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, …
Cevichón Pérez in La Antigua Guatemala
I am an etymology nut and spend way too much time researching the origins of words and phrases. So, perhaps, you can …
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 …
Sunday Mornings Begin with Coffee and Online Newspapers
Oh there’s nothing better than a great cup of Guatemalan coffee and the online newspapers to begin a Sunday Morning. I normally …
Guatemalan Cup of Coffee FTW!
With the cold and dry weather conditions we had this weekend, there was nothing better than a hot cup of the best …
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 …
Héctor’s Restaurant Third Anniversary
I can’t believe Héctor’s restaurant will be celebrating its third anniversary already on Tuesday, September 21. That’s quite an amazing feat for …
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 …
Breakfast Buffet at Finca Filadelfia
Among the zillion things you can do inside Finca Filadelfia, you can also have breakfast and lunch buffets on the weekends. This …
The Ages of Coffee
In this photograph I try to captured the different ages or stages of the coffee berries. Since we are showing the different …
Baltika Beer in Antigua Guatemala
You know La Antigua Guatemala is a cosmopolitan town the moment Baltika beer specials are found in the local supermarket. That’s right …
Colorful Guatemalan Vegetables
We are so lucky in Guatemala to have an abundant supply of fresh and colorful vegetables all year long. This colorful side …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Ensalada de Remolacha
Remolachas, beets, are another staple of the Guatemalan gastronomy. You will find often in salads, as a side dish, in curtido (pickled …
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: Guacamol
Guacamol has to be among the most present sauces or salads in the Guatemalan cuisine; as well as chirmol and often together. …
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 …
Valle de Panchoy’s Coffee Jelly
Well, it was only a matter of time and natural that someone in La Antigua Guatemala would try to make a coffee …
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 …
Ubi’s Ceviche
Last week Jonathan Gold from LA Weekly and Evan Kleinman host of KCRW’s Good Food program did a review of La Cevicheria, …
Typical Lunch from Travel Menu
Ah hah, I am very close to discover exactly what turns any meal into a typical Guatemalan dish. I believe that you …
The Titanic Sushi Sampler
In my never-ending quest to bring you the cosmopolitan dining options available in La Antigua Guatemala. Ubi’s Sushi, managed by chef Jeremías, …
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 …
Guatemalan Ceviche Mixto: Concha y Camarón
The best Guatemalan ceviche has to be ceviche of concha and camarón. Concha is sort of a shell clam known in Mexico …
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, …
Sweet Bread from Panaderia San Antonio
Since I noticed there were a lot of interest about the sweet bread and Panaderia San Antonio shown on the 4th Year …
Hector’s Carpaccio
Today’s a good day to have a carpaccio at Hector’s restaurant in La Antigua Guatemala, don’t you agree? Even though Héctor’s restaurant …
4th Year Anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com
Cutting a cake for an anniversary is quite commom through out the world, including Guatemala, however, here we also have an alternative: …
Delicious Quiche from Hector’s
This has to be the best quiche anywhere. Although it is made from eggs, it could be considered a vegetarian dish, right? …
Vegetarian Pizza from Quesos y Vino
Here’s another cosmopolitan vegetarian menu option from Quesos y Vinos, one of the oldest Italian restaurants in La Antigua Guatemala. They serve …
Indian Cuisine Vegetarian Sampler
We continue our International Cuisine tour with a sampler of vegetarian food from India. As I said yesterday, here’s additional proof of …
Oriental Chicken with Coconut Curry
I continue my quest of showing you how cosmopolitan La Antigua Guatemala has really become. Today’s entry was listed as Oriental chicken …
Cosmopolitan Antigua Guatemala
Recently, in Living La Vida Digital in Antigua Guatemala, I mentioned how cosmopolitan La Antigua Guatemala really is while showing a Philly …
Guatemalan Dessert: Flan Antigüeño
Wow, I can’t believe it took me 1,420 days to show you the world-famous caramel flan antigüeño. Bad Rudy, bad. Well, as …
Contrast: Red and Green
Guatemala has very creative names for their chilies. For instance, diente de perro, dog’s tooth, and diente de caballo, horse’s tooth, come …
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 …
Living La Vida Digital in Antigua Guatemala
I found the juxtaposition of cutting edge telecommunication technology and colonial lifestyle and architecture so fascinating and that’s why I have covered …
Guatemalan Town Fair Pizza
We get a lot of things from our neighbors from the big white north like remittances, retired chicken buses, junk cars, and …
Guatemalan Beer: Chelada or Michelada?
Chelada or Michelada, or which ever way you have them, Guatemalan beers are so refreshing! 😉 How many Guatemalan beers can you …
It’s Coffee Time!
In La Antigua Guatemala we are so lucky to be able to get excellent coffee just about everywhere. Cafetenango in Finca Filadelfia …
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 …
I want gringas, You want gringas…
Gringas are tacos made with flour tortillas and cheese. For some unknown reason, gringas are very popular in Guatemala. Believe it or …
Recipe for Guatemalan Quesadillas, anyone, anyone?
Please, could anyone provide the recipe for Guatemalan quesadillas. Thanks! Minimum Wage Salary Aside: Today Guatemala’s President Alvaro Colom announced a minimum …
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: …
Only in LAG: Drying Dinner
When you go to Héctor’s restaurant you are surely getting the freshest al dente fettucini pasta in La Antigua Guatemala. I chose …
Craving Corn: Elote
One of the things I look forward to most when venturing out on a little jaunt outside of La Antigua is elote. …
Colorful Fiambre Chapín
Guatemala is such a colorful country; everything from flora to textiles, from architecture to food is saturated with the richest rainbow. If …
Day of the Dead Candy: Quiebradientes
Quiebradientes, teethbrakers, are typical and traditional hard candy from Guatemala. As the name implies, it is hard and it can break your …
Day of the Dead Dessert Sampler
Here are many traditional Guatemalan desserts and sweets to take to the cemetery on Day of the Dead and All Saints’ Day. …
Day of the Dead Dessert: Chilacayote
For three years I have focused on world-famous and omnipresent dish of Fiambre as the main food served for Day of the …
Feria Food: Manzanas encarameladas
These caramelized apples are a good example of the syncretism found in the Guatemalan gastronomy. As Pascu mentioned yesterday, “I find Guatemalan …
Feria Food: Plataninas
If you want to know what plataninas, papalinas, poporopos and churros are, just follow the white rabbit! Guatemala’s rich gastronomic heritage is …
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 …
How to make Guatemalan Chicharrones
I was explained by these chicharroneros how they make their chicharrones, chicharrines, carnitas and costilla. First buy the best quality pork skin, …
Guatemalan Dessert: Empanadas de Leche
Because today is a holiday in Guatemala (read the aside below), we are going to skip all the controversial stuff and just …
You like tomato and I like tomahto
These roasted tomatoes will end up looking like this: Tomatoes, Basil and Cheese. Today’s entry is a pun for the all the …
Guatemalan Fresh Fruit Plastic Bags
What are the aspects that make up identity and idiosyncrasy? What makes Guatemalans almost anywhere in the planet salivate at the sight …
Guatemalan Coffee Trivia
Here are some random facts, bits and trivia about Guatemalan coffee I have been collecting for a while: The average price for …
Coffee Tables, literally!
Here is one more entry for the Only in LAG. Leave it to the creative people of La Antigua Guatemala to produce …
We’re Men of Maize
It is impossible to think of the Guatemalan, Mexican and Mesoamerican diet without maize. From the Popul Vuh (Popol Wuj in modern …
Licuado Culture
Sweet. Refreshing. Natural. Licuados are one of those treats that truly define a Guatemalan experience. The blended fruit drinks can be found …
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 …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tamalitos de frijol
Certainly some of you can help us determine the differences between chuchos and chuchitos, which were both mentioned yesterday in Guy Howard’s …
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 Dessert: Coyoles en Miel
Coyoles, that’s something I haven’t figure out what to call them in English; or Spanish outside of Guatemala for the matter. I …
Guatemalan Dessert: Coco en Miel
Many Guatemalan desserts are prepared exactly as coco en miel. I believe we already covered the en miel preserves before in Guatemalan …
Making Guatemalan Tortillas
Blame this photo on Eric, who just yesterday invoked the tortilla-making ladies. It is interesting how the aroma of freshly-made tortillas 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 …
Natural Guatemalan Color Palette
When was the last time you visited the Color palette category? Well, I know I fed it exactly one month ago. Talking …
Tomatoes, Basil and Cheese
Costa, entregado al placer de comer, filosofaba acerca de Dios. Decía que su existencia quedaba comprobada en el sublime sabor del ajo, …
Enchiladas-R-Us
Oh the photos look so much better with people in them, especially if they are smiling. 😉 If tostadas had a kingdom, …
Café Barista Panino and Freedom of Speech
For those who come to AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com for the photos, here’s today’s photo of paninos or paninis which I believe are Italian words …
Guatemalan Dessert: Espumillas
I wonder what would be a good translation for espumillas? A literal translation would be little sponges, but a proper word is …
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 Fruit: Chico Zapote
Okay, we will finish the Zapote and other exotic tropical fruits from Guatemala week with the Chico Zapote or simply chico which …
Guatemalan Fruit: Mango de pashte
Guatemalan produces several kinds of mangoes (dozens really), but by far mango de pashte (loofah mango) or mango de leche (milk mango) …
Guatemalan Fruit: Jocote de marañon
Even though most people are familiar with cashew nuts (I think), I am almost sure many people do not have the slightest …
Guatemalan Fruit: Caimito
I tell you, those Costa Ricans have no shame. First they made the entire world believe that Central America was them. Then, …
Guatemalan Fruit: Zapote
Many were the contributions of Meso-America to the world in terms of brand-new dietary crops; so long is the list that one …
Guatemalan Fruit: Mamey
Okay everyone, I solemnly declare this week as the Zapotes (sapotes) and other such exotic tropical fruits week. Sapote or tzapotl is …
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 …
Guatemalan Green Mangoes For Sale
Although I think green mangoes can be found in Guatemala all year round, I believe they are better when in the mangoes …
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 Res
Caldo de res (beef stock or stew) has to be among the most often eaten dishes in the Guatemalan cuisine. It is …
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 …
Churros, Anyone, Anyone?
It just occurred to me that the United States is one of the largest Spanish-speaking countries since it has one of the largest populations of Spanish speakers. Spanish has been spoken in the U.S. from a time before its independence. And at the rate at which the Spanish-speaking population grows, faster than any other, you may have to hablar español sooner or después. Remember that you can always come to La Antigua Guatemala to take Spanish classes in the more than 65 Spanish Schools available in this tiny colonial town.
Guatemalan Green Sauce Ingredients
Given the main ingredients above, can you name the Guatemalan sauce that will be prepared? Happy Birthday Chata! (I-heart-U).
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 Fruits: Nisperos or Misperos, that’s the question
After MO confirmed the spelling for Misperos which Nadia had used in reference to this yellow fruit known in the English language …