Food and Restaurants

3 Reasons to Eat Locally: Food and Travel Week

February 23, 2009
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The worst fresh mango in Belize is going to be better than the best grocery store mango in the U.S. 99% of the time. Even if it’s a food that you may not normally eat (like grasshoppers) it’s probably going to be better tasting than the hamburger from the McDonald’s up the road.

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Best Restaurants in Hopkins Belize: Indian, Garifuna, Tortillas and More

February 3, 2009
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Here are some of our favorites: Taste of India We heard about this restaurant from my parents, who told us that Taste of India was only open on weekends and you had to buy drinks at the bar down the beach because they didn’t’ have an alcohol permit….   Hudutu Beaches and Dreams Barracuda Bar The only place in Hopkins worth spending a lot of money on (there are a few other “nice” restaurants at resorts, but the ones we tried weren’t worth the money).

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Belikin Beer, The Beer of Belize

February 2, 2009
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And other than Rum and Coke, Belikin is about all there is to drink in Belize. Considering the exorbitant amounts of Belikin that towns must go through (it’s only sold in 12 ounce bottles), I always wondered how it was exactly that Belikin got delivered.

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Argentine Cuisine: 17 Foods You’ve Gotta Try

January 6, 2009
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One of my favorite ways to get to know a destination is by sampling its foods. Argentina is a huge country and it has remarkably good steak, stellar ice cream, mouth-watering pastas, and dozens of other savory items I’d never tried before. It’s been a delicious, belt-busting ride. Here’s what I’ve found.

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Drinking Yerba Mate: The Ultimate Argentine Experience

December 23, 2008
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Walk down any street in any town in Argentina at about 3:00 in the afternoon and you’ll see someone pouring hot water from a thermos into a gourd, drinking it through a straw, then passing it to a friend who repeats the process…. You drink it through a metal straw-like utensil (called a bombillo ) that has a filter on the end so the mate leaves can’t get through.

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Chocolate Taste Test in Bariloche, Argentina

December 17, 2008
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However, walking down just a few blocks of the city revealed that with the sheer number of shops I would become either sick or broke (probably both) if sampling from each shop. We conducted our own taste testing of chocolate shops in Bariloche, Argentina.

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What’s a Typical Argentine Breakfast?

December 12, 2008
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Alas, to my disappointment, a typical breakfast in Argentina is a cup of coffee with milk ( cafe con leche ), a few croissants ( medialunas ), and a shot glass of carbonated water…. After two months in Argentina, I’ve gotten used to supplementing my hostel breakfast with fruit or yogurt to satiate my American desire for something more substantial.

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Thanksgiving in Argentina: Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, and Ricotta Tartlets

November 27, 2008
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Sweet Potatoes or Yams Butter Brown Sugar (white sugar or honey could also work) Orange Juice (we used juice fresh from an orange) Bake sweet potatoes in oven until very tender…. For 2 large sweet potatoes we used 3-4 tablespoons of butter, 1-2 tablespoons of “black sugar” (which happens to be just white sugar with coloring, but we didn’t know this until after we came home from the market), and juice from 1 orange.

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Best Steak Ever: The Argentina Parrilla Experience

November 12, 2008
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We split a “mixed grill for 2″– an entire grill full of steaks, sausages, blood sausages, intestines, and sweetbreads for about $14 US. Once he had cooked the meat on the large parrilla, the owner brought a small grill table side to keep the food warm…. This meal cost a whopping $36 US. Because this parrilla was so amazing we went back a second time; this time limiting ourselves to a half portion of bife de lomo, a beef empanada and some delicious thin cut french fries.

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Spaghetti Squash Jam: A New Favorite Food

October 30, 2008
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Sure, the empanadas are 10x better and 4x cheaper than Julia’s empanadas in D.C., the steaks are so fantastic it’s hard to believe meat this good is possible, and the helado /ice cream, while not as inexpensive I’d like, is quite good…. Having no clue what “alcayota” is she explained that it’s like spaghetti squash inside only it’s the size, shape, and color of a green baseball.

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