| Ecuador has an exceptional geographic location. | | | | In the mountain regions, we will find pork, chicken, |
| Having its coast to the Pacific Ocean and surrounded | | | | potatoes, and grains -corn and rice- and plenty of fruits. |
| by Peru and by Colombia, and having different altitudes | | | | By the coast we have all kinds of fishes, shrimps, |
| in its country, part of it in the Amazon forest, the | | | | lobsters, soups. And south of the mountains, we have |
| diversity in climates and cultures adds to the diversity in | | | | another kind of food, including ceviche, made with |
| its food. | | | | shrimps, pork, a banana soup, and delicious desserts. |
| Food in Ecuador has a great variation between the | | | | There's no limit on what we can find to eat in Ecuador. |
| different regions of the country. The Andean region | | | | Their fruits, their vegetables and their fishes are all |
| has one style, the mountain people another and the | | | | extremely good and make your mouth want more and |
| coast people another. Each one having delicious dishes, | | | | more of those delicacies. They add to all this, a special |
| and because if its very fertile land, it has an enormous | | | | sauce, called "aji", which is a hot sauce, and you can |
| amount of fruits and vegetables. Also, it shows us | | | | decide if you use it or not. But any dish is tasty enough |
| three very different styles in cooking. | | | | without it! |
| Different from other South American countries, people | | | | In addition to all this, the Ecuadorian chocolate is just |
| in the Ecuadorian cities don't go home for lunch, they | | | | wonderful! In Europe, mostly in Italy, they just adore this |
| eat just something near their working places, and | | | | chocolate! |
| though they have breakfast, lunch and dinner, this last | | | | If we were to summarize what the food in Ecuador is, |
| one is their main meal. | | | | we could say, they eat plenty of sea food, beef, |
| Their dinner almost always includes a soup. Ecuador is | | | | chicken, pork. They eat potatoes cooked in many |
| famous for its soups. They are also famous for the | | | | different ways, rice, corn, many vegetables and many |
| seafood, and their vegetables. Potatoes, of course, are | | | | different fruits. Soups are almost a must in each dinner. |
| an important part of their diet, as well as their delicious | | | | And all this prepared using their wonderful spices! |
| variety of exotic fruits. The food in Ecuador is varied, | | | | Ecuadorians are used to exquisite desserts, but, most |
| according to the different regions. | | | | of all, delicious chocolate! |