Guatemalan Street Food — Pan con pollo
Pan con pollo or chicken sandwich is among the most popular street foods one finds in Antigua Guatemala and the rest of …
Pan con pollo or chicken sandwich is among the most popular street foods one finds in Antigua Guatemala and the rest of …
Often in orientation talks organizations discourage the consumption of street food and for a good reasons. However, a blank statement like do …
Guatemalans love charbroiled meats; that’s why you see street vendors selling carnes asadas everywhere you go in Guatemala. Here’s a vendor selling …
How can something so simple, a charbroiled corn on the cob, be so delicious. In Guatemala we simply add salt and lime …
Another typical vista of the Holy Week is all the street food stands around town. I mean almost everywhere you walk you …
One important aspect of Cuaresma, Lent, is the seasonal food that comes with it. There are many food stands that mushroom around …
Tortillas con longaniza ahumada [smoked white sausage] and gorillas con chorizo ahumado [smoked red sausage] from Tecpán are among the most popular …
Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala offers so many comfort foods, such as garnachas, a street food originally from Xelajú [Quetzaltenango]. Today’s portrait …
If you like curries head over to Toko Baru, a great joint located on 1a avenida sur, offering lots of curry and …
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 …
Two or three baskets show up around lunch time, the pots are open to show the food options of the day. Within …
What are some of the most noticeable changes I have witness in Antigua Guatemala over the past decade. Well, the saddest is …
As real estate spaces become prohibited expensive in Antigua Guatemala, many have opted for the food truck option. I wonder if soon …
Sometimes we wonder how we can change the world for the better. Often, that’s all we do, well, at least I do, …
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Tostaditas or mini tostadas It’s been a while since I publish a Guatemalan food …
At lunch time one can find stands of food vendors pop up at street corners or around parks in Antigua Guatemala. These …
Some people might claim this is the first food truck in Antigua Guatemala, but that is not true, since there are quite …
I believe the majority of real heroes are anonymous. The real heroes do their work out of conviction and love. I spotted …
Batido is a fruity drink topped with a powder called pinol, a coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often in …
I plate like this will set you back Q20/$2.50 in the main square of San Felipe de Jesús, a great locale for …
RWOrange put together a very comprehensive list of the restaurants and food I have covered in AntiguaDailyPhoto in Chowhound. Here’s the list …
It is difficult to frame a shadow, especially if it’s moving, but it can be done. Now, if you had asked me …
By the way, although I have not mentioned it yet, every night as I write the daily entry I can hear the bombas (bombs) firecracker, the cohetes (firecrackers) being burnt, the church bells tolling, the canchinflines (whistle) firecracker and all kinds of unknown (to me) firecracker being burnt and creating a loud bang which I can hear as echoes through the far away streets. In additions to the smells and scents, the Christmas season in Guatemala has a soundtrack of its own.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a town fair with out a Ferris wheel, mechanical games, all kinds of street food vendors, live …
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Elotes for corn on the cob. Elotes are one of the most popular …
For better or worse, pizza has carved a niche among the street food offerings found during Cuaresma [Lent] and Semana Santa [Holy …
Imagine that now you can follow the location updates of the cotton candy vendors on Periscope and Twitter. No more should you …
Corn on the cob is among the most popular street foods one can find in Guatemala. Obviously, there several vendors in each …
Garnachas quetzaltecas are quite the food attraction at the town fair of Ciudad Vieja. Interesting enough, hardly ever you find at the …
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Cucurucho or cone head. Every so often cucuruchos need to refuel so they continue to …
As I mentioned yesterday, Cuaresma [Lent] has street food that is sold at the booths outside the church where the velación, vigil, …
Here’s the first photojournalistic project of the Foundry Photo Workshop I am sharing with you. As soon as I get other projects …
Tortillas con carne could be the Guatemalan equivalent of the Mexican taco. Tortilla con carne is basically a piece of charbroiled steak …
Okay, let’s meet for lunch today, the meals are on me. But, the menu options are limited: Guatemalan Revolcado, Pepian, Hilachas, Subanik …
First of all, click the play button below. It’s the sound track for this entry. It’s been a while since I presented …
Today is observed and celebrated the Día de la Santa Cruz, Day of the Holy Cross,in the Catholic world. As in previous …
Believe it or not, even fast-food restaurants have fantastic wall textures in Antigua Guatemala. For instance, this portrait was made with one …
Not everyone waving a white flag is asking for food or economic assistance to feed their family. Some people waving a white …
Just like many ambulant vendors, shoe shiners must find a way to generate some income to put food on the table during …
One thing is certain about the daily life sights from Antigua Guatemala, they are full of color; there’s color in every direction …
Once again the location of Antigua Guatemala has proven to be strategic and beneficial for yet anothe type of tourism. Antigua Guatemala …
There are two or three food vendors that show up around noon in Parque Central to feed the ambulant street vendors and …
Even though Day of the Dead is actually observed on November 2nd, and All Saints Day is celebrated on November 1st, we …
The festival of Barriletes Gigantes of Guatemala takes place in at least three villages of Sacatepequez: Santiago Sacatepequez, the original and most …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish words of the day: Noche Buena, literal good night, for Christmas Eve. Noche Buena is such an important …
Today I only have rellenitos at Q5/$0.60 per piece for you. I deliver the world over, 30 minutes or it’s free. Minimum …
There’s a myth that declares that the Maya people don’t like to be photographed. Something I have noticed in the over two …
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We do not have any fast food drive thrus in Antigua Guatemala, except for perhaps Pollo Campero on Alameda Santa Lucía. Another …
I believe that I specialise in capturing authentic slices of daily life. That’s my forte, without a doubt in my mind. For …
So what are rellenitos pues? Rellenitos (little fillings) is the name given to a food made from plantain dough which is molded …
We are very fortunate in La Antigua Guatemala because, besides the fast-food pizzas, we can also get true and authentic Italian and …
I have been hosting some photo walks in Antigua Guatemala for several months now and I just realised I had not mentioned …
One aspect that I enjoy very much of the catholic rituals and celebrations is that there’s always food; food for every celebration. …
Refacción can be roughly translated as simple snack time; but it’s much more than that. Refacción is the time where workers get …
The other day I found this typical Guatemalan stamp: the trash collectors having breakfast inside the trash collecting truck and the chuchos …
We interrupt our regularly scheduled December comfort foods series to bring you the following special bulletin. Since yesterday night, December 15, there …
At 3:30 in the morning and by the light of the full moon as the rooster crowed a couple times, my husband …
The world-famous Guatemalan apron is going places, you know. Just like you can find mothers and daughters selling gabachas, aprons, on any …
In Guatemala and many countries in Latin America today, May 3rd, is celebrated the Day of the Holy Cross and also the …
Boy, do I sacrifice for you guys, or what? MO (Mario) asked for a shot of green mangoes and here I am …
New Year’s Eve Celebrations in La Antigua Guatemala:
For starters there are many things that make New Year’s Eve similar and different than Christmas’ Eve. If Christmas’ Eve is celebrated with the family at home at your parents’ home; New Year’s Eve can be celebrated anywhere: a discotheque, a park, the beach or La Calle del Arco, a popular venue in La Antigua Guatemala
The first time I ever heard about La Naranja Pelada (The Peeled Orange) was at Inner Diablog, a blog published from London but filled with hindsight and hard-to-find information about Guatemala. On top of all, Guy writes so eloquently that it is a pleasure to read his entries. Honest, this blog and his writing is an inspiration for me. Check it out!
In the area around Antigua the best ceviches are to be found in a small seafood restaurant on a backstreet of Jocotenango called La Naranja Pelada. The dining room is wood-panelled and decorated with specimens of local ‘game’ such as snakes, turtles and armadilloes. (source: Inner Diablog)
Many artisans come to La Antigua Guatemala to sell their crafts. The streets are for anyone who wants to sell, just watch …
Antigua’s red, originally uploaded by rudygiron. The restaurant La Fonda de la Calle Real is another of Antigua’s landmarks. You can find …