Meals - Hotel Marina Copan, Honduras

Meals - Hotel Marina Copan, Honduras, originally uploaded by Adal-Honduras.

Aren't these dishes delightfully inviting? Part of the regional cuisine of Western Honduras, some samples of what you can enjoy in Copan Ruinas.

Upper left (and clockwise): 1: Breakfast at the Junior Suite's balcony, Hotel Marina Copan. 2: Coffee Flan dessert. 3: Brochetas del Sol (Sun Sheesh Kabob), Fresh marinated cubes of beef and chicken tenders, corn, and vegetables, covered in champignon sauce, plus guacamole, rice and 'tostones' (fried green plantain). 4: Tropical chicken salad: Chicken, champignons, yogurt, celery, spices, served on a pineapple half, plus watermelon.

• Hotel Marina Copan

Some more exquisite delights:

Cozy kitchen - Copan Ruinas, Honduras

Our thanks to Karen Walrond writer from AOL travel blog Gadling.com who has chosen another of our flickr photos as yesterday's Photo of the Day 6.29.09.

Ceviche, the other raw fish dish

Some of the less–traveled Europeans, or even North Americans, when traveling to Latin America for the first time they think they will starve to death or have to settle for weird-tasting survival meals. They couldn’t be more wrong. Latin America has contributed with some of the finest ingredients in most of the famous international cuisines nowadays, i.e.: tomato, potato, sweet potato, yucca, maize (corn), green pepper, hot pepper, cacao (chocolate), avocado, pineapple, papaya, squash, cashew, peanut, loroco, chipilin, vanilla, etc. to name a few. If you have missed some of these delights, then you should travel to Latin America.
This is a -provocative- blog post by MatadorLife about ceviche, a tasty and refreshing meal from Latin America, next time you visit this region, give it a try: