In Spanish, ¨buen provecho¨ basically means bon appetit! This phrase involves one of my favorite customs in Guatemala. At the dinner table, when you´re done eating you say, ¨muchas gracias¨, and everyone else responds ¨buen provecho.¨ Everyday at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I´ll thank my family for the meal, and they´ll always respond with ¨buen provecho!¨
Also, in Guatemala, lunch is the main meal of the day. At about 12:00, the streets are full with kids returning home from school and people walking from work to make it home in time to eat with their family. Stores close for a few hours and everyone sits down for a big meal. Then at about 2:30, things go back to normal. It is a bit like the Spanish siesta, but people actually do go back to work here.
The picture is of a food cart near Xela´s soccer stadium. (I was going to post a picture of an entire roasted pig, but figured this one was a bit more vegetarian friendly) I ordered a plate that came with tortillas, carne asada, grilled onions, salsa and a Gallo (Guate´s national beer) and it all cost about 30 Quetzales, less than 4 bucks.
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