Fanesca, chumales and rice pudding, enjoy the gastronomy of Holy Week in Cuenca.
What to eat at Easter?
Cuenca, culinary capital, has prepared a great gastronomic offer, to delight national and foreign visitors with the traditional dishes of this time of year. In these religious festivities, preparations without red meat stand out, as a symbol to remember the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and seek to unite spiritually with his suffering during these sacred days.
Recommended Food Dishes
Fanesca
Fanesca is a traditional dish of Cuencana and Ecuadorian cuisine, characterized by combining a variety of grains and vegetables with dried fish. Visit the gastronomy section of the Holy Week Guide and discover the best places to try the traditional fanesca
Arroz con leche
Rice with milk is a sweet, iconic dish of Ecuadorian cuisine. Its white color is associated as comforting and symbolizes purity and renewal.During Holy Week, the faithful seek spiritual renewal, and this dessert emanates those feelings.
Chumales
Also called humitas, it is another dessert that is massively consumed at Easter. We recommend some of the best places where you can find them.
Chumales
Barrio el Vergel – Calle de las Herrerías
Barrio de San Roque – Av. Loja
Mercados de Cuenca
Gastronomic Events
La Ruta de la Fanesca
One of the gastronomic events recommended by season is the Ruta de la Fanesca, where 5 local markets in the city, offer throughout the day a variety of flavors of this traditional dish.
- Mercado 10 de Agosto - Dirección: General Torres y Juan Jaramillo
- Mercado 3 de Noviembre - Dirección: Mariscal Lamar y Coronel Talbot
- Mercado 9 de Octubre - Dirección: Mariscal Lamar y Hermano Miguel
- Mercado 12 de Abril - Dirección: Av. Guapondelig y Saras
- Mercado 27 de Febrero - Dirección: Adolfo Torres y Belisario Andrade
Banquete de la trucha
The Banquet of the Trout, is developed as the first festival that groups different gastronomic experiences based on the trout of rural and urban parishes in Easter. Be part of the banquet and delight your palate is Saturday, March 30
- 30 march
- Plaza de San Sebastián
- All day
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