3. Meals during the day in Ecuador depends of each
region and tastes of people.
4. Ecuadoreans tend to eat three meals during the day but
mornings are often times interrupted by a snack, usually
including tea or coffee.
5. Breakfast
Breakfast is the first meal of the day in Ecuador.
The most common breakfast in Ecuador can include:
Eggs
Potatoes
Rice
Fruit
Toast
Tortillas
Pancakes
Coffee or tea
Milk
Juice
6. Lunch
Lunch generally lasts from about noon to 2:00 pm and during
this time many people go home or to any restaurant to eat.
Lunch almost always consists of a soup, a meat (or seafood),
potatoes or rice, and other fruits or vegetables, including fried
plantains or yuca.
7. Dinner
Because of the large lunch, dinner tends to be a bit
smaller, but for parties, large gatherings, or business
dinners it is typically a huge dinner.
9. People love going out to clubs
and bars to drink and socialize.
The drink that all kinds of people consume is beer.
10. You can also ask for one of
these types of beer:
Domestic (made in the country you are in)
Local (made in the region you are in)
Imported (from another country)
11. Adults tend to consume drinks or
cocktails more stronger. There are
Common Cocktails:
Strawberry Daiquiri (rum and frozen strawberry mix-
pronounced “da-cker-ee”)
Margarita (tequila and frozen lime mix)
Tequila Sunrise (tequila and orange juice and grenadine)
Cooler (pre-mixed alcoholic fruit drink that comes in a
bottle, such as an apple cider)
Blood Caesar/Mary (Clamato or tomato juice and vodka).
12. Common Shots: (1 oz that you drink quickly
from a shot glass. Often as part of a
celebration such as a birthday or farewell)
Tequila
Whiskey
Jagermeister
Vodka
Shooter (Various types of shots with a mix of juice or
liquer. Ask the bartender to recommend one.)
14. People pay the bill according to where they are
and the social class to which they belong.
15. There are bars that accept credit card and others
who only accept cash.
16. Usually people go to a bar to drink beer, they pay
in cash.
most of the time in a bar there are young people.
17. There exclusive bars for adults. Here they usually
pay by credit card.
There are also elegant restaurants that offer
cocktails.
18. People who works in
the Restaurant/Hotel
THE BIG KITCHENS NEED OF SKILLED JOBS TO SERVICE,
IN THE RESTAURANT THERE ARE MANY JOBS, SUCH AS:
19. HEAD CHEF
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE KITCHEN. IT
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING EMPLOYEES, CREATE MENUS AND
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF " RESTAURANT MANAGER " PROVIDES
PLANNING BUYING THE INGREDIENTS , TRAINS APPRENTICES,
SUPERVISES AND MAINTAINS THE HYGIENE OF FOOD PREPARATION
AREAS
20. SOUS CHEF
RECEIVES ORDERS DIRECTLY FROM THE CHEF DE CUISINE FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE KITCHEN AND OFTEN REPRESENTS CHEF DE
CUISINE WHEN HE / SHE IS NOT PRESENT.
23. WIATER
THE PERSON WHOSE JOB SERVING CUSTOMERS A CATERING
ESTABLISHMENT PROVIDING FOOD, BEVERAGES , AND ASSISTANCE
DURING THE STAY. A WAITER , USUALLY CONTROLS A RANGE OF
SEVERAL TABLES IN LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS OR ALL TABLES IF IT IS
A SMALL PLACE.