Pan con pollo or chicken sandwich is among the most popular street foods one finds in Antigua Guatemala and the rest of the country for the matter. Most often, pan con pollo is a pirujo bread, sort of French baguette, with shredded chicken with lettuce, tomato, onion and avocado, but sometimes vendors use pan francés, … Read more
Often in orientation talks organizations discourage the consumption of street food and for a good reasons. However, a blank statement like do not eat street food is a disservice as there are some street foods that one can eat without experiencing Montezuma’s revenge. For instance, most foods that have been cooked for hours and are … Read more
Guatemalans love charbroiled meats; that’s why you see street vendors selling carnes asadas everywhere you go in Guatemala. Here’s a vendor selling all kinds of charbroiled meats at the atrium of Iglesia de La Merced, in La Antigua Guatemala. What would you like to have today, longanizas, chorizos, chicken, pork, beef or ribs?
How can something so simple, a charbroiled corn on the cob, be so delicious. In Guatemala we simply add salt and lime juice to taste and it’s done. Who wants to have some elotes asados from La Merced?
Another typical vista of the Holy Week is all the street food stands around town. I mean almost everywhere you walk you find people selling food on the streets. Of course, this is necessary, I mean how else one is to feed the thousands of people that come to be part of the Semana Santa … Read more
One important aspect of Cuaresma, Lent, is the seasonal food that comes with it. There are many food stands that mushroom around the church with the velación, vigil, and others as well. Here, for instance, I captured a group visitors enjoying some tostadas and dobladas from the street food vendors that sep up on south … Read more
Tortillas con longaniza ahumada [smoked white sausage] and gorillas con chorizo ahumado [smoked red sausage] from Tecpán are among the most popular foods in Guatemala. You can find them in restaurants, on the streets, but often in the backyard or front yard’s barbecuing known as churrascos or parrilladas. These tortillas con chorizo and longaniza also … Read more
Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala offers so many comfort foods, such as garnachas, a street food originally from Xelajú [Quetzaltenango]. Today’s portrait shows a Honduran woman selling garnachas quetzaltecas [from Xela] in the village of San Felipe de Jesús as part of the velación [vigil] the day before Palm Sunday. The world is on an … Read more
If you like curries head over to Toko Baru, a great joint located on 1a avenida sur, offering lots of curry and pita sandwich options. I highlighted this diner for the first time back in April 2010 with a shorma kebab pita sandwich. Back then I pointed out how cosmopolitan Antigua Guatemala really is when … Read more
Today’s version of chicken tikka masala es from Toko Baru, a great joint located on 1a avenida sur, with lots of curry and pita sandwich options. I highlighted this diner for the first time back in April 2010 with a shorma kebab pita sandwich.
If you like taking pictures, Antigua Guatemala will be paradise for you, with so many photographic opportunities no matter in which direction you point your camera. The subjects can be anything you like, such as people, food, flora, colors, textiles, etc., the people; of course, the colonial Moorish baroque architecture found in Antigua Guatemala is … Read more
Two or three baskets show up around lunch time, the pots are open to show the food options of the day. Within minutes, workers, street vendors, students, and hungry people show up to order lunch. Some people argued against having affordable food options in Antigua Guatemala, but honestly, what are people with low income to … Read more
What are some of the most noticeable changes I have witness in Antigua Guatemala over the past decade. Well, the saddest is the disappearing of so many book stores and galleries. At the same time and rate, La Antigua Guatemala is almost completed invaded by fast-food restaurants. Let’s see if I can list them all … Read more
As real estate spaces become prohibited expensive in Antigua Guatemala, many have opted for the food truck option. I wonder if soon enough La Antigua Guatemala, LAG, will have enough food trucks peppered all over town as cities like NYC or LA. Some have a narrow scope for food trucks and only include in their … Read more
Sometimes we wonder how we can change the world for the better. Often, that’s all we do, well, at least I do, when we realise how big the problems are in the world. Some people, just do it, even with simple things like recycling two bottles to feed the street dogs. “Simple, just do something, … Read more