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 Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:15 am Post subject: FOOD & DINING IN BOLIVIA / BOLIVIA DINING GUIDE |
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FOOD & DINING IN BOLIVIA
Most hotels in Bolivia serve eggs and toast for breakfast. But if you want to feel like a local, you really should be eating salteñas (either chicken or beef, spiced with onions and raisins and wrapped up in a doughy pastry shell). True salteña eaters buy their breakfast from vendors on the streets, but if you're a bit squeamish about eating food from street vendors, not to worry: in La Paz, Al Pazzo Salteñas, Capitán Revelo 2019 (at the corner of Calle Goytia), is a tiny little storefront that sells nothing but salteñas. Once you place your order, the owner picks up a phone and calls her kitchen. Her workers -- who have perfected her grandmother's recipe -- will make your salteñas to order. Remember, salteñas are served only for breakfast, so this place closes down around 1pm. The Pastelería La Regina, right below the Restaurant Surucachi at Av. 16 de Julio 1598, also serves a mean salteña.
In Sucre, the most delicious salteñas in town can be found at El Paso de los Abuelos, Bustillo 216 (tel. 0104/6455-173); they're open daily from 8am to 1pm. The newest and hippest cafe/restaurant is Salamadra, Calle Avaroa 510 (tel. 0104/6913-433), where the crème de la crème of Sucre's residents gather for lunch, dinner, and coffee and snacks. For a much simpler but exquisite local experience, visit Las Delicias, Estudiantes 50 (tel. 0104/6442-502). Here, owner (and baker) Dorly Fernández de Toro serves her amazing pastries; some are very unusual but delicious, like the sonso, made from mashed yucas. There's also a good selection of yummy empanadas and humitas. Las Delicias is open only Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 8pm -- come early as this place fills up fast.
The best place for lunch with a terrific view is the Café Gourmet Mirador, Plaza Anzures, across from the Recoleta (tel. 0104/6440-299). You'll dine outside under lovely bamboo umbrellas with Sucre stretched at your feet; the speciality here is crepes. They're open daily until 6pm.
National specialties
• Empanada salteña (a mixture of diced meat, chicken, chives, raisins, diced potatoes, hot sauce and pepper baked in dough).
• Lomo montado (fried tender loin steak with two fried eggs on top, rice and fried banana).
• Picante de pollo (southern fried chicken, fried potatoes, rice, tossed salad with hot peppers).
• Cuño (naturally freeze-dried potato used in soup called chairo).
• Lechón al horno (roast suckling pig served with sweet potato and fried plantains).
• Ilajhua (a hot sauce consisting of tomatoes and pepper pods) will often be used to add spice and flavour to dishes.
National drinks
• Bolivian beer, especially paceña, is some of the best on the continent.
• Chicha, made from fermented cereals and corn, is very strong. |
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