Pupusas

It took me awhile to discover the mercado and the amazing pupusas you can find there. I'd walked through it once the first day I'd arrived and hadn't been all that impressed. It was small, with some fruit/veggie stands taking up the majority of the ground floor. There are tables in the middle of the ground floor where people sit and eat the food prepared from small restaurants within the market. The upper floor is mostly clothing, shoes and other gear.

I didn't actually eat in the market until the second week I was in Copan. I'd gotten up early and knew breakfast at my house wouldn't be ready for at least another hour, so I decided to head into town to see what was open. Nothing was open, unfortunately, until 7 am, except the market. Starving, I decided to give it a shot and was stunned at the awesome food that appeared on the table shortly after I ordered it. I'd ordered pupusas this time and as you can see they brought out pupusas, salsa, sea salt and the typical vinegared veggies. Not only was the food delicious, it was also beautiful! The cabbage next to the pupusa looks as if it has radish in it as well, making it a beautiful color. The price for this place was less than $1 by the way and I liked my pupusa here much more than the highly recommended (by MOON) Comedor Mary and various other places around town where I also sampled pupusas.

If you aren't familiar with them, pupusas are from El Salvador, and are a thick tortilla filled with various items. In Copan I tried pupusas with beans, cheese, chicken, chicharron, and other items I don't know the words for in English.

**The first photo is from the market. The second photo is from a small restaurant near Ixbalanque Language School.