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Guatemalan snacks vs Foreign snacks

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Slowly but surely foreign style snacks are creeping into the Guatemalan diet. In fact, as I have mentioned before, there over a doze fast-food choices for lunch or meals available in Antigua Guatemala. The same can be said of snacks, the traditional Guatemalan snacks are losing ground, but I believe people still prefer atoles, tostadas, … Read more

Consecutive Day 3645 — Fresh-fruit Drive-thru

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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 option might be the Cafe Condesa Express on the exit street that leads to Guatemala City. That is about it. We do have lots of fresh fruit drive-throughs as the one picture here … 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

Guatemalan Fair: Fresh Fruit Stall

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After all the pounds we have gained this week at the San Pedro Las Huertas Fair, it is nice to come across some healthy food. For Q5 ($0.65) we can take any fresh fruit bags and we will need the savings since we already lost quite a few Quetzales at the others fair stands. Now, even though I have shown all these Guatemalan fair food and even describe it as tasteful and delicious, I don’t want to pass it as healthy. Fair food is junk food. I am so glad these fair food vendors have not come across the Super Size Me concept!