Kerij
- February 11, 2001
- Rated 3 of 5 by
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Walking the ten blocks from our housing accommodations to the Plaza De Colón we are assailed by the smell of roasting meat. The Cochabambans are proud of their generous spirit when it comes to food. At every block we enconter open store fronts, converted garages and open air settings, all street side. Sign boards boast roasted meats. At a small place called simply - Broasters, we had half a barbecued rabbit, fried potatoes, boiled rice, and a huge ear of boiled corn (called choclo) for 30 Bolivianos, under five American dollars.
The portions are huge and the people are all friendly, each vendor insisting his establishment is the best on Avenida Bolivar Libertador. We also ate in a more formal place called China Chef which served passable Chinese food. It was all served with locote - an extremely piquant sauce, very much like jalapeño. The portions were enormous, platter size plates heaped with food. At China Chef we paid with American dollars. We had five items, including an amazing pile of fried wonton, soup, rice, noodles and chicken. Three of us ate until we couldn't move all for about eighteen dollars.
From journal Shopping at 8500 feet