Top Bolivia hotels
Sponsored Links
at the Main Street.Down Town La Paz...there has been a Hofbrauhaus, german cusine and Beer, sorry, but I quite liked that one...I wonder, is that still there german and austrian cusine was an option...Applestrudel on the menu
Being Chinese, I tried to go to a Chinese restaurant in every town/city I visited. Most were mediocra but New Hong Kong is Sucre is pretty good and reasonably priced. Must try the dumplings! They are very, very good! Even by Chinese standard! This dish is the reason why I wrote this entry. The fried rice and tofu dishes are also very good.
I was quite astonished noticing that most of the tourists do not eat in road restaurant on bus transfer. The bus stop locals rush in the restaurant, women looks for a toilet (forget it!) and no one enter the restaurant. FOOLS! :-) food is usually really good, service being forced to be fast 'cause of the bus is fun and quite innatural in bolivian slow habits. definitely an experience. what is in the almuerzo list, that means sopa del dia and segundo: soup and some kind of meat with arroz.beer as anything else to drink is not on the menu but you'll receive bread, butter and some spicy sauce.
for a fast snack you can find plenty of bread and empanadas in markets. For empanaditas I suggest to find someone who can fry them at once as an hot empanada is definitely a different thing (and remember that the cold one will be probably a freezing one)
food in bolivia is usually excellent but it's not for vegetarian. You can find meat in almost every dish a part empanaditas de queso and salads if you make it clear you want no meat in it :-)breeding animals it's much more easy than growing vegetables on the altiplano and the cold and dry climate is quite demanding so even in a poor soup you can find your piece of meat.... water, a bit of pasta, sparse vegetables and a piece of chicken or pork or beef and the soup, in spite of being made of nothing, is usually excellent.
There are some truly excellent local specialities in Bolivia. These include: Api (a thick purple or yellow hot drink made from local maize) served with empenadas. This can be found in little stalls in the market in the morning. Saltenas, like a sweeter cornish pasty, in chicken or beef varieties. Often served with bicervezina, a local sweet beer. Saltenas are not served after midday. Mate de coca (coca leaf tea), the local remedy for soroche (altitude sickness). Tastes ‘a bit like grass clippings, but very nice grass clippings. Chuno (little black potato bits) and tunta (white potato bits) often found lurking in soup. Wilma told me in her letters how to make them. Llajua - this is the hot sauce always put out with a meal. Try just a little bit. Local bread (called marraquetas, not for those with dentures) and cheese (queso minero). Fresh fruit - mangoes should be in season, but try...
I love Salteñas. They are similar to empanadas, but better, :-)Here you got one receipe I found in the internet on boliviaweb.comSalteñas(50 salteñas)FILLINGIngredients: 1 cup lard or margarine1 cup ground spicy red pepper (cayenne) mixed with water½ tablespoon ground cumin½ tablespoon black ground pepper½ tablespoon crumbled oregano 1½ tablespoon salt2 cups white onion, cut into small cubes1½ cups green onion, finely chopped3 pounds lean meat, cut into small cubes1 cup potato, peeled, cooked, and cut into small cubes½ cup cooked green peas¼ cup granulated sugar½ tablespoon vinegar½ cup parsley, finely chopped2 spoonfuls unflavored gelatin dissolved in 3 cups water½ black olive per salteña3 raisins per salteña1 slice of boiled egg per salteñaPreparation:In a casserole add the margarine and the spicy red pepper. Set to boil over high heat until the margarine separates from the pepper....
This is a true local's restaurant with a low key ambience that does not belie how special it seems to those who eat there. Make no mistake, this is not run of the mill and you will never forget eating here. It's the kind of place that makes traveling special. K' alaphurka is a spicy soup that comes out like molten lava, thanks to a heated stone that keeps it hot. It is served with steamed corns and full of what I imagine to be chiccarones, deep fried pig's intestines. Don't be put off by it, just like bacon bits in this setting! And only five bolivianos (less than a dollar).
I actually never had a bad meal in Bolivia. Every thing I ate was delicious. The in-house restaurant at this hotel was very good and specialized in the locally raised lake trout. Another great meal was had at Chalalan Ecolodge in Madidi Park. We were treated to locally prepared fish cooked in leaves and seasoned with jungle spices! Local trout raised in Lake Titicaca was excellent, and served a variety of ways.The meals were included in the price of our room package so I don't know how expensive it was to eat there.
When one enters a country or city that you are not at all too familiar with, it is difficult to select one restaurant over another. We have found that when you go to a middle of the road restaurant the local food served is usually just great. Veal cutlet is one of my favourites althouth the servings are normally to large. This restaurant was located acrooss the street of the Witches Market.
Residencial Rosario La Paz
7 Reviews and 210 Opinions Hotel Rosario is pretty nice. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The rooms are very clean and...
Hotel Takya de Sal Uyuni
7 Reviews and 0 Opinions We didn't stay in the Salt Hotel during my visit to Uyuni as our tour did not include the night stay...
Colonial Hotel Potosí
25 Opinions
Reviews and photos of Bolivia attractions posted by real travelers and locals. The best tips for Bolivia sightseeing.
More Cities in Bolivia
More Regions in Bolivia
Q: Hi. Can anyone help me with the best way to get from La Paz to Salar de Uyuni to Arica? We plan to take a 2-4 day tour in...
A: Anna, I don't actually know how to do it but when I did the Salar de Uyuni tour in 2003, there was a Dutch couple that got off at the little station near Laguna Blanco...
Read 3 Replies
Sponsored Links
