelas (beans) and platano frito (fried plantains). End the meal with homemade dulce de leche or dulce de coco and coffee.
Rossy is passionate about nature, people, reading, photography, art, dance, and growing orchids. She loves being a host and teaching other people about Dominican culture and the country’s cuisine. Since restaurants in the city rarely have Dominican food, Rossy loves to serve it to her guests to introduce them to the delicious local dishes!
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Venture 10 minutes outside the Zona Colonial into the beautiful residential neighborhood of Gascue and dine with a charming local. Rossy lives in an apartment constructed by her grandfather, a lovely home whose walls are lined with her daughter’s art as well as traditional Dominican plates featuring the works of famous Dominican artists. Learn to cook 2-3 traditional Dominican dishes such as sancocho and platano frito (fried plantains) in Rossy’s kitchen. You can expect to cook for about 1-2 hours before enjoying the meal with Rossy at her dining table.
Stop At:
• Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo Province, Dominican Republic
Sample Menu
• casabe (yuca bread with a garlic, cilantro and cream cheese sauce)
• an authentic sancocho – (an exquisite stew of chicken, pork and a medley of root vegetables including the native Dominican tubers, ñame and yautia)
• de leche or dulce
• dulce de coco or coffee – (You can also email her in advance for her special hot chocolate made from her farm-grown cacao)
