Yes that is true. Im from guatemala and for now Im here Pennsylvania USA but there are many mexican Restaurant but not of guatemala I can't understand why.
Maybe because of its complexity and elaborate ingredients along with the lack of touristic exposure Guatemala’s cuisine has been overshadowed by their northern neighbor (Mexico). That is why Guatemala’s traditional culinary art remains a hidden gem by many.
I don't know why i'm always doing this to myself. Watching this at night with no food while watching Mark enjoy himself is a vibe everyone is feeling right now.
I get the notification always on Saturday and Sunday mornings and watch Mark and Sonnies channel every weekend mornings then I try plan out what to eat after
This is not just a food & travel review channel ....This is a cultural documentary that makes me appreciate our planet and I will support this channel till I'm an old woman. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hi there, Guatemalan here! Everything he says is true and more, this is my favorite soup growing up. I used to have it when visiting family in Cobán and stateside during special occasions. Find an authentic recipe and try making it, share our culture more and more. I would love to hear one day that someone has tried it when I bring it up. 30 years old, nobody has ever heard of it before.
I love the Guatemala videos. That is my 2nd. home. My son and I lived there for 7 years. I worked for the corporation Pizza Hut opening up new stores for them there. And I was so disappointed when my job came to an end, and I had to come home to the USA. I love the people and culture they have. And until you taste the food you have no clue the flavors you get. Oh my gosh! It is so good. Thank you Mark for this video. I sure hope there are more Guatemala videos coming. Still waiting.
My fathers family taught my mother the traditional way to make kak’ik and I’ve always wanted people to know how special this is to me! Thank you Mark for visiting my lovely country Guatemala and showing everyone here the love, dedication, and memories w put into our food! This Guatemalan food tour has truly touched me 🫶🏻
Tan rico que es el kak ik, lo probé por primera vez en san marcos, en el 2015. Y me enamoré de ese caldo, nunca volví a probar uno igual, el abuelito que lo preparó falleció a los meses de eso. Cada abuela u abuelo tiene una sazón increíble
¡Gracias, gracias, gracias Mark! Very thankful to you for visiting my beautiful Guatemala and for being so respectful to our culture and our people. Thank you for your kindness and love when portraying "El País de la Eterna Primavera." You will always be welcome to my home there.
I have been watching Mark for years. We would watch the videos with my grandparents. They were always amazed at the quantity of food and the amount of spicyness. They passed a few years ago so now I think of their reaction seeing Mark in our home country.
They were laughing when Mark added more hot chilli powder, but he is on a different level. Beautiful food, people, and country. Thank you for sharing, and thanks, Rebecca, for being a lovely host
Hey Mark as a stroke survivor in recovery don't stop making videos I'm living vicariously through your videos and traveling along with you thank you for an amazing work thank you I will continue to watch more of them as you post keep up there great work
I was surprised to see your video from Guatemala 🇬🇹 my native country ,I follow you for a long time , it made me so happy and excited to see that you were in Guatemala,Our food is unique and very elaborated ,looks delicious. Welcome To Guatemalan Land Of Trees 🌲 🇬🇹👍. Love it
I dont like Mark weins show, but this episode of guatemala i watched because I am a jamaican born chef and everything he ate looked delicious. I been to mexico, now I need to try Guatemala. The food is cooked similar to african food in that everything is well seasoned and in a rich looking sauce. The fried chicken 🍗 was looking fingerlicking good. They cooked so clean too. You know there has to be some indigenous african influence there. I really want to visit. Good job mark weins ! 😊
That food is made with love , love from the able hands of grandma. Her energy and watching her family do this is a proud moment. Mark is sooo lucky , thank you Mark for this. 😉👌
Hi Mark! I'm not Guatemalan, I'm Mexican, but I might be able to offer some insight about the tamales. The tamal you ate with the Kak'ik appears to be made the way most people think tamales are made by mixing the masa with lard, shaping into tamal shape on the banana leaf, then steaming it. That's what causes the density in the masa of the tamal when you eat it. The masa in the tamal you ate separately with the meat and olives goes through a different process where they actually COOK the masa in a pot (stirring constantly!) before putting it on banana leaves and steaming them. This changes the texture of the masa and makes it softer and more fluffy. I'm Mexican but I ADORE Central American food, especially their tamales. 🤤
I love tamales. From Mexico, Central America, and South America all have different ways of making them. Even in Mexico there's so many different variations!!!! Try a Nacatamal 🇳🇮 🇳🇮 🇳🇮
She should have warned you about the drink. Part of the reason for my comments from your previous videos on this region was in part to a family who essentially saved my life in when I was living in Houston. The grandmothers in that family were all about traditional foods and this is some of what they used to make for all of us. There's really nothing else like it. What a wonderful day you had with these beautiful people. Thank you for sharing this with us.
GUATEMALA tiene cientos de tipos de tamales diferentes. Tamal colorado de masa de maíz, con un recado rojo, aceitunas, pollo , cerdo o res, tamal negro que es dulce y lleva pasas y ciruelas secas. El pache que es de papa, con chile diente de perro, hay tamales de arroz, con carne y recado de tómate, los famosos chuchitos, años que se le pone queso seco y salsa al momento de servir, los tamalitos de chipilin, tamalitos de cambray que son dulces y llevan anís, los tamales de elote, los tamalitos wur son los que están comiendo aquí y solo son acompañamiento de las comidas, el tamal de boxbol, el tamal de viaje entre otros. 🇬🇹
Guatemalan cooking ingredients and utensils are so so so similar to Indian cooking culture!! The type of cilantro and the grind stone!!! Its so nice and incredible ❤
Love the unique & beautiful dishes Marc has featured in Guatemala, and this one is really special. That's devoted cooking right there, with lots of soul!
Nat Geo recomienda a Guatemala como uno de los países que debes visitar al menos una vez en la vida por su riqueza natural y cultural además de su increíble belleza.
It's like a culinary masterpiece where even the bowls need seatbelts to handle the deliciousness. That somehow makes me interested in Guatemalan cuisine. I am literally drooling while watching this. Hopefully, I get to see this place again when we do a second round of Guatemala for our TV show.
Hi! I’ve been following your channel for years and usually look for tips whenever I go abroad. Seeing the series of videos of Guatemala, my country, makes me so nostalgic and proud! My family and I just left for Europe and would have love showing you around too. The way you reflect what you live, with respect, openness, and joy make your documentaries top class. Beautifully made. Truly enjoying and sharing this series! All the best!
Rebeka was an excellent guide in this video. I hope she gives birth to a beautiful healthy baby. The food of Central America is visually amazing again.
So happy to see granny in good health and carrying more strength than me . Wish im blessed with good health like her ❣️ Enjoyed the video & now im hungry 🤤
We use the same grinder in Indian Cooking as well ❤. The basic techniques are so similar across cultures ❤. Thanks to mark for bringing these unique cultures across the world to light.❤ Love from india ❤.
GRACIAS MARK, for visiting my home country, can’t wait to visit one day, left home over 20 years ago with my parents and siblings, lived more outside than in, but Guatemala remains in my heart. I have lived in US, Philippines and now in Canada. ❤❤❤ God bless you.
Hola Marc, tienes que probar los boxboles, el tasajo, caldo de jutes, de iguana, El subanik, el Jocon, patin, paches de papa, paches de arroz, los tamalitos torteados lanquineros, los Tayuyos de chicharron, la yuca con chicharron, la tortilla de arina de churrasco, el pepian, las hilachas, la chanfaina, el pulique, etc hombre te vas a enamorar de la gastronomía de Guatemala, garantizado.
Seeing Mark add all the dried spices to his soup, I thought, oh no, that’s going to be way too spicy. Then I realized, it’s Mark, he can handle it! Mark, I always enjoy your videos and can’t wait for the next one.
Thanks for visiting and sharing my delicious country cocine to the world Mark! God bless. Good vibes from Guatemala for you! I have been watching your videos for years thanks for all your hard work you put to do these videos so we can enjoy watching them
Thank you Mark for visiting my motherland.. I love watching you eat and teaching us different cultural dishes. You will make it soon for a Netflix food travel documentary 🙏🏼
Dear mark wiens am watching your videos More than 2 years you are not only just food reviewer you also showing their culture , languages and everything about the people of area thanks for the videos
Watching this video from El Salvador, Central America, being a fan of your videos for more than a year and it is awesome to see you coming to Central America, enjoy your food trip.
Hi Mark, your videos are incredibly good, you show foods from all over the world, Guatemalan food looks very delicious, you are a humble guy, you never criticize a food, you always seem to enjoy everything. Congratulations Mark Wiens... Greetings from Costa Rica🇨🇷🇨🇷. Greetings to Rebeca, beautiful woman, she helped you very well.
I love these videos watching common people make a meal from scratch..all the different ingredients made right there...Marks (Ying's camera work) videos are always the hi lite of my mornings
I'm so happy you came to my country. I've been following you for years, and I'm enjoying this and the other Guatemala videos with all the food I love. Gracias.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work loving the food and the culture 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thank you so so much for this Guatemala series Mark Weins I’m so touch to learn and see the variety of foods from my culture haven’t had the opportunity to travel to Guatemala my mom makes the best banana leaf tamales 🫶🏼😘🇬🇹
The woman is wrong, the Spanish didn't bring domestic turkeys to Guatemala. Turkeys are native to Mesoamerica and the Mayans had access to domestic turkey long before the Spanish through trade routes from Mexico where they were first domesticated over a thousand years ago.
Thank you Mark, for such an excellent and honest representation of guatemalan food. Been following you since day one. The best food reviewer in my opinion. Love your videos
Looks really delicious! I love turkey so I would certainly enjoy that soup. Interesting to hear more about Mayan Culture in cooking. Thanks for another great adventure!
This is what I really love about you Mark, though it brings tears in my eyes seeing you eat that much chilly, still you enjoy what you are eating. Appreciate that Mark❤❤❤❤❤❤
Mark te felicito por como poco a poco vas aprendiendo algunas palabras en español nos encanta tu canal ami esposo y ami .felicitaciones. viaja a los pueblos de yucatan mexico , y conoce los cenotes sagrados .
Gracias por apreciar Guatemala. I had been living in the USA for 40 years, I go to Guatemala frequently but a don’t taste those amazing dishes, I need to go out of my route to find those authentic flavors.
What a beautiful video Mark. It brought back so many memories of my grandma cooking in El Salvador when I was little. From her outdoor kitchen to her Chicha made from mostly pineapple rinds. Oh man I don’t even know if anyone in El Salvador has preserved our ways after 40 yrs of war. ❤
Mark, So many of us follow your Chanell and experiences not because we are foodies but because we are so enamored by your personality and kindness. From Rwanda with Love.
Mark, thank you once again for taking us to a beautiful unique part of the world. Another wonderful cultural experience. I love and enjoy your vlogs. They are never ever boring. There is always something to learn and be in awe of. So wonderful how you always include your family. Must say it is a joy watching Michael grow up. What a wonderful life he will possess to share with his family! Always looking forward to your next vlog of adventures. Thank you so very much for sharing with us !!!🥰🙏🏾🫶🏾💜🙋🏾♀️
