We are adding another installment to our Antigua Sandwich Series with the Viva Italia bagel sandwich from Bagel Barn Antigua Guatemala. This is not only delicious but vegetarian as well. How could you go wrong with an everything bagel, or whatever kind you like, cheese, fresh tomato slices and basil? This is simply delicious. ¡Buen … Read more
A couple of delicious changes on the classic BLT sandwich. Use a French baguette instead of white sliced bread and romaine lettuces instead of iceberg lettuce. Some crispy and soft potatoes to go along with it and you got a winner. Come to Antigua Guatemala Mama Jojo’s if you want to experience this tasty BLT. … Read more
If you are a foodie, Antigua Guatemala is a gourmet heaven, with over 200 culinary options, from Indian curries to authentic Italian pizza and everything in between. You can find Chinese dumplings, Tex Mex burritos, along with Mayan pre-Columbian offerings such as patin. Just take a foodie tours through the more than 425 gastronomic options … Read more
Just last week I was asking where I can get home-made pastrami or roast beef to prepare high quality sandwiches with artisan breads that one can find in Antigua Guatemala. Well, I came across the restaurant La Cocina de Atete on 7a calle poniente #16 where one can actually get a pastrami sandwich and other … Read more
Once again we have a premium hot dog joint in Antigua Guatemala. After we lost Wurst Eck and Jardín Bavaria and countless other joints, we were once again without a place to have premium German, Danish and Italian sausages, that is until Randy’s Sausages opened a few months back. The value and price point is … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Choripán for Argentine sausage sandwich. There’s a little bistro in the zaguán of Casa del Arco, right across from Campero that sells Argentine sandwiches, including the choripan, which is to say the least, the simplest sandwich one can make. The choripan is made with a French baguette, … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Emparedado or sandwich. Believe it or not, roast beef sandwiches are not difficult to find in La Antigua Guatemala. Easily I can think of three or more places when one can have a delicious roast beef sandwich such as Sabe Rico, Epicure and Doña Luisa. This is … Read more
We continue our Antigua Sandwich Week mini series with an open face sandwich: the Guatemalan take on eggs benedict includes dices of avocado and tomato over two slices of artisan home-made whole wheat bread, well at least the version sold at Café Barista in Antigua Guatemala. This eggs benedict breakfast also includes orange juice and … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Hamburguesa or burger. I guess a hamburger is a kind of sandwich right. By the way, we use the word sandwich quite often in Spanish, although the proper word should be emparedado. In Guatemala, we often just call them panes, such pan con pollo or pan … Read more
Many places in the world have breakfast sandwiches. Guatemala is no exception. The typical Guatemalan breakfast sandwich usually has scrambled eggs and black beans, sometimes sausages or hot links inside a pirujo or francés piece of bread. Pirujos and shucos are the two native sandwiches from Guatemala.Pirujos are plain white dinner rolls that are the … Read more
The typical Guatemalan sandwich is simply known as Pan (bread) or pan con carne (beef sandwich), pan con chile relleno (chile relleno sandwich), pan con longaniza (white sausage sandwich), pan con chorizo (red sausage sandwich), et cetera. The bread used for the Guatemalan sandwich is usually pirujo, sort of white bread baguette, but pan francés … Read more