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Food in Ecuador – Morocho and empanada

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Bolivia has api and pastel, Peru has… a bit of ‘api and pastel’ that is not quite as good – sadly… BUT what Ecuador has is ‘morocho and empanada’. Morocho and empanada is pretty much as good as api and pastel – and that’s PRETTY DAMN GOOD! 🙂

Morocho is made with corn, milk, cinnamon, sugar and raisins – and served hot. It was something that we drank at every available opportunity 🙂 It generally comes with an empanada – very similar to the ‘pastel’ served with api – eg. with a bit of cheese inside.

Seeing as ‘api and pastel’ had a dedicated blog post in its honour – it is only appropriate that ‘morocho and empanada’ gets one too…. so here it is…

PB drinks morocho in Loja market.
MMMM – delicious morocho and empanada in Loja market.
PB with morocho and empanada in Cuenca market.
PB with morocho and empanada from our favourite cafe in Quito – Restaurant El Pollo Pachanguero.
Morocho and empanada from Restaurant El Pollo Pachanguero in Quito = THE BEST! 🙂
Restaurant El Pollo Pachanguero – the best place for morocho and empanada in Quito.
Our last morocho and empanada in Ecuador 🙁 This was in Otavalo, and sadly it was only of  average quality – we missed the lovely morocho from Quito!

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