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in Bávaro. It's simple: a meat or fish dish accompanied by rice, beans and plantains, and
made with local love.
Chickeeta Bonita's
(Plaza Arenal Caribe, Bávaro; mains RD$130-300; 8am-10pm; )
It's a far cry from Italian-
style gelato, so we'll call it Canadian gelato based on the owner's citizenship. Popular fla-
vors here include caramel brownie and chocolate orange, but all the house-made wares
here go down easy in this heat. The gelato is available from noon but there's breakfast,
sandwiches and nachos before and after that. Good book exchange, too.
CAFE
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Ñam Ñam
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(
www.nam-nams.com
;
Plaza Sol Caribe, Bávaro; mains RD$119-549; 11am-3pm & 6-11pm Tue-Sun;
)
Ñam Ñam means 'yummy' in Serbian: That ain't no lie. The friendly Belgradian
couple behind this tiny Los Corales kitchen - they do it all themselves - know a thing or
two about making your belly happy. The now-famous burgers, in regular, gourmet
(minced with bacon and chili) and stuffed (with ham, cheese and mushrooms) versions are
superb. But the menu of international comfort food doesn't stop there. There's also crepes,
sandwiches, a wealth of veggie options and even Serbian
chevap
, a type of minced meat
kebab from the Motherland. You can't go wrong dousing anything on the menu in the
house-made pureed habanero-carrot hot sauce (serious burn) or the homespun mayo with
parsley. You're welcome.
Balicana
(Villas Los Corales, Bávaro; mains RD$350-400; noon-3pm & 7-11pm Mon-Sat; )
Give your
taste buds a shock: this pleasurable spot to eat offers all the Asian recipes normally miss-
ing in action in the DR. There's Thai (green curries, pad Thai), Indonesian (nasi goreng)
and Malayasian (coconut curries), all devourable under a fan-cooled poolside palapa in-
side Villas Los Corales.
ASIAN FUSION
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Brot
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