Encebollado is a typical dish preferred by Ecuadorians as it is the dish with the highest demand in the category, as measured by the ordering platform Rappi.

What was the most ordered at home in 2022?

On average, more than 300,000 restaurant orders are placed through Rappi per month. On the platform you can find about 300 companies that have a menu of typical Ecuadorian food with an offer of more than 100 dishes, such as Pez Azul, Casa del Encebollado, among others.

Rappi was founded in 2015 and is present in 9 countries and 250 cities in Latin America. In Ecuador, the platform is present in 11 cities (Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Manta, Portoviejo, Machala, Salinas, Ambato, Santo Domingo, Santa Elena and La Libertad). It has close to 5000 commercial allies, more than 3500 registered distributors and more than 1300 unique distributors connected weekly.

As the app reveals, about 20% of restaurant orders made through its platform are for typical food; and Quito and Guayaquil are the cities where this type of order is done the most.

In addition, it is pointed out in the application that you can also buy the ingredients for the preparation of this typical dish through the Turbo service.

In Quito, there is a record of a client who made 68 home pizza orders per year in the same PedidosYa reve app

“Through Turbo you deliver in less than 15 minutes, you can get all the ingredients to prepare at home. With Turbo, you have access to more than 1,700 fresh and supermarket products, where you can find albacore or fresh fish, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, among other ingredients,” the company said.