Traditional Aruban cuisine includes dishes with goat meat, stoba - stew pots filled with vegetables that are locally grown - fish and maize. These days, some of the most common ingredients in meals include beef, chicken, rice and fish. A favorite snack is known as pastechi, a pie that's been filled with beef or cheese. Also, many food chains featuring international foods such as those from Italy and China have become much more popular. Many of the foods in Aruba are imported.