I haven’t made any posts in a while, so here’s the big catch-up.
On Thursday I went with Sebastian and Fernando to a small and well-known chocolate shop after work. We each drank hot chocolate and I ordered the traditional sides of arepa and mozzarella cheese.
Not only is it traditional to eat cheese with hot chocolate, it is traditional to tear the cheese, submerge it in the hot chocolate, wait until it’s melted, then fish it out with a spoon. That was completely new to me, but it is also delicious. I’m definitely going to keep doing this during the Chicago winters!
Today I got a chance to try Ajiaco Colombiano, a soup native to Bogota! It’s prepared with different types of local potatoes, a cob of corn, and more chicken than I’m used to finding in soup. Quite a pleasant surprise, this soup is a welcome treat on a rainy day like today. Here’s a picture of the soup:
It tastes just like you would expect soup made from corn, potatoes, and chicken to taste. That’s one thing I like about the food here in Colombia, it’ll never surprise you. Unless it’s the fried pork skin. That’ll surprise you.
Finally, I was given a fruit to try by Fernando. This is what it looked like:
It tastes very good, and it seems to be called the “granadilla”. Here’s a final image from the web.
