![]() ![]() But once the food comes steaming out of the kitchen, that’s where everyone’s attention goes. ![]() In fact, it looks like something out of the Jersey Shore with its Formica tables and simple chairs. There’s nothing fancy about Kiosko el Bony. It’s perhaps this dedication to fresh and healthy ingredients - equal to his dedication to boxing that catapulted him from the streets of Cartagena to national champ, that is behind Berrío’s success as a restaurateur. But nowadays, he says it’s easier to just hit the massive Bazurto market in the morning, where local boats show up after hours of pre-dawn fishing with nets bursting full of local species like pargo rojo (red snapper), lebranche (mullet) and sierra (swordfish). No stranger to the sea himself, Berrío used to have his own team of a half dozen fishermen that supplied the restaurant with freshly caught fare every day. “So I was happy and content to come back to the beach.” The ancient domes and spires of Cartagena’s Old City lie shimmering in the distance across the water. Our company was established in 1994 with one goal in mind: to provide our customers with the highest quality frozen seafood at the best price possible. ![]() Based in Seattle, Northwest Seafood Express specializes in premium wild-caught seafood. “I had worked a lot in my younger years, including right here on this beach,” Berrío says, gesturing to the golden sands and packed chairs of the Bocagrande beach. We have the ability to deliver much faster than our competitors. Locals say that one of the ways he trained is by chasing and catching iguanas, much like how Rocky Balboa trained by chasing chickens in the Hollywood movie. Berrío survived by selling mangos on the beach by day and fishing under the Manga bridge by night, and in between, he quickly became a local boxing legend. He came to Cartagena to learn from “El Chico de Hierro” (The Iron Kid), who was a famous boxing trainer that took the young Berrío under his wing. For Berrío, eating power-packed food like this was one of the keys to his success as a boxer, a career that he began in Cartagena in the early 1970s.īorn in Colombia’s Caribbean department of Sucre, which lies just south of Cartagena, Berrío knew he wanted to be a boxer since he was a little kid. Bursting with shrimp, mussels, clams, and crab, the cazuela is also infused with herbs and spices that Berrío claims is the “authentic” way to do this Caribbean coast specialty, unlike the watered-down versions you get at most of the tourist-oriented restaurants in town. Aunque no sean imprescindibles los shots de Pesca te ayudarán a pescar mucho más rapido. ![]()
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