What an amazing lunch we had yesterday. We found out that our hotel restaurant serves a traditional Colombian main meal at lunch time, so we opted to give it a try. We then found out why they serve it at lunch and not dinner. There's no way a person could even sleep at night if they had that much food for dinner. You need the whole day to digest it! It was so delicious, and so very different. The meal is called Sanisocho de Gallina. It began with a chicken broth type of soup called "Caldo", then quickly moved on to the main dish. This consisted of a chicken leg & thigh sauteed
in oil seasoned with onion, cilantro, tomato, salt and pepper (you all know how much I love oil!), boiled potato (papa), fried banana (platano), 1/8 of a cob of corn (maiz), yucca (I have no idea), and yama (squash). On the side was a plate of rice (arroz) with an enorm
ous chunk of avocado (aquacate). The avocados here are enormous! (See the photo of me holding one I've cut open? I ate off of it for about 3 or 4 days.) Along with all this, we were served a drink called "Cholupa", which is made from a tiny fruit that grows in the region of Huila, where Neiva is. It was delicious. We were determined to eat the entire meal, since this was our opportunity to experience this amazing traditional Colombian food. We managed to consume most of it, but I think we rolled out of the restaurant. The meal was served at 12:30, and I don't recall feeling remotely hungry for most of the remaining day.
in oil seasoned with onion, cilantro, tomato, salt and pepper (you all know how much I love oil!), boiled potato (papa), fried banana (platano), 1/8 of a cob of corn (maiz), yucca (I have no idea), and yama (squash). On the side was a plate of rice (arroz) with an enorm
ous chunk of avocado (aquacate). The avocados here are enormous! (See the photo of me holding one I've cut open? I ate off of it for about 3 or 4 days.) Along with all this, we were served a drink called "Cholupa", which is made from a tiny fruit that grows in the region of Huila, where Neiva is. It was delicious. We were determined to eat the entire meal, since this was our opportunity to experience this amazing traditional Colombian food. We managed to consume most of it, but I think we rolled out of the restaurant. The meal was served at 12:30, and I don't recall feeling remotely hungry for most of the remaining day. We have learned that Colombians like their food very bland. Surprisingly, there are very few seasonings in most of the traditional dishes we have been served. Meats, starches, and sweetened fruit juices are common. It's been a challege to find ways to eat high fiber types of foods, but our best way to do that has been to consume lots of fruits. We go to the "Hipermercado" every day to pick out our fruit. It breaks up our day, which can tend to drag as we don't have much to do. One of the more interesting fruits here is called "pitahaya". It reminds me of kiwi in its texture, but it i
s softer and even sweeter. It is also nearly a clear, whitish color on the inside, and full of tiny black seeds. Quite tasty.
s softer and even sweeter. It is also nearly a clear, whitish color on the inside, and full of tiny black seeds. Quite tasty.Late in the afternoon, after swimming, we took the girls out to ice cream. Yamile likes strawberry flavor....I like chocolate! Annalisa, Geof and Rebecca got something that I can't remember, but it tasted like butterscotch. (Yes...I ate ice cream Jessica!)
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