hell no! ain t happening. you want to taste some arepa? this arepa is made with corn. hola. [ speaking foreign language ] it s fantastic. i love it. tucked away in a back corner of the fish market is a place that serves breakfast to the market s workers and shoppers. we re talking beef short ribs simmered in an oily broth with potatoes, salt and scallions. tomas swears by this stuff, a traditional breakfast soup from the andean region. okay. gracias.
i leave the subtropics for more extreme climates. riohacha is a city 600 miles northeast of cali on the border of the caribbean sea. it s home to the native semi-nomadic people of colombia called the wayuu. the wayuu are a tough, autonomous tribe that s never taken a side with the government, the farc or the paramilitaries. as a result they remain independent politically and live pretty much by their own code. i m meeting juan pablo majorca, a chef from bogota that comes to this spot on a regular basis. this is colombia, but it s a very different part of colombia.
hence the altitude sickness i m feeling. not good. tomas comes here a few times a week for an early breakfast, which i m hoping will make me feel better. paloquemao market has been running in one form or another since the 1940s. this place is huge. you want some juice? yeah. what do you have? i love the orange juice with a carrot. this is probably the healthiest thing i ve had in a while. good for the high altitude. yeah. you feel better? i m feeling better every hour. yeah? first hour is killing me. but you have a better face. i didn t think i was going to make it out of the airport. most of the mornings, early in the mornings, 5:00 to 6:00 in the morning, i climb the mountain. why? fresh air. okay. you have to come with me.
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well, but some not so well. it s a city with a marked north-south divide. chef tomas rueda s restaurants sit side by side in the macarena neighborhood, where the city center meets the north. the lunch tomas is serving us here at tabula is defined by high-quality fundamentals more than by high-concept theories. if there s a theme here, it s that ingredients this good, meticulously prepared, are the essence of great eating. it s a beautiful space. so, how s the restaurant business in bogota? it s a very good business. a lot of people with money, they don t know how to cook. nobody cooks at home. maybe their cook does. so, they eat out a lot? yeah. it s a new part of our culture, everybody wants to go to restaurants.