Panamanian food is filled with Caribbean and Latin American influences and it's delicious. The National Dish is Sancocho; a chicken and root vegetable soup. Very hearty and yet filled with fresh subtle flavors. We also enjoyed empanadas and cocadas. Sancocho Chicken soup with yucca and a variety of other root vegetables seasoned with garlic and cilantro. You serve the soup on a bed of white rice. Cocadas Latin American version of a macaroon cookie. Instead of egg and egg whites it's cornstarch and condensed milk that binds the shredded coconut. A's Rating: 6.5 "It's chicken soup, but it's not particularly outstanding." Guest Rating: 7 M's Rating: 8. It's chicken and rice. How can a 5 year old not like it? H's Rating: 8. I liked the subtly of the flavors. It's very simple ingredients and not many spices.