Here’s yet another ceviche from La Playa restaurant and bar, the new ceviche headquarters of La Antigua Guatemala. They have a very good selection of different kinds of ceviche, mostly a Mexican influenced. Somehow I believe La Playa will become one of my regular hang outs. Oh how I sacrifice so you can have a … Read more
Certainly the only dishes that you can find everywhere you go in Guatemala are Ceviche and Chow Mein. That, in my humble opinion, this should be enough to declare them Authentic National dishes, don’t you think so? Guatemala does indeed have a strong ceviche tradition and that’s why ceviche stands, trucks and restaurants are one … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is becoming the ceviche capital of Central America. As you can see for yourself if you browse the archives looking for ceviche, you will see we have the largest selection of Guatemalan styles of ceviche. However, you can also find Mexican, Peruvian and Asian ceviches. This Ceviche Mexicano comes with a shot … Read more
Last week Jonathan Gold from LA Weekly and Evan Kleinman host of KCRW’s Good Food program did a review of La Cevicheria, a Guatemalan owned ceviche restaurant in Los Angeles. In the podcast Jonathan declared the Guatemalan ceviche the best of all ceviches and was surprised since, in his opinion, Guatemala does not posses a … Read more
The best Guatemalan ceviche has to be ceviche of concha and camarón. Concha is sort of a shell clam known in Mexico as “Almeja pata de mula” which is sort of a mixture between clam and oyster plus dark ink (blood). Camarones are, of course, shrimps. Mix conchas and camarones with diced plum tomatoes, chopped … Read more
You can tell Ceviche is my favorite Guatemalan Cuisine dish if you search for the word ceviche or just browse the five photos of ceviches posted thus far. But I am not the only one, Guy from Inner Diablog, has as many entries dedicated to ceviche as I do. Both of us have even describe … Read more
This is the Vuelve a la vida seviche (Come back to life ceviche) from the Blanqui Sevicheria in Escuintla City, a town about 40 minutes from La Antigua Guatemala. I know Manolo, Guy, Pirata Cojo, El Canche and other will have fond memories and things to say about this ceviche photo. Let their comments come…
Ceviche is very popular food in America. There are many ways to prepare it and there are many recipes per countries. The Guatemalan ceviche is based on roma/plum tomatoes, onions, garlic, mint, cilantro, soy sauce, English sauce, lemon juice, hot peppers (chiltepe), seafood (shrimp and Guatemalan clamshell especially) and is usually served with cold beer … Read more