Question About Central American Food Ways

Decades ago, my father went to Central America for several business trips. El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras. While there at a bar/restaurant, he was served a plate with multiple little pieces of food, I guess like a smorgasbord (although I'm not sure what that is, precisely).

When he asked the server what this was, she replied "a boca". From what I gather, "boca" means "bite" in spanish. I don't know if this was the name of the dish or she was just giving a cute description of it.

Anyway, when he came home he would ask my mom to make him these plates of food. I don't know what all was on the ones he had in C.A., but the ones we made would have all kinds of little tidbits of food.

Today during the Saints game I fixed myself a poor man's version (paper plate).



This one has grapes, grape tomatoes, pepperoncini, Havarti and Gouda cheese slices and a homemade pickled cucumbers with onions.

The point of this long post is to ask if any of you know more about this food practice. Do you think it could be descended from Spanish tapas bar food? And what is the actual name? We've always just called it a boca.