There aren't many "supermarkets", and the only one we've found was about the size of a smallish Whole Foods -- huge by comparison to the little bodegas that are the norm. Among the surprises for me: it had two brands of avacado slicers among its moderately slim kitchen offerings, a whole aisle was given to canned fish varieties, neither the milk nor the eggs are refrigerated here, and Gordon's gin was the top shelf brand, higher than Beefeaters or Tanqueray Sapphire. The $53.12 is USD -- since 2000 their currency is American dollars, so easy for us.
Monolopy for Ecuadorians. Every country has one. I'd have loved to see inside the box.
Painted sign outside of a military academy.
Their mangos are delicious. Big chunks in the bottom of the cup, swirled ribbons of a more tart mango on the top, then one chooses toppings: fresh lime, vinegar, salt, pepper, hot sauce, sugar. Yum. And the weird, teeny fork makes consumption last longer and be more fun than it otherwise would.
2 comments:
mango! mango! your description makes my mouth water, then the photo. can almost taste it.
like the clay feet.
Thanks for posting your photos, N. It is a treat to see just a bit if what you see.
On refrigeration: My niece's first apartment in Bogota didn't have a refrig. If they made a stew for dinner, they left it on the counter and ate it the next day. The weather's cooler than here, but not refrigerator temperature, but they didn't get sick. Now they do have a refrig, but it sounds like many things we refrigerate, the locals don't.
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