Are you feeling adventurous enough to try some different and tantalizing flavors from our Ecuadorian Amazon?
Our seven-course tasting menu has been featured on the international airing of the Gourmet Channel and the Ecuadorian program, “Dia a Dia”, and is an event that our visitors have enjoyed over the years.
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This is one of our real strong points! San Isidro Lodge is one of those out of the way, special places that creates and serves food quality that one tends to only find in the top restaurants of larger cities. San Isidro’s culinary style is original, cutting-edge and always evolving, using modern culinary techniques, while maintaining a level of harmony with the flavors and textures of our typical Amazonian and Andean products. The menus rotate naturally based on the products of the season. This is all the result of years of research of forest-based, Amazonian products that we then incorporate into delicious recipes. We often incorporate exotic fruits like motilón, lucuma, chigualcán, arazá, and many others, that will surprise you. Other flavors from the forest are also incorporated into our menus like granizo and arrayán, helecho yuyo and the local bamboo. By purchasing and harvesting products directly from the indigenous communities we help promote sustainable agriculture, contribute to the perpetuation of Amazonian products and help give added value to ancestral culinary knowledge. Carmen, the chef creator of the San Isidro’s kitchen has worked for years researching and rescuing the ancestral Amazonian products, coming up with unexpected haute cuisine recipes that ensures that your stay at the lodge is a unique culinary experience. The style and design of the dining room are a perfect compliment to your dining experience, and the views of the reserve from here are captivating.
In current cooking terms we like to best classify it as what has become popularly known as “slow food”, meaning that we produce and buy locally. By purchasing products directly from the indigenous and local communities we help promote sustainable agriculture, contribute to the perpetuation of Amazonian products and help give added value to ancestral culinary knowledge. This all paves the way for more environmentally friendly and agriculturally sustainable practices that promote the diversity and cultural awareness of native and organic products.
San Isidro’s bar service offers a variety of traditional cocktails, wines and beers, but ask about our original Amazonian cocktails concocted from home-made liquors and local fruits, seeds and leaves if you are up for a new twist during an afternoon of relaxation.
