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Marlo Leaman's avatar

We said Buen Provecho in Costa Rica all the time, and we still say it when we eat back in the U.S. It's a little reminder of the simpler, nicer way to live!

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Bianca González's avatar

Loved "buen provecho-ing", haha.

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Nadine's avatar

I was told it's a very Mexico City thing to wish other parrons buen provecho as you leave a restaurant. Is this not true?

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Jacob Dean's avatar

I’m guessing it’s just not specifically a Mexico City thing. As I was writing this entry I began to wonder whether my core assumption, that people do this all over Mexico, was even true, and thankfully I seem to be correct and that this is done all over Mexico. But the country is so huge, and has so many people, sometimes it’s really hard to know.

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Deedee's avatar

I trained my dog to not start eating her food until I say "Buen provecho". She looks up at me until I say it, not touching her food bowl.

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Rosalind's avatar

It's definitely a country wide practice, so... ¡provechito!

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Duwan Dunn's avatar

Like Buenos Dias, Tarde, and Noches, Buen provecho seems to be a Latin American thing. We didn't hear it a lot in our travels in South America, but heard it some, especially outside of tourist areas.

What I love is the exactness about the time of the day. In a country where everything is ahorita, we found if we buenos dias after noon, we got corrected. I saw a woman look at her watch once as we approached her on a trail. It was a few minutes after 12.

Buen provecho is lovely.

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Julie and Lurko in Mexico's avatar

When I was 18 and living in Guadalajara, my dad took me to his office to work for the summer. I enjoyed learning about Mexican work culture. I learned that when you enter the break room, you nod and say, "a provecho" to whoever is already in there eating. Then when you leave, you say it again. I always found it to be very formal and polite, and now I do it because I don't want anyone to think I'm "mal educado."

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Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

Yes, el mismo in Roo and Yucatán. It is way cool. And the old school politeness and humanity is a daily source of joy.

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