One of the coolest things about traveling for me has definitely been trying new and exciting foods on the road.  A few weeks back the JetSetZero crew (minus Ryan, who was out sick with what we think was the flu) went to Baños which is a small resort town a few hours south of Quito.  You can read more about Baños here in Jenna’s post. As usual, we woke up pretty hungry after a long night out on the town and we wound up in the local mercado, or market that was full of food vendors and awesome new dishes to try.  They had everything from fresh juices to cebiche, which is a yummy raw sea food dish, to cuy, which is guinea pig that we will probably try at some point during the next few weeks.  After making the rounds up and down the aisles and getting hungrier by the second, we plopped ourselves down at a table and ordered some llapingachos.

all this deliciousness for 2 bucks. really.

For me it was love at first bite with llapingachos, it was a wonderful combination of spicy chorizo, creamy avocado, corn, fried eggs,  beets and 4 of these amazing little cheese filled hash browns.  I could probably eat this all day, everyday but have yet to find a place in Quito that can even come close to the quality of this stand in Baños. If you are lucky enough to have an Ecuadorean mom or live near an Ecuadorean restaurant, then I highly recommend giving this a whirl sometime.