Samoan vs Afghan vs Guatemalan Food (7 More RARE Cuisines!)

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: tofu

Tofu provides a plant-based protein alternative.

black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Pinto beans are often less expensive and still nutritious.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Cottage cheese is a lower-cost dairy alternative.

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: beef

Beef can be a more affordable meat option.

Visit Antigua Guatemalan Restaurant and see the spread of Guatemalan dishes.

Identify the dishes: guaraches, tamale, chinchito, chow mein, pupusa, tortilla de jarina, and pepian.

Start with the pepian, which is a chicken soup and the national dish of Guatemala.

Taste the handmade tortillas, noting their thickness and texture.

Describe the pepian as resembling borscht but with a deep chicken flavor and tomato base.

Taste the guatemalan tamale, noting its heavy corn flavor and that it contains tomatoes, wrapped in banana leaves.

Finish the meal with two Guatemalan desserts: moete and another dessert, describing moete as a warm pancake and better than bread pudding.

Move to Lily's Bakery for Samoan food, noting the significance of the Samoan population in Seattle.

Identify the dishes at Lily's Bakery: coconut spinach, turkey tail, lamb cooked in soy sauce, barbecue chicken, and polynesian sausage.

Taste the coconut spinach, comparing it to cream spinach but with coconut cream.

Describe the turkey tail as roasted, sweet, and caramelized, and note its texture.

Taste the lamb, commenting on the affordability of the meal at Lily's Bakery.

Try the Samoan moon pie, breaking it open to reveal the filling and noting its light sweetness and real fruit flavor.

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