I think that I have spent sufficient enough time here to have formed an opinion about the food. First of all, it’s extremely difficult for me to go out to eat because I have no freaking clue what the menu is saying. Yeah, I can speak Spanish and read Spanish, but specific names of fish, and meat, and dishes that is a whole different ball game. Annnnd, so far all the restaurants that we have eaten at the menus don’t have descriptions of the food. Just the name and the price. So, I typically just take a whim and hope for the best. For those picky eaters, I think you would starve to death.
With every meal, there is “Ensalada Chileana” and it is sliced or diced tomatoes & onions. Sometimes it is a little spicy (which is how I prefer it), but most of the time it’s just normal. I love tomatoes and even more onions, so sometimes that’s my favorite part of the meal. Their “salads” don’t have dressing. You get a plate with lettuce & whatever vegetables comes with the type of salad you unknowingly ordered. I couldn’t eat the one “salad” with cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, and lettuce because I NEEDED dressing. All I want is a little Italian and I would be okay…..
I’ve eaten a lot of different variations of meat, and they’ve all tasted normal. I had a really good kind of fish the other day. But my favorite so far has been Empanadas. Emmm…. I had one with cheese, one with like meat, onions, and egg or something like that, and one that had seafood in it. (an empanada is basically bread folded over something like cheese and then fried a little bit) The seafood one I didn’t care for much, but it was worth a shot.
Let’s see…. I’m going to talk about the combinations of food. Like, for example when I think of hot dog I think “chilli, onions, ketchup, mustard, maybe coleslaw, relish” something along those lines. Right? Right. Here, nope. It’s more like “salsa verde, tomatoes, avocado, mayonnaise, maybe ketchup or mustard, salsa, hmmm what else, onions.” Just imagine how weird that would look. Now, look at the pictures. Yes, a hot dog fast food jammie @ the mall, and yes I ate one of those things. With avocado, tomatoes, salsa verde, & mayo and surprisingly I didn’t throw up. Actually it was quite delicious. For another combination, try ketchup in your rice. Or mayonnaise. Or both. Quite good once again. Let’s see… last night I had pizza with hot dog, pepperoni, chicken, the normal cheese and marinara sauce, and pineapple. Not so good…. I have to draw the line somewhere with the obsession with hot dogs. I mean, hot dogs aren’t even real meat…. Blah… I’ve eaten pizza that just had cheese & ham & tomato on it (no marinara sauce)… it was okay. Honestly right now I could go for some BCW pizza right about now (Kelly can you hook me up w/ some from Curly’s pleeeaaazzzze?)
I am obsessed with “manjar” on my bread. I could try all day to describe it, but I would never do it justice. It’s the texture of peanut butter, but it’s sooooo sweet. Almost like honey but not as sweet. Basically it’s my heaven on earth of Chilean food right now.
Don’t drink the milk. It’s gross. It’s so different than US milk, they sell it in cartons & it’s warm. You treat it like juice, only refrigerate after opening. Either drink their COLD chocolate milk or only put it in your coffee. Their juice is really good. They have tons of juice in all different flavors and it’s completely natural. My fav is Pineapple. Emmmmm…..
They have McDonalds and KFC here, but I haven’t eaten there. I really don’t care for either when I’m in the USA, so it makes no difference to me if I eat it now. Apparently, in Santiago there are more American restaurants.
Enough for now….
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