Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Cerveza Artesanal for craft beer. The cervecerías artesanales, craft breweries, movement went to full steam within the last five years or so. We have so many microbreweries in Guatemala and three stand out in Antigua Guatemala: Cerveceria 14, Antigua Brewing Company and Antigua Cerveza. I will … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Cervezas for beers. These are the most popular beers in Guatemala produced by the national brewing company, better known as Cerveceria Centroamericana. In this picture, we are missing my favorite beer from the national brewing company, Moza. Día del trabajo, Labor Day, is observed in Guatemala … Read more
Can you believe it has been over a year since I last posted an entry on the Foodie Fridays series? I am glad I am reviving this delicious series with a photograph of the appetizing tostones with hilachas, shredded beef fried plantain patties served by one of my favorite foodie spots in Guatemala: Restaurant 27 … Read more
How about some premium Guatemala coffee with some delicious sweet bread. Did you know it is common practice in Guatemala to dunk the bread in the cup of coffee?
How about some delicious Guatemalan chicharrones and carnitas with freshly cut avocados and chojín radish salad? Anyone anyone? Deep fried costillas [ribs], carnitas and chicharrones [pork rinds] are among the most popular weekend comfort foods in Guatemala. Have you tried them last time you were here?
Guatemalan white sausages are called longanizas and the red sausages chorizos. If you have tried them both, which is your favorite?
This is a good question, is the milhojas a cake or a pie? What are your thoughts? Believe it or not, I don’t see how it is possible that I have not share a picture of one of the most popular cakes or cookies found in the Guatemalan bakeries and cake shops. Well, it is … Read more
In Guatemala, Christmas is a family day; an occasion for strengthening the family bonds. Christmas is also a feast day full of deliciously comfort food such as tamales, ponche (fruit punch), hot traditional chocolate drink, café de olla, desserts, and the fruits for the occasion are grapes and apples. ¡Feliz Navidad!
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Mandarinas for tangerines. Today I share with you a simple daily life vista to let you what’s in season in Guatemala right now. Enjoy!
As I have said before, ayote en miel is among the most popular desserts for Día de Todos los Santos (Feast of All Souls) and Día de los Fieles Difuntos (Day of the Dead). If you’re wondering what is ayote? well, ayotes are sort of like pumpkins. I bet you didn’t know that Guatemala is … Read more
In a “normal year,” today we would be commemorating Día de Todos Santos, All Saints Day, and Día de los Fieles Difuntos, Day of the Dead through out Guatemala. Needless to say, this year the cemeteries were closed from October 31st through November 2nd to minimize crowds and the contagion of Sars-Cov-2. Not all things … Read more
As I have said before, the world is full of tough decisions. To be or not to be; should I stay or should I go; color or black-&-white; and so on until we get to the decision to either have carnitas or chicharrones or both. Life is tough, don’t you think? Often the best thing … Read more
Since March 16 when the pandemic began restaurants were only allowed to operate with pick-up and delivery service. This is the reason why one can only order to go, even if it is a smoothie. Talking about smoothies, my favorite venue for smoothies in Antigua Guatemala is Unión Café Antigua; located on 6a calle oriente, … Read more
As I have mentioned before, revolcado is another popular Guatemalan stew found in the daily special menus of the diners in Guatemala. By the way, revolcado is not a stew for everyone, do you why?
The caldo de res (beef stock or stew) is never absent from the daily menus of diners, fondas and restaurants. As other Guatemalan caldos, caldo de res is accompanied with carrots, corn on the cob, güisquil (chayote), ayote and chilacayote (squash), potatoes and beef. Often, caldo de res is served with rice, avocado and lemon … Read more