sucos and such

Check out the food I've been eating/loving.

Matte and Lemonade

Matte can be bought anywhere, but the best place to get it here is on the beach mixed with lemonade.

Guava and Cheese Ice Cream

Don't knock it 'til you try it.

Empada

Kind of like a pot pie, filled with some kind of meat and cheese and delicious spices.

Guarana

If you don't pronounce it gwa-da-na no one will understand. It's soda sweetened with guarana which is some kind of berry. It's about half as sweet as Coke which is perfect for me.

Cassava

Deep fried manioc root. Tastes a like an extra flavorful french fry.

Esfiha

Arabian food is very popular here. This was filled with cheese and baked perfectly. 

Whole Wheat Banana Pie

It looks like a pile of mush. It is a pile of mush. But it's a delicious one. There's no crust just some sort of whole wheat mixture sweetened with honey and topped with bananas.

Watermelon Juice

This is my favorite juice so far. You know when you eat watermelon and all the juice goes to the bottom of the bowl and when you're finished you can drink it? Maybe that's just me, I really love watermelon. 

The food was some sort of croissant filled with cheese. Don't look at that, focus on the juice.

Mango Juice

Brazil mangoes are in an entirely different league from United States mangoes. They're consistently sweet and they're not as fibrous  They make a thick juice but it's also naturally sweet. It tastes just like eating a perfectly ripened mango.

Orange and Berry Juice

Tart berries, sweet orange juice, great combination.

Caqui Juice

Caqui is my new favorite fruit. They're called persimmons in the United States but it would be a disgrace to call this wonderful fruit by that name. They are so much sweeter and and the texture is less mushy and grainy. When made into a juice it was blended with ice which made it similar to a smoothie.

Cupuacu Juice and Sugar Cane Juice

Cupuacu juice was sour and a little bitter. I just tried it again yesterday sweetened and it was to die for. I could drink 30 glasses of it. I guess sugar isn't always as bad as I make it out to be.

The sugar cane juice was very sweet but such an interestingly pure flavor. It tasted like raw organic sugar and a little bit like wood. I loved it but my roommates thought it was too sweet.

 

Caja Juice

Caja is another fruit here that is a new favorite of mine. It's about twice as large as a grape, and the inside is around 50% pit. The fruit part is sweet, tart and juicy. It tastes similar to an orange with a very different consistency. 

It would appear that I have just been eating for the past 2 and half months, but that's only partially true. More about some adventures very soon.