Foresta, in Quito, among the 21 culinary gems highlighted by National Geographic

Travel to eat? Of course! National Geographic published a list of 21 restaurants that, in their words: are worth the trip. There is the Foresta restaurant, in Quito, Ecuador.

Prawn from Puerto Cayo, a dish from the Foresta restaurant, in Quito.

Ecuador continues to reap gastronomic successes. This time, a restaurant in Quito appears on National Geographic’s ’21 culinary gems that deserve a trip’ list.

The select list is created by National Geographic’s global community of explorers, photographers, writers and editors.

The 21 restaurants ” surprise, innovate, delight and, above all, convey a sense of belonging to a place and community,” says National Geographic.

Foresta, in Quito

Foresta is an initiative of chef Rodrigo Pacheco, it is located in the La Floresta neighborhood, traditional in the capital of Ecuador and is described as a restaurant with sustainable cuisine.

In the National Geographic publication, it was written:

“Like a greenhouse in the artsy La Floresta neighborhood, chef Rodrigo Pacheco’s Foresta showcases the country’s immense biodiversity.

Seasonal dishes on a changing menu are made with native produce like passion fruit and chicle (known as sapodilla or medlar), many of them grown in Bocavaldivia , Pacheco’s decade-old restaurant and reconstruction project. and cooked on a heated slab of Tungurahua volcanic rock.”

The 21 culinary gems that are worth a trip

1. Carriqui, San Antonio, Texas
2. Ōkta, Willamette Valley, Oregon
3. Market 57, New York City
4. Artisan, Saint Lucia
5. Marina Cay Bar & Grill, British Virgin Islands
6. Free, Bogotá, Colombia
7. Foresta, Quito, Ecuador
8. La Vida, Mendoza, Argentina
9. Krone Säumerei am Inn, La Punt Chaumes-ch, Switzerland
10. The Three Horseshoes, Somerset, England
11. Printing Market, Valencia, Spain
12. Tertin Kartano (Tertti Manor), Saimaa region, Finland
13. Orfali Bros Bistro, Dubai, UAE
14. Meza Malonga Musanze, Kigali, Rwanda
15. Cole Street Guesthouse, Freetown, Sierra Leone
16. Udatsu Sushi, Tokyo, Japan
17. Swallow Tainan, Tainan, Taiwan
18. Lai Ching Heen, Hong Kong
19. Saint Peter, Sydney, Australia
20. Dunedin Craft Distillers, Dunedin, New Zealand
21. Surfhouse restaurant and Reeftop bar, Tahiti, French Polynesia