Honduras - San Pedro Sula -

OK... I did not write about this but here goes: I ate baleadas and lots of food in Honduras because I had not been there for 5 years and could not resist. But they were good food with rice and beans, vegetables, and meat that was not greasy.

I went to eat with my friends from the paper at this restaurant in San Pedro Sula that is built around this huge tree. My choice was

beef with tajaditas (fried platanos.... they eat fried platanos every time and there are different ones to choose from). This particular plate comes with cheese and I even found a menu option that had my son's name in it as you see on the side. From the menu you can find names of many foods you cannot even imagine that are amazingly tempting. This blog was to inspire one to eat less but I don't think I am doing a good job posting these pictures and menus here, am I? Oh well... here goes the picture of what I had there. Menu item: Plato Tipico.

One memorable meal was at the Guamilito, a crafts market (huge) where they serve also foods prepared there for the locals, not food for tourists with fancy silverware and stuff. This is tortillas that the ladies are preparing there in front of you!!! Well, my favorite stand is the one run by Estelina. Everybody knows here and she had not changed one bit from 2005! Actually, I told her she looked even younger and had a very nice hairdo. Here is the picture of Estelina:

She was so happy with the comment that she gave us some delicious chicken soup for free that she had delivered to our tables minutes after we paid (I went there with my friend Christian on 09/14/10) If you go to San Pedro Sula you have to go to Guamilito and eat at that place.

On the 15th of September I also visited a banana market on the road to some caves (see pictures of the cave and all at my albuns in Picasa) and there were all lots of fruits. I drank from a coconut and then ate the inside that was soft and sweet. I even tried a red banana called Caribe that tastes like a platano but looks like a banana. Here is the picture of the amazing red banana that got some good comments in Facebook:

I also ate this huge fish that I ate at this lake called Yojoa lake. They fish there, and put the fish in a big freezer. The locals go and choose a fish and they fry it right there. Some people swear you can fry the fish at home and it will not be the same. The tables have jars with pickled onions and cabage. It is amazing!!! I picked a big fish and took a picture of it. My friends Oscar and his wife Olga took me there. It was a very nice day. This was a holiday in Honduras, Indepence Day, and they were very nice to take me places including the said cave. Here is a picture of the fish.

But I had local fruit like green mangos with salt and lichas (a fruit that looks like the eyeball, egg, or brain of some hairy alien creature)... without much to say besides that those fruits are addictive since you cannot stop eating them once you open the bag here is a picture that says at least a thousand words:

Did I tell you I ate churros? I came back from Honduras with 4 extra lbs... so sad!!!