Juan Jose Villalengua y Jorge Drom, between Amazonas and Diez de Agosto Extremely wide selection of fresh produce (all the fruits and vegetables you can dream of), plus stations for fresh meat, poultry, fish (Pescaderia Resbalón is great, the leftmost of the fish shops). Fresh herbs and raw honey are also available (there are a couple small stands between the… Read More
Category Archives: Visiting Quito
New Asian Store – Quito
Asian store – Sriracha Sauce (near Luxemburgo N3-140) No signage. Just some Chinese lettering and paper lanter outside. Immediately caught my attention. Not hard to miss. It’s street level. Only store on the block. I am headed back, will post exact address and see if they have a #. Owner spoke English well. Prefers it over Spanish. Decent selection of… Read More
Great Finds in Quito
We are all looking for links for shopping or things to do or see in Quito – thought would share the places I have found! Will keep adding to this list so check back!! To Visiting Quito
Cheese glorious cheese
next time you are in Quito check it out La Casa del Queso
L’Arcadia Pasta Gourmet – Quito
Thanks to David Sasaki. If you like fresh pasta, you might want to check out L’Arcadia Pasta Gourmet in Quito. It started out as a take-out service several years ago. But you can also eat there now. It’s offerings include stuffed pasta such as ravioli with a variety of fillings (walnut, ham or spinach and ricotta, smoked trout and cream… Read More
Argentine Beef in Ecuador
So dear friend Daphna has found a butcher in Quito stay tuned as we are planning our first visit this week http://www.carneselcordobes.com/ We purchased a nice sample of meats & some fabulous wine 🙂 So far we have tasted these – would buy again! Ancho de Res (cut into steaks) Salsicos Parrillieras Albaca y Queso (sausage stuffed with basil &… Read More
Carma Gourmet – Quito
Last trip to Qutio found this little gem of a shop (thanks to Becky & Leslie). Found these great items: real Argentine beef steaks – thin, pricey but delish large jar of small capers (think costco size) hosin sauce liquid smoke truffles Sriracha sauce They have specialty cheeses (including Feta, blue cheese), lovely teas, dijon mustards etc! Carma Gourmet Quito:… Read More
DiCentro – Quito
Right across the street from El Bosque Mall. Two store white building. Inside find flooring, high end stoves (wolfe/viking), lighting, locks, kitchen design centers and more DiCentro
Home Vega – Quito
Looking for a Home Depot type store? Home Vega is it! Flooring, plumbing, sinks, tubs & home dec all in one place. Recently they opened a new store in Ibarra. Home Vega
El Bosque – Quito
Great find in Quito! Wonderful shopping, Sukasa & Super Maxi to name a few. Super food court for lunch. El Bosque