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TYPICAL FOOD OF QUITO

'La Carita de Dios' - as Quito is known - is not only distinguished by its picturesque landscapes.

Ecuador has a gastronomic richness. Outstanding dishes such as hornado and fritada, which are based on pork. We also suggest the guatita, which is a dish made with the belly of the cow. As well as the yahuarlocro, which is a soup with potatoes and sheep guts.

HORNADO

It is the pork cooked in a wood oven

FRITADA

It is usually accompanied with whole potato tortillasor boiled potatoes

GUATITA

Although its origin is in the Coast, the serranos also consume it and it is sold in many places of the city. Even in hollows or 'agachaditos' (street vendors).

YAHUARLOCRO

It is a thick soup

 PAPAS CON CUERO 

The 'juicy' of its cooking is prepared with a rehash of annatto and onion, then combined with dad 'Chola'.

Higos con Queso

It is one of the most delicious desserts for its contrast of the sweet nectar of panela with the salty of the cheese.

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Typical food of Sucumbios

The province of Succumbios is a very good place to try delisious food.

We find exotic foods such as yacaré, turtle, snake, monkey and the drink of this place that is the sinchicara (made with a cassava maceration).

Among its most popular typical dishes we have:

The ceviche of palmito, the maila de tilapía or cachama, the chicha de yuca and chonta, the mayones or also called chontacuros.

Guayusa water is an energy drink that the

take before going out into the jungle. While the chicha de

Yucca is shared during ceremonies.

The chili is inevitable. Their different varieties have several degrees of spiciness. The main one is red, which they use in sauces, soups, they consume fresh or grated together with other foods.

In the Aguarico and Cuyabeno rivers, they are captured using methodstraditional fish several among them the guachinche

for thepreparation of dishes for the community.

The palm is one of the species that has several uses. 

The objective is to keep alive the culinary traditions and the biodiversity of the jungle.