Feria Gastronomica

The day after Xmas in El Salvador! Along the Ruta De Floras, we stumbled upon this quaint little town called Juayua. Pronounced (Y- You- Ah), the town, like many others, was speckled with pastel colored House and cobblestoned streets. However, the main draw to this place besides the adorable hostal run by a young 24 year old couple, is the Feria gastronimica. Yes. Food Fair. People come from far and wide to enjoy the amazement of this food fair which is supposedly the biggest and most popular in all of El Salvador. Usually only open on the weekends, the food fair at this time of year, was also to our delight, open during the week for the holidays. Along with an Aussie couple from our hostal and a lone British guy, we stumbled down to the townsquare where the event was to take place.
The sounds and smells where unbelievable, but what was probably more unbelievable was the array of options on the menu at this particular food fair. Anything from cow tongue to well, other unmentionable parts of the male cow anatomy (Andrew Zimmern eat your heart out buddy!) Being gastronomic adventurers (but not quite like AZ) we settled for filets of pig and rabbit washed down with local pilsner beer. The chocolate covered bananas and strawberries sent us all into a food coma for the next couple hours until we ventured out again for some pupusas and live local music. Twas a great day! Tomorrow the beach!

Feria Gastronomica

Juayua, El Salvador