Hornado, but only the heads - not sure why and what happened to the rest of them. Also not sure how exactly to go about eating that - thought i´d give it a miss this time.
Espumilla...on the go.
Fairy floss or cotton candy - whichever you prefer.
Ah mango - my favourite.
"Cuero Asado" - this is that pig skin I mentioned before where it´s soft and chewy and you can totally see the hairs *shudder* - sooo disgusting.
I love the way they carry their kids here. Seriously I have not seen one pram yet the entire time I´ve been in Quito. Every kid is either carried like this on the mum´s back, or they´re just carried in their arms. Anyway, this lady was selling this combo of stuff - don´t think there is an overall name for the resulting plate of food but it´s made up of chochos (like white lima beans), tostados (toasted corn kernels), a tomato & onion salad and chifles (banana chips). I thought it was quite amusing that every person I saw selling this combo, had a bottle of mylanta or some other digestive aid like this bottle of LBS (lower bowel stimulant) that I saw, tucked away in the basket in addition to picante sauce or salt. hmmm..makes you think what they would need that for.
"Ceviche de ostion" (oyster) - similar preparation to the above combo, but this is more of a soupy main meal, whereas the first was more of a snack. There is also a lot of popcorn in this dish and the seafood is raw except that it´s marinated in lemon for several hours. The mum made me ceviche de pescado the other day and it was actually quite nice - very lemony, but good.
"Tortilla de maize" - mashed corn with queso - not too bad, but not too flavoured either.
"Cuero Reventado" - this is absolutely the biggest bag of pork crackling I have ever seen in my life. And they were selling it in massive sheets at a time. Crazy.
Caña - sugar cane.
This is canelazo, a local Ecuadorian specialty. It´s made of hot water, puntas (sugar cane liquor), lemon, sugar and cinnamon. It´s actually really strong, hot and spicy - not sure it´s my favourite drink, but it´s ok.
Don´t you just love global food chains and their local variations? This is KFC´s menestra lunch combo ie chicken, salad, rice and bean stew. Not bad for $3.
Ah..cuy or guinea pig as we know it - I have yet to bring myself to try it. I think maybe only if I watch them freshly cook it. This plate of cuy at machachi looked like they´d been out for a while, so I think I´ll wait for another chance.
2 comments:
foooooooood! me so hungry. i love fairy floss and cracking...
ahh, cuy! I almost had it in Peru, but we evidently weren't in the right part of town that specialized in it. And what's sort of weirder, which I'm not sure is the same way in Ecuador, but the guinea pigs are kept in their homes as pets sort of, which they will fry up and eat from time to time.
That KFC meal looked really yummy tho! =)
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