Hola amigos!
Today was Sunday which seems to be a weird day in South America. Having a Sunday lunch is a popular thing to do but usually this happens in different locations to during the week. Typically in outlying areas or towns. So we left sleepy Cuenca for a 45 minute bus trip out to Galaceo for some lunch.
The town was pumping when we arrived and people were standing on the bus out there. I had a prime seat next to the driver and Spaghetti O sat next to some Ecuadorian dude who complained about her constantly in Spanish. Haha. Unlike me she's polite and kept her mouth shut about understanding.
We headed straight to the market and did a recce before deciding it was time to eat some more pig.
In South America if you find the 'pig (insert any product here) section' then typically you'll find at least 10 vendors selling the exact same thing for the exact same price. The pigs didn't disappoint.... At least 20 in this case.
For $5 (and in Ecuador they actually use US dollars - don't talk to me about the exchange rate!) we got this...
Should have inserted something for scale (lesson for next time). Actually the sausage looking thing was full of herby rice. It was delicious.
After looking at everyone consuming strange drinks I decided that even though I knew they would all be unbelievably sweet we would still need to try them. I then purchased the following:
Tinto: sweet coffee flavoured beverage
Morocho: rice pudding type drink with cracked corn, raisins, milk and spices
As suspected we were unable to finish either but I feel like that 80 cents enhanced my understanding of Ecuadorian culture.
We then got on another bus to Chordeleg which is a town famous for making silver jewellery.
Instead of the jewellery we just ate more food. In this case two wafer (oblea) circles sandwiched together over a filling. I requested the best combination which was apparently 'todos (all)', consisting of Manjar Blanco (like dulce de leche or caramel), chocolate sauce, mulberry sauce and fresh grated coconut. Could not complain. The flavour profile was sophisticated and totally on point. Hah.
Until next meal.
Laura
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