Join accomplished cook Fina Espinosa de Moreno in this adventure through old recipe books inherited from her ancestors with original and delicious soups you have never experienced before.
- 5 hours (10:00 – 15:00) UTC/GMT – 5 hours
- Market and Cooking
- Location: Quinta Tres Marias, Valle Los Chillos, Quito
- Meeting point: Plaza Artigas (Av. 12 de Octubre @ Av. Coruna)
- Price: US$150 per person
- Dates: February 14, February 29, March 8, March 20, March 29
The tour begins with a visit to the newly renovated Santa Clara Municipal Market to see and learn about the seasonal fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices and assortments of grains and seeds. Local people come here to do their weekly shopping and have their lunch in one of the numerous food stalls available. A quick excursion around the outside market will lead us to the small shops surrounding the market, which offer a variety of art crafts, such as wooden spoons of all sizes and shapes, clay pots and plates, wicker baskets and ornaments. We will then hop on the van that will take us to the Quinta Tres Marias, a beautiful and spacious modern hacienda located in a semi-rural area in the outskirts of Quito, where the Soup Trio Cooking Tour will take place. Fina Espinosa de Moreno will be waiting for us in a gorgeous and ample kitchen to guide us through the steps of making traditional Ecuadorian soups. After all, this is a country where you can eat a different type of soup each day of the year. We will use only fresh ingredients and you can help Fina pick the best lemons, oranges and avocadoes from the stunning landscaped garden to prepare the meal. Three different soups are part of this tour menu: Ajiaco (potatoes, eggs and milk-based soup with avocado and chochos, a typically Andean legume full of nutrients); Mote Pata, a traditional recipe from the city of Cuenca (delicate pork broth scented with cumin and oregano); and Biche de Pescado, a precious coastal gift from the province of Manabi (peanut-based soup with local fish, yucca, plantain, maize, cilantro and spices. It will only get better with a few drops of fresh squeezed lemon juice to serve). Complementary fresh-made fruit juice will be provided as part of your tour as well as a glass of wine to accompany your Trio Soup meal.
Price covers transportation from meeting point to market visit and to Quinta Tres Marias, Valle Los Chillos and back; all ingredients and food tasting; alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to accompany meal, recipes of dishes prepared in tour; small gift. Gratuities are not included.
Soup Trio Menu:
- Ajiaco
- Mote Pata
- Biche de Pescado
- Fresh-made juice of seasonal fruits
- South American white wine
* Please note that dairy products and nuts will be used in preparing the Soup Trio tour meal. If you have dietary needs, please contact us before booking to make sure we can accommodate your requirements.
About the chef
Fina Espinosa
Born at the core of a traditional family in the mid XX century in Quito, Ecuador, Josefina Espinosa de Moreno learned the secrets of the culinary arts through excellent traditional cooks who taught her the best techniques for preparing tasteful dishes resulting from the fusion of two cultures: the European and the Indigenous from Latin America.