Top 10 Best Coastal Food To Try In Ecuador

fresh fish

🥗Healthier: sustainable seafood

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Canned fish can be more affordable and still nutritious.

lime juice

💰Cheaper: lemon juice

Lemon juice is a budget-friendly alternative.

Rank the top 10 Ecuadorian foods from the coast.

Each judge tries each food and gives a score from 1 to 10, with no repeated scores.

Discuss the Bolon, highlighting its variations: sweet with peanut butter, salty with chicharron, and cheese options.

Rate the Bolon with scores of 8, 8, and 6.

Discuss the Corviche, noting its crust and crunch but personal dislike for the fish and dough combination.

Rate the Corviche with scores of 3 and 6.

Discuss the Empanadas, specifically empanadas con queso, expressing indifference and preference for chicken empanadas.

Rate the Empanadas with scores of 4 and 5.

Discuss the Torta de Platano, noting its crunch and soft middle, but disagreement on its score.

Rate the Torta de Platano with scores of 2 and 6.

Discuss the Torta de Choclo, expressing a dislike for its corn and cheese combination.

Discuss the Tigrillo and bistec, noting the tigrillo's taste and the bistec's acceptability.

Rate the Pan de Almidon, emphasizing its fluffiness and warmth.

Rate the Torta de Choclo with scores of 4 and 1.

Rate the Tigrillo con bistec with scores of 1 and 3.

Discuss the Gato Encerrado, describing it as sweet and crunchy but greasy.

Rate the Gato Encerrado with a high score, noting its greasiness.

Discuss the Encebollado, calling it a top-class dish and mentioning its compatibility with Chifle.

Rate the Encebollado with a perfect score of 10.

Discuss the ceviche, mentioning its customizable nature with mustard and ketchup, and its pairing with Chifle.

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