Antigua – Cooking School and Volcanos

Pudding

 A highlight for me was attending a cooking class with El Frijol Feliz (The Happy Bean) Cooking School. We arrived early and were given long blue aprons to wear, then led into the kitchen where  our group of 8 people stood behind a table  where each place was laid out with a chopping board and an enormous knife.  Although I understand some Spanish, I asked the teach if she spoke any English.  “Yes” she said and then proceeded to conduct the whole lesson in Spanish.  It was all fine though as we she explained everything clearly through her actions so  we proceeded to peel, chop, mix, boil and fry a variety of foods – some familiar and some not.  The best bit of course was the eating.  Between us we had cooked a wonderful banquet and the best meal we had had here.  Our banquet consisted of: Guacamole, Tortillas, a chicken/veg stew, vegetable rice and an unusual doughnut type dessert, all washed down with lashings of beer – Delicious.

cooking school

Another highlight for John was climbing a volcano, which despite a very early 5 am start, rain, wind and fog, John was rewarded with both a sense of achievement and a marshmallow toasted on the heat of the volcano.  What was I doing whilst John was climbing the volcano.  Having a wonderful lie in and then a very civilized breakfast of Mexican Eggs in the local café.