food

Ambulant Food Vendors Feed the Workers and Students

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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

Guatemalan Basket Food: Bledo

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© Guatemalan Basket Food: Bledo by Rudy Giron

Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Bledo or amaranth. Bledo, chipilín, macuy, iguashte are part of the comidas de canasta, basket foods, or comidas tanatiadas, bunch foods. In other words, you order a tanate, bunch, of chipilín or bledo or whatever is available. Often though, you order more than one tanate to sample different … Read more

Antigua Food & Wine Presentation

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Antigua Food & Wine Presentation, image by Rudy Giron + http://photos.rudygiron.com

Today I had the opportunity to taste several Syrah/Shiraz wines from different regions of the world and catch up with many of my friends and acquaintances from the most popular restaurants in Antigua Guatemala as part of a wine tasting organised by Degustantigua and Escuela Española de Sommeliers as part of their presentation of Antigua … Read more

Mora Chipotle Lomito

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That’s blackberry-chipotle beef steak for you. I don’t remember if I mentioned it before, but in Guatemala blackberry is the berry more often found after strawberries. In fact, in Guatemala blackberries are used in licuados (smoothies), cheese cakes and any kinds of desserts as well as main dishes as shown above. Perhaps, we use blackberries … Read more

Corpus Christi in Antigua Guatemala

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One aspect that I enjoy very much of the catholic rituals and celebrations is that there’s always food; food for every celebration. Corpus Christi was observed yesterday and included mass services, burning of firecrackers, procesion, and selling of food. Watch the video recorded, edited and published from his iPhone to get an overview of the … Read more

The colours of the Guatemalan Gastronomy

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The colours of the Guatemalan Gastronomy by Rudy Giron

These are some of the most often used ingredients in the Guatemalan kitchen. This photo was taken at La Fonda de la Calle Real at a booth that the restaurant put out to showcase their flavors and the ingredients they use in their kitchen. You can take this photo to your local Latin market and … Read more

Chicken Nachos from La Fuente Restaurant

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Chicken Nachos from La Fuente Restaurant

Nachos is what happens when you build upon the concept of the simple Guatemalan tostada de guacamol.

Nachos are not a native food from Guatemala, but Nachos have made a big room within the new Guatemalan diet; at least in La Antigua. How could Nachos not do that, if they are made with tostada chips (deep-fried tortillas), beans (black beans for Guatemala, please), guacamol (avocado sauce), pico de gallo with chiltepes chilies, beef or chicken and cheese; all ingredients readily available in the Guatemalan cuisine realm.

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