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Quito, Ecuador

Top food to try in Quito

6 dishes to eat in Quito, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Ceviche ecuatoriano

Ceviche ecuatoriano
Photo: Cecilia Heinen · CC BY 2.0 · source

Unlike Peru's — shrimp, cooked, in a tomato and orange marinade, eaten with popcorn.

2. Locro de papa

Locro de papa
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Potato and cheese soup with avocado, an Andean staple.

3. Hornado

Hornado
Photo: Rinaldo Wurglitsch · CC BY 2.0 · source

Whole roast pork, served with llapingachos and pickled onion.

4. Llapingachos

Llapingachos
Photo: Maurizio Costanzo - mavik2007 · CC BY 2.0 · source

Cheese-stuffed potato patties, fried and served with peanut sauce.

5. Encebollado

Encebollado
Photo: xurde · CC BY SA 2.0 · source

Fish soup with cassava and pickled onion, and the national hangover cure.

6. Cuy

Cuy
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Roast guinea pig, an Andean tradition rather than a novelty.

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