Step inside a real Cartagena family home for an intimate, story-driven culinary experience hosted personally by Cindy.
This is not a commercial kitchen or a restaurant setting. It is a warm, local household where cooking becomes a bridge to understand Cartagena’s culture, economy, traditions and daily life.
As we cook together, we share family stories about growing up in Cartagena, about tourism, real estate, community development and how the city has evolved over generations.
The menu reflects recipes passed down from my mother, father and grandparents, flavours that define the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
We begin by preparing traditional carimañolas, crispy yuca (cassava) fritters stuffed and fried to perfection, alongside patacones topped with homemade hogao. For the main course, we cook a full traditional coastal spread: fragrant coconut rice, freshly prepared fried local fish, the iconic Posta Negra Cartagenera, slow-cooked beef in a rich caramelised sauce and a refreshing avocado salad to balance the flavours. And to finish, we prepare and enjoy enyucado, a beloved cassava-based dessert, served warm with vanilla ice cream.