Pupusamania!!

On Monday night, for FHE, we decided to have a little bit of nostalgia for dinner. There is a little restaurant on 300 West and Center in Provo called "El Salvador." For those of you who don't know, I spent 4 months in El Salvador doing a service project. Also, there were a bunch of Salvadorians in NYC where Jason and I both served our missions. Anyway, if I am honest about it, Salvadorian food is not that great. However, their pupusas are AMAZING!! Pupusarias in El Salvador are more prevalent than pizzarias in the U.S. There is at least one on every block.

Jason and I went to this little place in Provo a few times while we were dating, and decided to take Brooklyn there on Monday night. I took a picture of my plate before I started eating, but for some reason it's not on the card, so the above is a photo I found online. Basically, a pupusa is a thick corn tortilla stuffed with cheese, beans, and/or pork. My favorites are the pupusas de loroco which have cheese and a little flower called loroco in them. The cabbage is called curtido. It's vinegar-marinated cabbage with some ocassional carrots, onions, or peppers. They are also served with a thin, tomato-based sauce. Scrumptious!

Anyway, I want to make sure this place stays in business so we can have incredible pupusas for dinner for many years to come. So go there! Pupusas are only $1.60 each, and I fill up on two. Get a Kolachampan to drink. It's a Salvadorian soda - be sure to drink it straight from the bottle with a straw. Oh, and pupusas are a finger food so don't use your fork! If you'd like to experience a little more, try their tamales. They are very different than Mexican tamales, so be prepared for something new. Salvadorian quesadillas (also quite different) and pastelitos (basically little meat pies) are also worth trying. Lots of people like the yuca frita but it just tastes like stringy french fries to me. Other than that, steer clear of the rest of the menu unless you like fish heads or beef tongue. =)

Brooklyn loved it, she ate an entire tamal de pollo by herself!

We were going to go to a new park Jason discovered afterwards, but it was too dark. He took Brooklyn there the other night while I was working. Apparently, I "need to see" her roll down the big hill there. I'm a little nervous about that one. So instead we went and got a couple of pieces of See's candy and visited the new Sunflower Farmer's Market on State Street and University in Orem. It's a cute store and has good produce at great prices! The only bad thing is that, with all their bins and bins of dried fruit, they don't have any pears! Dried pears are my favorite and I've only been able to find them in bulk in one place in Oregon. Guess we'll have to think about relocating - seems like a good enough reason, right?