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Holy mother of tocina,tonight I discovered a stall outside the market that serves lechon every Sunday, complete with mote, llapingachos (mashed potato and cheese balls seared on high heat) Subject and delicious crispy pork skin. You can bet I'll be here e
When people say they are jealous of me being in the Galapagos I don't think they imagine me sitting at my laptop for two days with a tea cup and box of cheap red wine trying to teach myself video to share how amazing the Galapagos would be for other peopl
Last time I was in Ecuador I became obsessed with homemade aji and was so upset I couldn't find tomate de árbol as it is the ingredient that makes Ecuadorian hot sauce superior to every other kind, including sriracha (gasp I know). Even though it isn't ho
Puerto Ayora in the #Galapagos is small but there is still a thriving street food scene. Tonight I ordered grilled fish with salad, rice, beans and passion fruit juice. Per usual the salad was miniscule but the quantity of rice and beans warranted a plate
Want pescado encocado (fish in coconut sauce)? First step is to find a captain of a ship in the Galapagos who will climb a tree to get a coconut and then split it open with a dull machete. This is not an easy recipe.
Want pescado encocado (fish in coconut sauce)? First step is to find a captain of a ship in the Galapagos who will climb a tree to get a coconut and then split it open with a dull machete. This is not an easy recipe.
Adore this tag line because it's exactly what this country represents for me: Ecuador. Love life.
Oh the things that crawl my walls in my Galapagos house. For some reason I don't mind cockroaches on the floor but on the wall grosses me out. Although I welcome the Galapagos lava lizard on the right as it eats bugs but sadly not big enough to eat cockro
Oh the things that crawl my walls in my Galapagos house. For some reason I don't mind cockroaches on the floor but on the wall grosses me out. Although I welcome the Galapagos lava lizard on the right as it eats bugs but sadly not big enough to eat cockro
While I don't usually eat deep fried food I can't pass up empanadas de viento. Served in the afternoon the name literally means wind empanadas because they are full of air and in this case filled with a bit of queso for only sixty cents.
Due to its remote location nearly everything in the Galapagos is double the price on the mainland. That means this almuerzo (set lunch) of pineapple juice, sancocho (stew), tamarind chicken with fries and two cups of rice costs a whopping 4 dollars. I act
My new Galapagos casa comes complete with the friendliest neighbour. Loba (Spanish for wolf) comes and greets me every time I come home.
Mother's Day in South America is a gigantic holiday. Many here say it's second to Christmas and people shop for weeks for the right present.
Over the moon that Glamour Paris included me as the "Foodista" in their piece on 11 travel blogs to inspire travel.
