We were not disappointed by the food in El Salavdor, although options around our hotel were strictly of the American commercial food chain variety, the selection of street food was one of the best and amongst the cheapest in any country we have visited.
The king of El Salvador street food, a national institution, the
pupusa. A hot cornflour tortilla stuffed with fresh, white melted cheese and bean paste and served with salad, tomato and chile. Absolutely scrummy.
Another hot street snack, this one from the park. A
tortita de elote or little sweetcorn tart. There were no whole pieces of sweetcorn in it, rather a sweetcorn paste, mixed with cornflour and fried. A good afternoon munch.
Mmm,
quesadilla de queso. Also served warm. Somewhere in between a cake and a cheesecake but with a polenta texture. Made of white cheese, rice flour, cream and sugar. Delicious.
A typical local lunch and a Central American cola, in the very basic surroundings of a friendly city centre eaterie, costing $3.50 for both meals and the drink. The meal was a tasty dish of mince and potatoes, served with rice, avocado and tortillas. The cola was more refreshing than its famous competitors.
A snowie, like a slush puppy, at the shopping mall. Half cherry, half blackberry, with sweetened condensed milk on top.
A fruit that we haven't seen since Colombia, mamey - its round and brown but looks like mango when its chopped up. It tastes quite different though, with a crisp apple bite.
CNN Espanol was on in the background in this Mexican chain restaurant in the Western suburbs. Around halfway through the meal, we looked up to realise the 'Rey de Pop' had died. The waiter, perhaps thinking we were American, consoled us by saying, 'Es una gran perdida', 'It is a great loss'. We were more concerned with our TexMex meal. A tasty soup and chicken in a rich, spicy sauce.
Lychees as we have never seen them before. A local variety, hairy but not prickly on the outside, and very familiar on the inside.
Local sweets, as the packet says, made from nancy fruit, whatever that is. They tasted nice, with a slight liquorice flavour. As the packet also says, they come with their seeds, which turned out to be several rock hard, toothcracking seeds and stones in each sweet.
All this from just two sweets which took the edge off the enjoyment a little.
The king of El Salvador street food, a national institution, the pupusa. A hot cornflour tortilla stuffed with fresh, white melted cheese and bean paste and served with salad, tomato and chile. Absolutely scrummy. 
Another hot street snack, this one from the park. A tortita de elote or little sweetcorn tart. There were no whole pieces of sweetcorn in it, rather a sweetcorn paste, mixed with cornflour and fried. A good afternoon munch.
Mmm, quesadilla de queso. Also served warm. Somewhere in between a cake and a cheesecake but with a polenta texture. Made of white cheese, rice flour, cream and sugar. Delicious.
A typical local lunch and a Central American cola, in the very basic surroundings of a friendly city centre eaterie, costing $3.50 for both meals and the drink. The meal was a tasty dish of mince and potatoes, served with rice, avocado and tortillas. The cola was more refreshing than its famous competitors.
A snowie, like a slush puppy, at the shopping mall. Half cherry, half blackberry, with sweetened condensed milk on top.
A fruit that we haven't seen since Colombia, mamey - its round and brown but looks like mango when its chopped up. It tastes quite different though, with a crisp apple bite.
CNN Espanol was on in the background in this Mexican chain restaurant in the Western suburbs. Around halfway through the meal, we looked up to realise the 'Rey de Pop' had died. The waiter, perhaps thinking we were American, consoled us by saying, 'Es una gran perdida', 'It is a great loss'. We were more concerned with our TexMex meal. A tasty soup and chicken in a rich, spicy sauce.
Lychees as we have never seen them before. A local variety, hairy but not prickly on the outside, and very familiar on the inside.
Local sweets, as the packet says, made from nancy fruit, whatever that is. They tasted nice, with a slight liquorice flavour. As the packet also says, they come with their seeds, which turned out to be several rock hard, toothcracking seeds and stones in each sweet.
All this from just two sweets which took the edge off the enjoyment a little. 
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