Ok, last night. I went out to dinner (obviously because I can't cook here) to this El Salvadorian place. I was super excited to go, mostly because I hadn't eaten much yesterday and was literally starving (well, not literally, but I was really hungry). The dinner was late though, it was at 7:30, and I normally eat at like 5:00! They served a bunch of different food, and I wanted to try all of it. Luckily, I was with a big group, and the two things that I did not order but that I wanted to try other people ordered so I got to try them.
I ordered pupusas, which is a thick corn tortilla stuffed with stuff. I got two, one with cheese and chicken, the other with pork, black beans and cheese. I have masa at home, and realized that I could make these, instead of arepas, which is what I usually make. Arepas are made from corn flour, but you can kind of think of them as a really dense english muffin. You put whatever you want in them. They're good if you've never had them, and if you get the masa flour they are super easy to make (just flour, water and a little salt and you're good).
Back to the pupusas, they were good. They were definitely not beautiful, but they tasted good.
To make them a little less boring, although boring is great, I put some of this spicy sauce they had at the table.
I also got tamales, with nothing in them. I personally love just the corn part of the tamales and so I was really happy they had these. It was really good! It was soft and was just amazing. I really don't know how to explain tamales. They are probably one of my favorite foods so I would definitely order them if you've never had them before.
We also got plantains for the table. I was expecting tostones, which is a fried, smashed plantain with garlic. I get these at this restaurant where I live and they are so good! I don't like the sweet plantains, they are like caramelized bananas which I really don't like. Anyway, I didn't get what I was expecting, but they were still good. Not so crispy, they were still kind of soft on the inside. They came with beans and sour cream. I couldn't get a picture of the whole plate of them because everyone ate them too fast and I wasn't about the ask everyone to wait so I could take a picture for my blog (trust me, it was embarrassing enough taking the photos of my food the whole meal).
The best thing I had at dinner would have to be the drink. I ordered an Atol de elote, which is a sweet corn drink. It was like drinking thick, pureed corn. It was sweet and really delicious! I mean, I want another one. I did burn my tongue, which was not too fun, but it was worth it. Again, it was the same boring color but just know that it tasted better than it looked.
The food was good, not great, but definitely good. Oh, and if you haven't already noticed, I think my cleanse kind of stopped working.
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