Ecuador

This place is the product of a dream that Erika Garaicoa had 25 years ago. After 14 years as a flight attendant, an experience that allowed her to be inspired by cuisines from all over the world, she settled in the Zona Rosa and opened this vegetarian restaurant that can be described as gastronomic. The place is charming, a small dead end where it is good to rest, at the exit of the Muegano theatre, and the food is delicious and very healthy. The menu is different every day and very inspired. Special mention for the aubergine escabeche, a delight.

A unique place awaits you here, near the beautiful beach of Puerto Chino, the only opportunity to eat outside the village. In the middle of a 30 year old organic farm, a restaurant offering fresh food and healthy products. While your food is being prepared, you can visit the farm, guided by the passion of the owners. Back at your table, you will be able to enjoy an extremely nourishing and engaging cuisine. Many deliciously prepared seafood dishes are served. A place to visit again and again.

Whether you are a vegetarian or not, you will love this restaurant which serves excellent Indian food at unbeatable prices. It is located in the patio of a beautiful colonial house that serves as the premises of the Krishna community of Quito. A small store of Indian products opens on the same patio, one would think in India! Fresh and organic products on the menu, served by a follower of the community who does not proselytize. We feel at ease here, the decor is very pleasant and the calm absolute, sometimes punctuated by the songs coming from the floor. A good choice.

Simply the best option if you're vegetarian or want to eat healthy vegetables in Baños. The food is super tasty and affordable. The Almuerzo comes with a delicious soup, fresh fruit juice, main course (huge portion) and fruit. The owner is very friendly and prepares all dishes to order - nothing is reheated here. Don't miss the traditional Burrito, which attracts locals and tourists alike thanks to its well-deserved reputation. The vegetable lasagne is also a must.

Fast service. Rest of the day, vegetable hamburger and other international vegetarian specialities.

A very popular table in La Floresta for eating lamb a la parrilla. The latter is prepared here in all its forms, in sauce or grilled, without forgetting to mention the delicious lamb chops. The restaurant is run by Germans who settled in Ecuador and who started breeding lamb on the slopes of Sincholagua about fifteen years ago, with the help of Mexican breeders specializing in Peliguey lamb. Prices are a bit above average, but worth the detour. If you don't like lamb, don't go.

A café-resto with a friendly, wooded, intimate setting, honouring the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. You can enjoy sandwiches, tacos, tortillas and cheese platters in a relaxed and arty atmosphere, seated on solid wooden tables. The owners pay particular attention to helping the most disadvantaged inhabitants and offer, for example, the café pendiente, allowing you to pay in advance for a coffee that will be offered to those who ask for it.

This is where you can enjoy the best asado (grill) in town. On the menu, good meats, grilled with care, including a very good lomo (beef tenderloin) that browns on the hot stone. French fries and yuca on the side. It is a very popular place with the locals, the atmosphere is friendly and the meat delicious. Each table has a very practical plate warmer to keep the grilled meat at the right temperature. It takes about ten minutes to walk to the restaurant from the centre, but the meal is worth the effort.

We meet at the house of the "maito" to taste this typical specialty of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the " Maito de pescado de agua dulce ": fresh fresh water fish (today, it is generally tilapia) rolled up in a banana leaf that is cooked on the grill. The whole thing is accompanied by yucca and plantains. The place is very simple, with rustic wooden furniture and a terrace surrounded by fences, as is often the case in the remote towns and villages of the country. Delicious, typical and very economical!

This restaurant concocts delicious Peruvian specialties to be enjoyed on wooden tables. It's hard to pass up the fresh, tasty ceviche , but don't forget to try the delicious marinated fish on the à la carte menu. An interesting fish&chips dish is the Jalea Marina, with octopus, shrimp, calamari and fish of the day, breaded and served hot on a bed of lettuce, corn and tomatoes, a gourmet's delight. Everything is very fresh and the vegetables are generally locally grown and free of pesticides. Vegetarian dishes are also available.

Ceviche lover, you will be delighted in this small restaurant in the heart of the modern city. Only one dish on the menu: ceviche! The principle is simple, you choose among 4 flavors with funny names: Rompe Colchón, Mata Suegra, Levantamuerto or natural. You then choose fish, shrimp, squid, crab, shellfish, octopus, or even a combination and finally your accompaniment. The dishes are prepared to order and are a real delight. Beware, the Levantamuerto flavour lives up to its name, it is spicy enough to wake the dead!

The specialty of the house is the beef filet cooked on a refractory stone and served at the table like this. The beef is excellent, it comes from the region of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, and the cooking is on demand. If you prefer fish, we recommend the traditional fried trout accompanied by the no less famous patacones. The welcome is very friendly, the portions are copious and the flavours are great. A beautiful wine list of Spain, Chile and Argentina at less than 25 US$ the bottle, the whole for the pleasure of your papillae.

If you like Ecuadorian Cevihe, you won't be disappointed here. Chuky's shack is a must-see beach restaurant serving probably the best ceviches in Puerto Lopez. Everything is prepared to order, which leaves time to enjoy a good fresh juice or a good local beer (beware they are often large) while admiring the spectacle of the bay. Fish ceviches, squids, octopus and especially the unique ceviche of conch, a specialty not to be missed. Chuky and his wife welcome you with a communicative good mood.