Guatemala is the Absolute Stew Country!
As I have mentioned a few times before, Guatemalan food is so rich with stews. If the stews are watery we call …
Foodie Fridays — Tostones from 27 Adentro
Can you believe it has been over a year since I last posted an entry on the Foodie Fridays series? I am …
Guatemalan Food: Kak’ik from 7 Caldos
Here’s your illustrated Maya word of the day: Ik or hot, spicy, or picante in Spanish. You find the word Ik at …
Spices and Ingredients of the Guatemalan Cuisine
Here is another take on the ingredients and spices of the traditional Guatemalan cuisine. I have shared with you guys pictures and …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pollo en Crema y Loroco
Loroco are small, green, unopened flower buds, used as a flavoring agent in Central American cuisine. They are cultivated in Guatemala and …
Guatemalan Longaniza Lunch for $1.25
You’ve got to love Guatemala, this longaniza lunch with guacamol, chirmol, rice and freshly-made tortillas will set you back Q10/$1.25. Here are …
Guatemalan Cooking School Frijol Feliz
Last week I had the opportunity to take some photos of the cooking classes at El Frijo Feliz Cooking School Antigua Guatemala …
A Chevere hotdog is not a Shuco hotdog
To the uneducated eye the Guatemalan Chevere and Shuco hotdogs are just exotic hotdogs, but to the Guatemalans these two hotdogs are …
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, …
Caldo de Gallina Criolla Vegetables
Back on August I shared with you the presentation of Caldo de Gallina Criolla from Sabe Rico Restaurant in Antigua Guatemala. Criollo …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Caldo de Gallina Criolla
Criollo or Criolla is the Guatemalan Spanish word often meaning native or garden grown. Although criollo in colonial times was the word …
Secluded Sunday Lunch Surprise
On sundays there is a restaurant open on the top of the mountain within Finca Filadelfia. The food is delicious, and the …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Carne adobada
I can’t believe it has taken me over 5 years to share with you a plate of carne adobada. Shame on me. …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tortitas de carne
Tortitas de carne, beef patties, are a classic staple of the Guatemalan gastronomy. They are usually served with a simple tomato sauce …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tres Carnes Subanik Bowl
Guatemalan gastronomy is so rich with stews. If the stews are watery we call them caldos and if the stews are thick …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Subanik
Guatemala is a country with lots of stews. Let’s call Guatemala, Stew country! Just yesterday Arturo Godoy was sharing with us the …
La Cocina del Obispo
La Cocina del Obispo Restaurant is located in San Juan del Obispo, perhaps a 10 minute drive from La Antigua Guatemala. The …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pollo en Crema
Pollo en crema has to among top ten typical dishes of Guatemala. Pollo en crema also shows best the syncretism in the …
Guatemalan Tacos FTW!
Believe it or not, we also have tacos in Guatemala. Guatemalan tacos, however, do not resemble Mexican tacos at all. Guatemalan tacos …
Guatemalan Typical Diner Food
Terracota ceramic dish ware, typical food, tortillas in basket are the typical vistas from the Guatemalan comedores (diners). In the picture above …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pescado frito
Fried fish is another popular dish in Guatemala. The fried fish presentation above can be found just about anywhere in Guatemala. Normally …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Parrillada Chapina
Here’s another version of the classic Guatemalan parrillada which is basically a charcoal-grilled meat sampler. This version includes chicken, sirloin steak, sausage, …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Patitas a la vinagreta
I have to admit not all Guatemalan dishes have good aspect. Two such dishes come to mind right away: Mole and Patitas …
Video Recipes: Rellenitos de Platano – Stuffed Plantains
Okay, today I only have dessert for you. I am sharing two videos I found on how to prepare rellenitos de platano …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Parrillada Guatemalateca
Through the many entries in the Guatemalan cuisine category we can conclude that Guatemalans love to barbecue and charcoal-grilled meats. Last year …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Frijoles blancos
Frijoles Blancos, white beans, are another classic staple of the gastronomy of Guatemala. Frijoles blancos are often prepared with espinazo (spine) costilla …
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: Ensalada de Verduras
Contrary to popular belief, Guatemalans do have a large selection of salads in their gastronomy palette, including, of course, one of the …
Guatemalan Cuisine: piloyada antigüeña
The Piloyada Antigüeña is one of the most classic dishes from La Antigua Guatemala. Piloyada antigüeña takes its name from the piloy …
Guatemalan Weekend Tamal Breakfast
Here’s what a typical Sunday morning Guatemalan breakfast may look like. I say Sunday morning breakfast because normally one can only find …
Mango, Pepitoria and Lemon Juice Popsicle
Guatemalan are living a new sense of freedom, not the kind that was expected by the signage of the Peace Accords of …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Sancocho
First of all, I am going to request the help of my dear epistolary friends Erin and Manolo for this entry. Erin …
Typical Guatemalan Breakfast
I have shown you the typical Guatemalan breakfast at least three times and each time has been somehow different, how so? Well, …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Higado encebollado
We visit the daily menu again with today’s higado encebollado, liver with onions. It is so ironic that one can get home-made …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Carne Adobada, Longanizas, Viuda
We continue with tortillas con carne adobada and longanizas. I can easily explain longanizas as Guatemalan white sausage which has chopped onions …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tortillas con Carne
Tortillas con carne could be the Guatemalan equivalent of the Mexican taco. Tortilla con carne is basically a piece of charbroiled steak …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Longanizas
I will let you guys do the caption for this photo by digging through the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto. Here are the hints: …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Loroco and Cheese Pupusas
First of all, my apologies to all those masochist Guatemalans who live abroad and visit this humble site to get their daily …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Ejotes Envueltos Recipe
Back in January Rudy marked his 1000th post with a pic of pacaya cooked in egg batter and duly polled readers for …
Yuca, cassava or manioc, Anyone, Anyone?
Yuca, also known as cassava or manioc, is root widely consumed in Latin America and Guatemala is not the exception. You can …
Guatemalan Chuparrasco
Last year I mentioned about that thanks to the wise weather gods, in Guatemala any time of the year is good for …
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: Hilachas
Hilachas (shredded beef) is yet another staple of the Guatemalan Cuisine. Hilachas is basically a red curry with shredded beef and potatoes. …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Revolcado
Thanks to Michele and Eddie, two loyal readers of AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com, I actually came to La Antigua Guatemala during the Holy Week. We …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Jocón
A while back I tease those crazy Guatemalan who have decided to live abroad (you know who you are) with a photo …
Guatemalan Flavors in a Jar: Jocón
The problem with many authentic Guatemalan dishes is that they are not very portable or sometimes the recipes are so complex and …
Guatemalan Bread Sampler: Name the Bread
Details, details, details. To celebrate the first anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto on May 1st, 2007, I published a sampler photo of sweet bread …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Postre de Mora
Okay, here’s something sweet to end the work week. I came across this blackberry dessert at La Casa de las Mixtas; one …
The Guatemalan Shuco Hot Dog
The Guatemalan shuco hot dog comes with guacamol (avocado sauce), boiled cabbage, mayonnaise, tomato sauce, mustard, hot sauce, and one or more …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pacayas
Today’s entry marks the 1000 consecutive daily pages of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo. And I thought I wasn’t going to last …
Guatemalan Escabeche
These also make Guatemalans hot! 😉 In Guatemala there are at least two words you can use when referring to pickled foods: …
Name this Guatemalan Dessert And Win!
The first person that can name this Guatemalan dessert AND provide the recipe for its preparation through the comments will win a …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Caldo de Pata
Today is theme day for the City Daily Photo community around the world; 840 daily city web sites thus far. For the …
Chicharrones, Chicharrines and Carnitas, Anyone, Anyone?
Carnita is the Guatemalan Spanish word for chunks of meat from pork. Chicharrón is the word for pork rinds or deep-fried pork …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pepián
The easiest way to get authentic traditional Guatemalan cuisine is to get a daily menu special at your local diner. For instance, …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Platillo Típico
Platillo típico (typical dish) is the name given to any meal that normally has at least two of the following: chirmol (Guatemalan …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Revolcado, Pepian, Hilachas, Subanik, Longanizas
Okay, let’s meet for lunch today, the meals are on me. But, the menu options are limited: Guatemalan Revolcado, Pepian, Hilachas, Subanik …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Amarillo
This Guatemalan stew takes its name from its yellow-orangy color. Amarillo is the Spanish word for yellow; those living in Texas probably …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Rabo Guisado
Okay, get your Guatemalan notebook handy, we’re about to learn a few Guatemalan words and concepts. Rabo Guisado translate roughly as ox …
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 …
Guatemalan Cuisine: The Kak’ik
Your comments and feedback are very important and often show me the way for future posts or follow ups. Such was the …
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 …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Atol de platano
One of the benefits of having a Banana Republic (not the clothing store, but the real thing!) is the tremendous amount of …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Mixtas
Guatemalan mixtas (mixed) are basically hot dogs which come with tortillas instead of a bun. Simple and great tasting. There are other …
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 …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Atol Blanco, Anyone?
Atol blanco is one of the most emblematic drinks of the Guatemalan Cuisine. Very few meals or drinks can define or identify …
Guatemalan Tortilla Basket
Right now, the going price for tortillas is 6 tortillas per one quetzal (Q1 = US$0.13). This fact brings me to another interesting aspect about tortilla selling in Guatemala: tortillas are sold by units and not by weight, which means some tortillas could be tiny or really thin or worse yet use maseca flour in the mix. 🙁
Traditional Guatemalan Christmas Food: Chiles Rellenos
Well, chiles rellenos are not just a Christmas seasonal food since they are available everyday, 24×7 in Guatemala. Last year I described Guatemalan chiles rellenos like this:
The Best Fiambre in the World
I don’t know why the word salad brings all kinds of vegetables to mind. Fiambre is a salad, but it mostly has meats, all kinds: sausages, hams, chicken, sea food, meats pork and beef. It is Domino’s or Pizza Hut that has a meat lover’s pizza with a mere 5 meat. Move over meat lover’s pizza; fiambre has over 25 meats.