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Eating and drinking
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Nicaraguan
food
, like that in many Central American countries, is based around the ubiquitous
beans, rice and meat
- and plenty of it. Everything is cooked with oil; even the rice is fried, often with a little onion and some finely sliced red chiles or small capsicums. If this sounds like gastronomic hell, take heart -
comida nica
grows on you and you may find yourself craving a plate of
gallo pinto
(beans and rice) once you've left the country. Homegrown Nicaraguan beef is also very tasty. The downside is that
vegetarians
will usually have to stick to a diet of rice-and-beans and fried plantains, although vegetarian restaurants are cropping up in the major towns, and the foreign-owned hospedajes in Granada serve a good variety of meat-free dishes. Other useful information
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Nicaragua |