All right, all right, I know I have been a complete slack butt with the food blog, but this is a basic problem I suppose with us foodies - we're so busy eating the bloody food, we can't be bothered writing about it!
So, tonight I am alone - no wild disco parties or dinners out at flash restaurants, so I thought I'd better pay my blog some attention - especially as the food here is BLOODY UNREAL!!
Where to begin?????
I'll start by skipping the first night in Santiago - even though I did have a divine dinner of a huge chunk of meat with prawns and some creamy sauce all over the top of it, followed by the Chilean version of Creme Caramel - the highlight of the meal was the 2 bloody Pisco Sours I drank. Dear lord. These things are lethal. They are made from the local alcohol, Pisco, and mixed with lemon juice, sugar and egg white. OMG, taste fantastic, but what a punch! Two of those, and I thanked god for the two yanks who walked me back home to the guest house! TOTALLY PLASTERED. Note to self: no more Pisco Sours.
I think I will add a pic of the steak, I took one for you all, and it will give me a chance to try all this technology out. Here goes....oh crap, that pic is on the iPhone and I haven't worked out how to save those ones yet! Sorry team.
Now breakfast here is sort of basic. A few bits of this white flat bread roll type thing, a bit of yum butter and fruity jam, some fresh juice and a piece of fruit. I gave up on it 2 days ago - preferring to go out and try more and more stuff out in the real world. And I can't do any more of that white flattish bread stuff. The guava juice, though is spectacular, as is the wonderful sweet and wacky papaya. Mmmmmmm.
The most fun in all this restaurant stuff is smilingly telling the waiters I don't speak Spanish! We always end up friends for life even though we don't really understand one word the other is saying!! Food always arrives, but I'm not convinced it's always what I've ordered!
Accommodation: Spending the whole Santiago visit at Casa Newen, a B&B in Provedencia - good location, 15 mins walk to the fab metro system, loads of bars, restaurants and cafes nearby. I´d stay there again, but see if you can get the room out the back.
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