Enjoying a Guatemalan Chow Mein Tostada
Believe it or not, in Guatemala we like to top our tostadas with chow mein. Follow the white rabbit to learn why …
Market Day — Tostadas are Us!
Where is Waldo? I mean where’s the tostada vendor? This is what a typical tostada shop looks like inside the Antigua Guatemala’s …
Guatemala Junk Food — Tostada de guacamol con chojin
Guatemalan tostadas are simple and tasteful. Normally, frijoles, guacamol or salsa de tomate, or beans, avocado sauce and tomato sauce. Sometimes, though, …
Enjoying A Guatemalan Tostada de Guacamol
Compare to Mexican tostadas, Guatemalan tostadas are simpler, yet they are delicious. The most popular tostadas are made out of frijoles or …
Guatemalan chow mein tostada
Last time I declared that chow mein was among the most “authentic” dishes in the Guatemalan gastronomy I got into trouble. Then, …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tostadas de Guacamol
These two tostadas de guacamol (avocado sauce tostadas) are for my very good epistolary friends Carmencita and Manolo who decided to follow …
Guatemala is the Origin for the Avocado Toast
Quite possibly the Maya have been eating avocado toasts for millennia or at least as long as they had realized that spreading …
Foodie Alert: Mexican Tortas in Antigua Guatemala
We shall not live by tacos alone, we should include tortas as well whenever we feel like having some Mexican comfort food, …
Guatemalan snacks vs Foreign snacks
Slowly but surely foreign style snacks are creeping into the Guatemalan diet. In fact, as I have mentioned before, there over a …
Sunday Guatemalan Enchiladas from La Merced
I believe it is impossible to eat a Guatemalan enchilada without breaking it before the last bite, don’t you agree? Follow the …
Guatemalan Enchiladas from La Merced Vendor
As I have said before, if tostadas had a kingdom, La Enchilada would be the queen of the tostadas. Good, you say, …
Indulging in the authentic taste of Antigua’s street food
One important aspect of Cuaresma, Lent, is the seasonal food that comes with it. There are many food stands that mushroom around …
Guatemalan Food: Tostaditas
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Tostaditas or mini tostadas It’s been a while since I publish a Guatemalan food …
Maya Girl Picking Freshly Made Tortitllas
Last week we did a mini series on campesinos and the milpa fields located on the skirt of Volcán de Agua. Today …
Atol de elote for the refacción
Who wants atol de elote right about now? I make home and office deliveries! Refacción or the shorten refa is the Spanish …
Tortilla Time
It is interesting how the aroma of freshly-made tortillas can be so haunting. This is especially true to Guatemalans who are not …
Typical Guatemalan Breakfast Booth
Everywhere in Guatemala you can find breakfast stalls similar to one shown above where the working class and anybody’s hungry can stop …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Mojarras fritas
Mojarras fritas, fried tilapia fish, is one of the Guatemalan foods, like chow mein dish, found everywhere in the country of the …
Enjoying the Refacción
Refacción can be roughly translated as simple snack time; but it’s much more than that. Refacción is the time where workers get …
Business In A Basket
The basket business could easily be another series about the ambulant food vendors who make a living selling all kinds food from …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Chojin
Chojín is a word that I learned recently. Most of my life I just thought that radish salad was ensalada de rábano. …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Guacamol
Guacamol has to be among the most present sauces or salads in the Guatemalan cuisine; as well as chirmol and often together. …
It’s Refa Time!
There are two ‘official’ snack times in Guatemala known as refacción; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I have …
Guatemalan Bread Sampler Revisited
The last time I showed you a sampler of Guatemalan bread was on May 1, 2007. Wow, times flies! Today’s photo was …
Making Guatemalan Tortillas
Blame this photo on Eric, who just yesterday invoked the tortilla-making ladies. It is interesting how the aroma of freshly-made tortillas can …
Enchiladas-R-Us
Oh the photos look so much better with people in them, especially if they are smiling. 😉 If tostadas had a kingdom, …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tacos
Tacos is yet another word shared by the Guatemalan and Mexican gastronomy. If you’re accustomed to Mexican dishes, you have to be …
Chicken Nachos from La Fuente Restaurant
Nachos is what happens when you build upon the concept of the simple Guatemalan tostada de guacamol. Nachos are not a native …
Guatemalan Cuisine: La Enchilada
If tostadas had a kingdom, La Enchilada would be the queen of the tostadas. Good, you say, I’m glad to know, but …