Buñuelos, Coffee, Fireworks and more Buñuelos.

Today we had a chill day of eating and drinking. We started our day at Buñuelos Dias.

Buñuelos are sort of like non sweet doughnuts. We tried one a few days ago from a women selling them from a cart. They were so bad they tasted like balls of sand. So we were really excited to go to a restaurant that specialized in them.

They make them fresh to order which makes all the difference. They are made from yuca flour and white cheese and deep fried. The buñuelo maker was super pysched to show us his process.

We noticed everyone else in the restaurant was drinking a pink juice. Turns out it was guanabana juice…maybe. I think that’s what our waitress said. Guanabana isn’t red so I’m confused.

Whatever it was, Jeff didn’t love it.

Next stop was a coffee shop.

They take their coffee really seriously here. When we walked in Jeff said we wanted coffee. The waitress said, “I need to get a barista.” Then Jeff had a conversation with the barista about what types of flavors we like in coffee.

Andres, our barista picked the coffee and method. It was some really good coffee. At one point point I tried some and yelled out “holy shit.” It was that good.

These are the kinds we bought. You can see at the bottom of each bag it says the type of bean and the processing method.

Today is Noche de las Velitas which means night of little candles. Everyone puts candles out and welcomes people. It’s a uniquely Colombian holiday (according to Google.)

Our neighbors had these candles out. They were so nice I wish I had more of a picture of them than their legs.

Because of the holiday there have been non stop fireworks for hours. They are far away but fun to watch from our balcony. They started at 7:30 and just ended at 10:00.

Then on our way to dinner we passed a family making natilla and more buñuelos. Natilla it’s a pudding sort of like flan. They insisted we have some.

Their homemade buñuelos were really good as well.

And the buñuelo maker was just as happy to share his process.