Zulian Foodways

Zulia

Regional

⚠ ZULIA ARGUES WITH CARACAS ABOUT EVERYTHING INCLUDING FOOD. Maracaibo, the lake, the oil, the heat and the Wayuu. PATACÓN ZULIANO — two fried green plantain discs used as the bread of an enormous sandwich of meat, cheese, salad and sauces, and a Maracaibo invention. MANDOCAS. CHIVO EN COCO or chivo en yuca — goat with coconut, which links Zulia to the Caribbean and to the Guajira. MOJITO EN COCO, fish in coconut milk. BOLLOS PELONES. HUEVOS CHIMBOS. The DULCE DE LIMONSÓN and the papelón. And the enormous lake fishery — bagre, róbalo, curvina, and the shrimp of the Gulf. ⚠ THE LAKE IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST OIL-CONTAMINATED WATER BODIES IN THE AMERICAS, which is a food-system fact.