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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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
https://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
I’m feeling hungry already!
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?
Yum, yum, double yum. I wouldn’t be able to pick. 🙂
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.
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.
That’s making me feel hungry!!! Hmph!! :o)
Chantal: Too bad there is no 24-hour delivery from Antigua, otherwise I could send some of this stuff to you.
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).
I am SO hungry looking at this. But where are my favorite, the refried black-black beans?!