Panamanian Shaved Ice - Delicioso Raspao’ 
I am not sure when shaved ice was first introduced to our country Panamá, but going back on history it could had been during the railroad construction days when hot, exhausted workers needed a way to cool off. They would shave a block of ice with a hand plainer and flavor it with juice. The concept has stayed the same but the process has changed a bit in some places. Nowadays, it is still commonly found sold in shaved iced stands or “carrito de raspao,” and also it’s being offered in its “gourmet” presentation made in a machine to shave the ice finer and faster.
Although I have not tried the gourmet version, I was told it’s sold for up to $3.00 each in some new spot in the Causeway zone in Panama City. The most common version, a delicious kind of “colorful street food” costs between $0.35-$0.75 each, some of them still use the original flavor recipes from long ago.
A couple of weeks ago I finally had the time to visit one of my favorite spots in my country Panama: the (republic)...excuse me, the province of Chiriqui in the highlands of Panama, sharing beautiful land with our neighbour country of Costa Rica. The photos posted today were taken there. Yummy Shaved Ice, 0.35 each…had two though! 
If you have not been there yet, well, what are you waiting for?
Enjoy now the pictorial delight, you can lick the computer screen under your own risk! LOL
Big hugs from the tropics to you and your loved ones!
Chef Melissa
- by Chef Melissa
- February 23, 2010
- 4:10 pm
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