La Seta · Jungle Kitchen
Costa Rican roots. A modern table.
Traditional Costa Rican cooking reimagined as intimate fine cuisine — seasonal, generous and closely connected to the finca.
The origin
A taste of primal trust
Una Noche en el Bosque
Dinner at 18:00, two nights in one of our four rooms and breakfast in the forest — Friday to Sunday, booked together.
Do you know the feeling when a single bite carries you back to a place where every worry falls away and the world suddenly feels completely at peace?
The idea for La Seta Jungle Kitchen was born on a walk through the deep, living rainforest of Bali. After a hot, humid trail to a hidden waterfall, I found a tiny hut. There, in the midst of the lush wilderness, an old woman cooked over an open fire — without electricity or running water — a simple dish of eggs, avocado and freshly baked bread.
With the first bite, something magical happened: I instantly felt as safe, sheltered and held as if I were sitting at my grandmother's kitchen table at home. In that moment I understood: when we live in harmony with the wildness of nature, there is nothing to fear.
That feeling of deep primal trust is what we wish to share with you today. Our kitchen is a homage to the honest dishes of "simple people" — refined with the wild, elegant magic of the Costa Rican rainforest. When you taste our warm banana bread with indigenous cacao, fresh cardamom and ripe maduros, you taste not only the abundance of the finca. You taste coming home to yourself.
Welcome home. Welcome to the wild.
LA SETAJunglekitchenMenu “El Mensajero del Bosque” · The Forest Messenger
Farm-to-table ingredients, a small signature menu and evenings with the warmth of candlelight. La Seta welcomes lodge guests and outside visitors by reservation.
- 01Pan de maíz de la selva & hierbas del huerto · warm, oven-baked traditional corn bread with whipped butter of wild garden herbs and a touch of garlic
- 02Carpaccio de papaya “La Seta” · green and half-ripe papaya from our garden, fine Parmesan, olive oil, fresh lime, red peppercorns and wild jungle basil
- 03Seta mushroom essence · El Mensajero Cósmico · a crystal-clear essence of mushrooms, a tribute to the mycelium, poured hot at your table over crispy homegrown yuca straw and wild cilantro oil
- 04Pacific mahi-mahi with earth textures · Golfo Dulce mahi-mahi skewered with sweet mango, lacquered with a mushroom glaze, on a velvety forest mushroom risotto
- 05The refined beef “chicharrón” · tender striploin with a crispy chicharrón crust of garlic, cumin and mandarina lime, on Costa Rican entomatada with mushroom essence and golden yuca cakes
- 06Organic Jungle Dream · wild chocolate ice cream from indigenous cacao, warm banana bread caramelised with tapa dulce and a flake of sea salt
USD 110 (₡55,000) per person · including wine pairing or juice pairing
Una Noche en el Bosque · Dinner at 18:00, two nights in one of our four rooms and breakfast in the forest — Friday to Sunday, booked together.
Friday and Saturday at 18:00 from 11 December 2026 · twelve seats · early reservation required · Friday “El Mensajero del Bosque”, Saturday “Las Manos de la Abuela” · USD 110 (₡55,000) incl. wine or garden-juice pairing and water from our own well.
