El Salvador / Know what to ask
Water & food
Drinking water, ice and food preparation.
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- Can you drink tap water in El Salvador? ↗
Use bottled drinking water for a stay in San Salvador or elsewhere in El Salvador. Check bottle seals, ice and water for brushing teeth.
- Eating in El Salvador: meals, fruit and drinks ↗
Choose thoroughly cooked meals served hot, prepare fruit with safe water, and ask about ice when ordering drinks in El Salvador.
- Food allergy requests in El Salvador ↗
Use a fill-in English and Spanish card to name a food allergy and ask restaurant staff about a dish before ordering in El Salvador.
- How to order pupusas in El Salvador ↗
Recognize common pupusa dough and filling words, use simple English and Spanish ordering phrases, and ask for curtido and salsa.
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- Use bottled drinking water in El Salvador.
- Check that bottled drinking water has an intact seal.
- Skip ice when you cannot establish that it was made with safe water.