Day 63: Food’s revenge on Matt.

Matt may have escaped some things from home with his vacation here but he’s apparently unable to shake his bad luck with restaurants. His patience with wrong orders and poor service is as non-existent as half the buses we try to catch here. Take too long? He’ll leave and not come back. Mess up his order? He’ll stay but vow to never return.


So far, two restaurants in Dominical have suffered the fate of never getting to feed Matt again. One of which is our regular hangout, Café Delicias, after they forgot to get his coffee. It may not have been so bad if we hadn’t been the only customers in the place but seeing as we were, he took it personally. Now, while Mike and I are at the café, Matt will return home, go grocery shopping or take a stroll through the neighborhood since he refuses to revoke a boycott for any reason.

The second place, SuRaza, disappointed their way to his boycott list by teasing him with an appetizing picture of lobster only to be served a miniature lobster tail with a side of unseasoned white rice. Even though his stomach is smaller now, it still didn’t come close to filling him up and severely let him down. His wallet was left equally as empty after he paid the $20 bill – big bucks in a place where meals typically cost around $3.

The next to go is most likely Rum Bar as I’m sure they’ve missed the list only because they show NFL games on better TVs than our own. After trying to order three different appetizers, he was told they were out of all of them and that about 75% of their menu wasn’t really in stock either. What did they have? Dough, cheese and sauce. And maybe a few slices of pepperoni in the back of the refrigerator if he was lucky.

Fortunately, Matt saved his pizza craving and opted not to eat our freeze dried astronaut version when we were in San Isidro. Seeing as the Rum Bar had the ingredients, he ordered one to go. A half hour later they handed him a Styrofoam takeout container with individual slices of pizza stacked between pieces of foil paper. When he got home, he put them together like a puzzle that was clearly missing a few pieces. Looks like the chef stocked up on some slices for break time.


He hasn’t officially boycotted them but I have a feeling after this Sunday’s Giants vs Eagles matchup they will be added to Matt’s ever-growing list of restaurants that have lost his appetite. Even in Costa Rica, he’s destined to be a frustrated diner. Maybe that’s just food’s way of getting back at him for eating healthy now. Since he’s ignoring them, they’re ignoring him.