Hungry? Welcome to the inaugural edition of Fill's Food Forum, Getting Your Fill. Today we begin with our new food column written by Fillmore with the support of his loyal staff, us. The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the staff, but if they are not close, they don't get in the blog.
Getting Your Fill.
Sunday night brought us to the Inca Restaurante on 4th Ave between Calle 6 & 7 because we saw it and were hungry. The owner, Louis, a native of Peru, was a great host and pointed us to excellent Peruvian fare on his menu, starting with pisco sours and a pisco sunrise. Joan's sopa Dieta de Pollo got two thumbs up, Terry's beef Lomo Saltado (the meal "everybody loves" in Peru) deserved and got the same rating. Fill's shredded chicken and potatoes in a zesty peanut sauce (pollo Aji de Gallina) was delicious and said by Fill to be better than what the rest of us had. Sandy's Pescado a lo Mecho impressed her with its unusual presentation, especially the pyramid of rice on the plate, as well as the quality of the fish (dorado). We finished with two delicious meringue desserts shared among us. Unfortunately they were out of Peruvian beer. Nonetheless, I give it 4.5 of 5 tortillas for food, ambiance, and service. It's on the pricey side for Antigua, a 4Q on the 5 Quetzal scale, but worth the price for a special night out.
Look forward to the FFF review of tonight's meal tomorrow. And Fill may even go back to review our experiences at Comida Thai and Hector's from previous days and nights. And I may even come out of of retirement to review street food - my favorite - if the readership demands.
On to today's morning adventure.
On Monday morning (today) we all got out of bed by 5 AM for a 6 AM departure by van to Pakaya volcano, about 60 minutes away, to the south, on the other side of the Agua volcano, which fills the horizon when we look look that way from our house. Pakaya and Fuego are two to the three active volcanoes of the 3303 volcanoes in Guatemala. Fuego can be seen from our room while Pakaya cannot due to Agua. I don't know where the third active volcano is.
Sandy's goal for the morning was to hike all the way up and down on foot, no mean feat. Joan's was to not fall off her horse on the way up and to hike down. Also no mean feat. Both succeeded! (And, Fillmore and I did not fall down; well maybe once for me.)
We hope to help in the building of an alfombra in front of Inca Restaurante in just a couple of hours, around 3 or 4 this afternoon.
Look forward to the FFF review of tonight's meal tomorrow. And Fill may even go back to review our experiences at Comida Thai and Hector's from previous days and nights. And I may even come out of of retirement to review street food - my favorite - if the readership demands.
On to today's morning adventure.
On Monday morning (today) we all got out of bed by 5 AM for a 6 AM departure by van to Pakaya volcano, about 60 minutes away, to the south, on the other side of the Agua volcano, which fills the horizon when we look look that way from our house. Pakaya and Fuego are two to the three active volcanoes of the 3303 volcanoes in Guatemala. Fuego can be seen from our room while Pakaya cannot due to Agua. I don't know where the third active volcano is.
Sandy's goal for the morning was to hike all the way up and down on foot, no mean feat. Joan's was to not fall off her horse on the way up and to hike down. Also no mean feat. Both succeeded! (And, Fillmore and I did not fall down; well maybe once for me.)
Ont the way to Pakaya, passing a chicken bus.
Up we go.
See, I told you there would be virgins and volcanoes.
Roasting marshmallows over the hot lava.
It's a long way further up - look behind Sandy for what's next.
Top of the trail.
All done, going back to Antigua. That's not a volcano.
But this is the creation of an alfombra right on the highway for tonight's procession from St. Inez.
We hope to help in the building of an alfombra in front of Inca Restaurante in just a couple of hours, around 3 or 4 this afternoon.
No comments:
Post a Comment