Expansion on Location: Nicaragua

Repochetas (fried tortillas with cheese inside): Tacos dorados (fried tortillas with chicken inside) and gallo pinto (fried rice and beans, a staple of every single meal): Vigaron (a pile of potatoes, cabbage, and fried pork fat, served on a banana leaf): Pescado frito (fried whole guapote fish): And our all-time favorite: tostones con queso (fried green plantains topped with fried cheese cubes): Every once in a while, when I really really really thought I might die of a heart attack at any moment (a grand total of two times), I excused myself to go to the one restaurant in town with fresh vegetables in stock: The Garden Cafe. … Other worthy food mentions: Best pancakes ever, homemade by Lucrecia (our Nicaraguan “mom”):       Baho (meat, green plantains, yellow plantains, and yucca, cooked in banana leaf and topped with cabbage and tomato): Nacatamal (cornmeal dough mixed with potatoes, onions, seasonings, peppers, pork, tomatoes, and herbs and cooked inside a plantain leaf): It was probably my favorite traditional Nicaraguan dish, and I’m so sad that I could not manage to get a pretty picture of it.

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