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Cartagena, Colombia
6 dishes to eat in Cartagena, what is in them, and where they belong.
Fried maize cake with a whole egg cooked inside it, sold from street carts.
Sweeter than the Peruvian version, often with ketchup and served with saltines.
Beef braised in panela until it is almost black, the signature city dish.
Coconut rice cooked until the sugars caramelise, with almost every plate on the coast.
Blended lime, coconut milk and ice — the drink of the city in the heat.
Whole snapper with plantain and coconut rice, the standard beach lunch.
