So before I begin this post I must disclose that it has long been one of my pet peeves when people post food pics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. So if I told you to stop doing such things you can from this moment forward call me a hypocrite.
In this three part post, meal by meal, here are some things Chileans do and don't like to eat.
El Desayuno
Not a big meal around here (much to Amy's chagrin), and there is really only one place we have found that does brunch. The "typical" breakfast often looks something like this:
Yes that is a mashed up avocado on toast. They call avocado "palta" down here. Chile is the second biggest producer of avocados in the world, and it is eaten pretty much all day. They also do boring stuff like cereal and oatmeal and eggs, but compared to the artery clogging meals in the morning one can get in Central America, it is very tame here.
In fact, the avocado section of the produce area in every market is typically the largest and they are cheap - less than 2 bucks a pound
Of course you might not have time to mash up an avocado and make toast, so there is always the healthier option available at most panaderias.
Those are croissants stuffed with vanilla crime or Dulce de Leche (the medical term in Latin translates to "death with a smile").
A quick word about the coffee. As a Chilean friend of mine said, the country lacks what he described as "a coffee culture." He wasn't kidding. Outside of the Juan Valdez shops the coffee here is just not good. Nescafé instant still takes up almost all the shelf space at the supermercados. No country is perfect.
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