John Myers
Introduction: Kahi meaʻai alanui ma Panama
Ma Panama, ʻo ka meaʻai alanui he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻike meaʻai o ka ʻāina. Mai nā mākeke meaʻai nui a hiki i nā kihi alanui, hāʻawi nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi ākea ākea o nā kīʻaha waha e hoʻolako i nā mea ʻono a pau. ʻO ka meaʻai alanui Panamanian kahi hui ʻana o ka Spanish, Indigenous, a me Afro-Caribbean meaʻai, e hana ana i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā ʻono a me nā moʻomeheu. ʻO ke kahua meaʻai alanui ma Panama he mea hoʻokipa kaulana ia no ka poʻe kamaʻāina a me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike i ka hoʻoilina hoʻoilina waiwai o ka ʻāina.
Nā kumukūʻai no nā kīʻaha meaʻai maʻamau maʻamau
He mea maʻalahi ka meaʻai alanui Panamanian, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻike kālā. No ka laʻana, ʻo kahi ʻāpana o Arroz con pollo (laiki me ka moa) a i ʻole Carimañolas (ka ʻoki paʻi hohonu i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ʻiʻo) e pili ana i $2-3. Hiki ke loaʻa nā Empanadas (nā ʻeke palaoa i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka ʻiʻo, ka tiihi, a me nā mea kanu) no ka liʻiliʻi he $1. ʻO nā kīʻaha kaulana ʻē aʻe e like me Chicharrón (ka ʻōpū puaʻa i hoʻomoʻa ʻia), Tostones (palapala ʻōmaʻomaʻo palai), a me ka ʻano ceviche ʻano Panamanian ma waena o $2-4.
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi pāʻina puʻuwai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai i kahi pā o Sancocho, kahi ʻiʻo ʻiʻo i hana ʻia me ka yucca, kānana, a me nā plantains, ma kahi o $5-6. No ka poʻe aloha iʻa, hāʻawi ʻo Panama i nā ʻano meaʻai iʻa hou e like me ka iʻa palai, ka ceviche shrimp, a me ka soup iʻa, me nā kumukūʻai mai $6-10. ʻAʻole kūʻai wale ka meaʻai alanui ma Panama akā he mea ʻono a hāʻawi i kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻāʻo ai i nā ʻono o ka ʻāina.
Hoʻololi i nā kumukūʻai ma nā wahi like ʻole o Panama
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa nā kumukūʻai meaʻai alanui ma muli o ka ʻāina ma Panama. No ka laʻana, ma Panama City, ke kaona nui, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai meaʻai alanui ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe. ʻO kēia ma muli o ke koi nui ʻana i nā meaʻai alanui e like me ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e mālama i nā mākaʻikaʻi. I ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, hāʻawi nā wahi kuaʻāina e like me Bocas del Toro a me Chiriqui i nā koho meaʻai alanui ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e like me ka mea kūʻai aku i nā kamaʻāina. Eia hou, hiki i nā ʻano like ʻole ke hoʻololi i nā kumukūʻai meaʻai alanui, me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai i nā kau mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka meaʻai alanui he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka moʻomeheu meaʻai o Panama, a ua kūpono nā kumukūʻai. Inā he mea ʻai ʻoe a i ʻole ka mākaʻikaʻi kālā, aia kekahi mea no kēlā me kēia. No laila, e hele i nā alanui o Panama, a ʻike i nā ʻono ʻono o kēia ʻāina nani.
