Guatemala Restaurant

Fort Lauderdale's Guatemala Restaurant is not the first, second, or 19th place that most people would look for Salvadoran pupusas, but the tiny establishment with just five stools gets them right. Take a forkful of pupusa, a bit of peppery curtido, and a splash of the tangy salsa and you'll be rewarded with a burst of colliding flavors, temperatures, and textures. The warm, mellow corn cake contrasts wonderfully with the cold, vinegary slaw, and the sweet salsa ties it all together. The other food is pretty good too; in another bit of cross-border one-upsmanship, the small selection of soft tacos surpasses those at the Mexican taqueria down the street.