Eating and Drinking
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.
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