Visiting Guyana is not just about exploring our rainforests or seeing our waterfalls. It’s also about tasting our famous street food.
Guyanese Street food is exactly what the words conjure up: Tasty, ready-to-eat and inexpensive food made for a bite on the run.
Sampling our Street food is the closest one wishing to fully immerse in our amazing culture can actually get to being Guyanese.
There is no limit to what one can find in our roadside snackette’s and carts. So prepare your taste buds for a culinary adventure.
Street foods to try:
1. Saltfish and bakes: Fluffy and airy quick bread, filled with salted-fish fried to perfection with onions, garlic and tomatoes.
2. Roti and Curry: Indian inspired flat bread wrapped snugly around various savory curries of chicken, beef, shrimp, channa or potatoes.
3. Channa and Sour: Soft boiled chick peas lightly fried with herbs and spices. Enjoy with spicy pepper sauce.
4. Eggball: Boiled eggs wrapped in seasoned potatoes and deep fried. Enjoy with Mango sour.
5. Pinetarts: Small, triangle shaped pastries filled with pineapple jam.
For Guyanese recipes visit www.guyanadining.com
