It’s tough to be next to the sea and not want to eat seafood and the most Ecuadorian in this regard is cerviche. Many westerners are leery of eating this “raw” fish but the fact is the fish is “cooked” by the lime juices it is marinated in. It is true it is possible to get sick from it if not done correctly but I’ve never had a problem and in this part of the world, they do know what they are doing. The pieces of seafood and fish are bite size and its mixed with raw onions, tomato and cilantro Unfortunately, even with the seaside locale, cerviche tends to be more expensive in the Galapagos Islands than on the mainland! That said, we had decided to have it at the local Cervichia but when we sat down the service was so bad and unfriendly we decided to move next door to Rincón de Alma which looked nicer, also served cerviche and had a much more gracious owner.
My wife had the fish cerviche, I had a mixed one of octopus, fish and shrimp. They came with a nice portion of plantain chips whch were obviously freshly homemade. We washed it down with an ice cold Pilsner and it came to $17 for the two of us. Not a cheap meal but certainly a tasty and healthy one.