Dining in Ecuador

Hi,

I love to try new foods and it has become one of the best parts of my trips or quite possibly a majority of the reason I travel at all. :D I'd like to know a few things about the food in Ecuador:

1. What types of foods should I expect to find?

2. Any recommendations of traditional meals

3. Cost of typical meals?

4. Anything I should watch out for? Safety wise or must try.

Any advice would be great!

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Here's my recommendations:

1. What types of foods should I expect to find?
rice, potatoes and meat as the basic staples. But they have an incredible diversity of food at cheap pirces.

2. Any recommendations of traditional meals
* cuy - guinea pig
* Fritada - roast pork, corn, cheese, avocado, potatoes and plantains
* locro - a combined cheese, avocado and potatoes soup
* humitas - cornmeal tamales

3. Cost of typical meals?
Expect to spend 1/2 or 1/3 of what you would in the US.

4. Anything I should watch out for? Safety wise or must try.
you may want to read the post about ecuador safety
http://www.destination360.com/forum/...y-ecuador.html