The north coast of the Dominican Republic offers a rich and varied menu. Local restaurants offer good food prepared by professional chefs, beautiful surroundings, and excellent service.  All provide good value for the money. The Access team, following the expert advice of professionals in this area, selected the following restaurants as some of the finest in the country’s north coast. [...]

Dominican food culture has inherited key ingredients from Spain, Africa and from the Tainos, the original inhabitants of the island. The “sancocho,” or stew, is an example of this mixture of influences. It is one the most representative dishes of the Dominican menu. It’s a mixture of root vegetables, meats and poultry. The final result is an explosion of “everything [...]

The passage of time has tastefully brought together the flavors of Spain, Italy, the Middle East, Africa and China, and blended them into what is now Dominican cuisine. Dominicans traditionally have three meals a day.  The most important meal is traditionally served midday.  The dish usually consists of white rice, stewed beans (white, red or black), meat, salad, and fried [...]

World-famous chef Geoffrey Zakarian, who won the “Next Iron Chef: Super Chef” reality contest sponsored by the Food Network will be doing what he does best at the benefit dinner that will be held at the La Cana Golf & Beach, in Punta Cana Resort & Club, on March 29. Proceeds from this activity will go to support the programs [...]

Punta Cana is the most popular tourism destination in the Dominican Republic. The beachfront destination offers luxury resorts, impressive white-sand beaches lined with miles of palm trees, turquoise waters, and more than 35,000 hotels rooms. Outside the hotels and resorts there is a wonderful world of culinary delicacies to be discovered by the most demanding visitors. The cuisine offered by [...]

The chef of the ”Tortuga Bay” hotel, situated in Punta Cana Resort & Club, on the country’s easternmost region, recently won first place in the “So Amazing Chefs” contest.  The contest was recently held in Thailand, where Chef Romain Valicon and his team won the “Best Artistic Team” Award for their preparation of a full course meal in one hour.  [...]

The second “Multicultural Food Festival of Sosua” will be held September 28-30 in the Parque Las Flores, in the north coast seaside village of Sosua. The community became popular after Jewish immigrants running away from Nazi Europe, during the Second World War, made their way to the north coast town turning it into a dynamic dairy community. Today, the village [...]

The chef at the very popular and exclusive Tortuga Bay Boutique Hotel, situated in Puntacana Resort & Club in the country’s easternmost region, will represent the Dominican Republic in the “So Amazing Chefs” competition, to be held in September at the So Bangkok Sofitel Hotel, in Thailand. Participants are expected from the United States, Denmark, France, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Holland [...]

The Ninth Organic Coffee Festival will be held in the beautiful mountainous southwest region of Polo, in the province of Barahona, during October 27-28. The festival promotes the preservation of the local environment and the organic production of coffee in the Dominican Republic. Participants include farmers, artists, community organizations and private companies. All kinds of cultural events take place around [...]

The popular international food festival, known as “Taste Santo Domingo 2012,” will celebrate its fifth edition in the Dominican Republic’s capital city. The event has been scheduled to take place at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel and the Meliá Santo Domingo, October 18-20. Both hotels are situated in Santo Domingo’s seaside boulevard. Participants will include international chefs.Also scheduled will be presentations, [...]