Archive for the ‘Food & Drinks’ Category
Monday, May 20th, 2013
At this fruit stand you can get three kinds of mangos: Tommy, Leche (milk mango) and Pashte (loofah mango). I am sure most people have had the Tommy mango, but not sure about the other two mango types. The mango de pashte takes its name because of the large amount of fibers which resemble a loofah. The mango de leche is very juicy; some people take a bite on the skin and then push all the juices through the whole. Both of these mangos are very good, but my absolute favorite is mango de pashte.
The jocote de marañón or cashew mombin or cashew apple, although apple is not a good term for the cashew fruit. I think the English language needs more fruity words.
Tags: cashew, jocotes de marañón, mango, mangos, pashte
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Monday, May 13th, 2013
Let’s see what we have here: salted baked peanuts (manías), fried lima or broad beans without skins (habas), caramelised peanuts (manías garapiñadas), cashew nuts (semillas de marañón), fried broad beans with skins, and baked lima beans with skins.
Now, which ones are nuts (nueces) and which ones are not nuts?
Tags: broad beans, cashew, habas, manias, marañón, nueces, peanuts
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Sunday, May 12th, 2013
This is the look of the typical Guatemalan sweets booth at town fair. If when you visit Guatemala you can not find a town fair happening near Antigua Guatemala, you can always take a short trip to San Felipe which happens to have this kind booths all year round.
What kind of Guatemalan sweets are your favorites?
Tags: Dulce's típicos, dulces guatemaltecos, guatemalan sweets, puesto de dulces, tienda de dulces
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
I am very happy to report that organic and vegetarian are becoming concepts in and around Antigua Guatemala, as well as in the rest of the country. Some companies are even are building their brand and reputation wholly on producing and distributing either organic or vegetarian products. Here we see the stand of the brand Artesano inside Vivero La Escanlonia.
What do you think are the causes for organic and vegetarian products becoming more popular in Guatemala?
Gratitude aside: I want to thank Mr. Brown, Mr. Stacey and Mr. Turner for their support and donating via the tipping jar. Soon all of you will receive a token of my appreciation for your continued support on the mail soon. Stay tuned!
Tags: Artesano brand, artesano stand, artesano vegetariano, marca artesano
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
This image of a stand of the typical Guatemalan sweets was captured in the little market on the main square of San Felipe de Jesús; one the best places to have Guatemalan typical food and not be overcharge as in my restaurants in downtown Antigua Guatemala. San Felipe de Jesús is also a good place to visit if you want to experience a Guatemalan town fair and there’s none happening nearby; here the square is always filled with fair stands, especially so Thursdays through Sundays. San Felipe de Jesús also has the only gothic church around Antigua Guatemala and, of course, Finca Filadelfia resort and tours; one of the best places to experience coffee tours, nature walks, mule and horseback rides or zip through the canopy of the hills of the coffee plantation; et cetera.
Have you tried any of the Guatemalan sweets on display here?
Tags: breads, candies, Dulce's típicos, guatemalan sweets, sweets
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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
I can easily explain longanizas as the Guatemalan white sausages which have chopped onions and yerba buena, mint, along the ground meat. Sometimes they add a tiny bit of chopped chiltepe or jalapeño peppers. Now, they normally served longanizas on top tortillas with guacamol, chojín and chirmol. How many orders would you like this time; I make deliveries anywhere in the world! 
Tags: carne asada, charcoaled meats, Longanizas, white guatemalan sausage, white sausage
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Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
As explained before during the Lent Food series, Lent has some food that is associated with it and sold at the food stalls out side where velación, vigil, is held. As Lent progresses towards the Holy Week which begins tomorrow on Domingo de Ramos, Palm Sunday, there are more and more vigils per week. Just this week I stop two before Friday and three wore set up on Friday. Here we see another velación set up just outside the cathedral.
By the way, the order of molletes (shown below) and buñuelos is now Q15/$2; up from Q10/$1.25 from a few weeks ago. How many orders would you like?
Tags: Catedral, Cathedral, comida de cuaresma, cuaresma, lent food, molletes, velación, vigil
Posted in Celebrations, Food & Drinks, Lent | 4 Comments »
