It’s fair to say that Bolivia is not a famous for its culinary skills as many of its dishes focus around potatoes and rice. But there are a few local dishes that still are worth trying:
- Api: hot drink made of ground corn (sometimes purple), pineapple, water, cinnamon and sugar.
- Buñuelos: deep fried dough that comes with either cheese filling or are smothered in honey
- Chocolate: yes, weird for a Belgian girl to say it but Bolivian chocolate (especially Para Ti), is very good!
- Pan con queso: bread roll filled with cheese
- Salchipapas: comes from salchicha (sausage) and papa (potato), it consists of thinly sliced pan-fried beef sausages and french fries, served with different sauces and a fried egg. Not the best dish, but good if you’re hungry and on a budget, or craving fast food!
- Salteñas: oven-baked pastry filled with peas, carrots, potatoes and meat, drowning in copious amounts of sweet and spicy gravy. To be fair, haven’t really understood the difference between a salteña and an empanada yet…
- Sopa de mani: peanut soup, better than it sounds!
- Tucumanas: similar to the salteña but are deep-fried instead of oven-baked
- Trucha: trout, usually grilled and smothered in fresh lemon juice
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