Category: food
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Going Shopping
In Pittsburgh, we cook almost every night, but in our first week in Peru it was hard to imagine cooking dinner that was more worthwhile than going out to a restaurant. Then we visited Arequipa’s main market. Now we aim to cook at least once a week. After trying alpaca steaks at restaurants around town,…
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Hoy Adobo
On Sundays, various restaurants around Arequipa set out signs saying: “Hoy Adobo” (Today Adobo). After brief investigation, we learn that the nearby suburb Cayma is THE place to enjoy this local specialty. A ten-minute taxi ride brings us to the main plaza of Cayma, a flowering park, surrounded by cafes and restaurants each accompanied by…
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Pupusa Hour
As our bus approached a police checkpoint near the El Salvador border, the bus conductor informed everyone, they would need either their identification or 100 Lempiras ($5) in their hands. The actual border crossing was our easiest yet with a doctor checking for sick people, Honduran and Salvadoran officials, and a money changer all filing…
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Eating in Nicaragua
Breakfast in Nicaragua is one of two options. 1) A pastry from the panederia or street corner 2) ¨Desayuno¨ which means gallopinto (rice and beans), eggs, queso, tortillas, and optional meat, served with a sugary sweet black coffee. If we opt for #2, we wouldn´t need anything else until 3 or 4 in the afternoon.…
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Same Same But Different
Spent 3 days motorbiking in the Central Highlands of Vietnam with the sons of coffee farmers. We went to the highlands to escape the heat and to immerse ourselves in hills of coffee. The surprising highlights of our trip quickly became mealtime with our drivers, “Rocky” and Loi. The first night after barrelling through a…
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A Primer on Eating in Malaysia
One of the things we looked forward to most before leaving the U.S.A. was the food we’d be having. The indian food was of course good, but not very different from what we were expecting. Malaysia on the other hand has given us something new to try every day. Kudos to anyone who can find…