Bistro Ten is one of the Panama Gringo’s favorite haunts when he visits his second home in Panama City.
It used to be a secret but not anymore – check out this article in Washington Post earlier this year. Seems everyone is on to it now.
Please click here to download their menu in excel format.
North Americans ain’t ugly
I had heard a lot about this place and figured I’d try it out: $10 for a meal! Wow! How could you go wrong?
Well, I don’t understand how they can claim to have $10 meals as, in my book, a $10 meal means you go in, eat, and leave having spent $10, right? I used some simple math to deduce that myself and a date should cost…$20, right?
How now brown cow. There were indeed some dishes on the menu for $10. But most were more. I think all the main entrees were between $12-$30. We each had two cocktails, an appetizer, and an entree. The grand total: $78.39 including tip.
That is not $20.
Point is, don’t go to this place feeling thrifty and hoping to get out of there on a full stomach for $10. The food was good, not by any means spectacular. I think I’d go back, but fear that marketing themselves with “$10 meals” could lead to a lot of unsatisfied travelers.
Matt
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