Encebollado - an Ecuadorian soup
Encebollado is a fish and onion soup with yucca, tomatoes and spices. It is often served with popcorn and banana chips (chifles). It is eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner and is served both in restaurants and by street vendors. Encebollado is said to be very good against hangovers. I ate an encebollado at the small restaurant Encebollados Juan Chope in La Florida in Quito. When I walked from the metrobus stop La Florida up to La Florida Burial Chambers (it is quite long) I had my eyes open for a place where I could eat after the visit. La Florida is a quiet residential area but not far from the museum I saw a small restaurant, Encebollados Juan Chope, and decided to stop there for lunch after I had visited the burial chambers. On the sign outside Encebollados Juan Chope it says they serve encebollados, ceviches, rice with seafood and fish. I sat down at the outdoor table and asked if...


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