Guatemalan Cuisine Sampler
Nowhere is Guatemala’s syncretism more evident than in its food. Here you have a sampler of what is considered authentic traditional Guatemalan dishes, yet you can see Chinese fried rice and chow mein, French roll sandwiches fill with Spanish-style pierna (leg), Russian potato salad, buche and tomato salad, revolcado Guatemalan curry, Guatemalan tacos (fried flautas), fried chicken, and fried plantains in chocolate-based sauce by the name of mole. However weird this may sound, these dishes have little in common with the meals that originated them; they are Guatemalan food now.
Bon appetite!
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February 19th, 2007
hi there, i am based in antigua, too. love the photos, well most of them. because, i wonder, are you being hacked? as some of the pictures in your archive
http://antiguadailyphoto.com/page/3/
for instance, tree branches on fire, the previews are of a sexual nature rather than the picture described (correct picture appears when i click on them)
or it could be a flickr glitch.
either way, great site, bookmarked
February 20th, 2007
I’m feeling hungry already!
February 20th, 2007
Oh, that look really tempeting, Rudy. I post today some typical raciones or tapas which were shown in a bar window. What it is Spanish style pierna? you mean pierna de cordero?
February 20th, 2007
Yum, yum, double yum. I wouldn’t be able to pick.
February 20th, 2007
Hi Rudy,
Thanks for all your wonderful photos. I visit your website every day to enjoy Antigua from so far away. I lived in Guate for 2 years and will be returning to Antigua on March 5. Maybe we can stop by and visit with you. Keep up the good work.
February 21st, 2007
Jason: Thanks for the alert. It seems that it was a Flickr bug as you said.
Mandy: Me too.
Dsole: Es pierna de cerdo rellena con verduras y carne. Un platillo muy español.
Lessie: I picked for you. I had mole.
Sam: It will be my pleasure to meet with you. Look me up when you get here.
February 24th, 2007
That’s making me feel hungry!!! Hmph!! :o)
February 25th, 2007
Chantal: Too bad there is no 24-hour delivery from Antigua, otherwise I could send some of this stuff to you.
February 26th, 2007
It turns out that there’s a contemporary dance festival in Guate in the summer, so my dance company could well be over for then
(Yeah right, if either we empty our savings, or manage to secure funding by then).
February 27th, 2007
I am SO hungry looking at this. But where are my favorite, the refried black-black beans?!