Comments on: Ripped Knickers and Other Chilean Food You Just Have to Try

By: Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:11:22 +0000

@ Jean,

Could it be ‘Chirimoya’? A bit bigger than an apple with knobbly skin and big black seeds inside? Taste delicious and great in juices?

Or ‘Pepino Dulce’ (literally sweet cucumber)? Stripy skin and like your own individually sized cataloupe melon? Bloody gorgeous.

Not sure what else it could be… Anyone?

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By: juan pablo

juan pablo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:27:04 +0000

i am chilean and think the italiano es overrated, but mi countrymen usuaally disagree. i prefer completos, and the best are served at dominó. they add some salsa verde (which have onion and coriander), a unique feature of that place (and mi mother’s house). to jean: if you describe the fruit, espacially its taste, maybe i can tell you its name.

the best empanadas in my opinión are those from la fuente suiza, especial those filled with cheese and ostiones (a chilean shellfish, a sort of oyster).

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By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:19:46 +0000

I liked a chilean fruit that tasted soo good…Forgot the name! But it was on bizarre foods.

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By: Paul Cox

Paul Cox — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:23:49 +0000

I wasn’t a fan of the italiano so much, but I think I had a completo 3 meals a day for the 4 days I stayed in Santiago. I would camp out the street meat vendor stands until they would open their carts. No other town in Chile really compared, though I did give everyone a shot.

There was also a delicious deep fried egg roll type treat that was sold outside of every subway stop that cost next to nothing, but was my second favorite food in the whole country.

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By: Saint

Saint — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:57:08 +0000

el completo, lleva americana y repollo (chucrut) tHIS is for further info about completos, italianos, palta tomate mayo, y completo palta, tomate, chucrut, mayo, palta.

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By: vivaELfut

vivaELfut — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:04:20 +0000

I loved Chilean food, tastes great! Although, in my opinion, they can’t serve it nice and it’s always a pile of food in your plate, delicious though! Italiano, pastel de choclo mmmmmmm….!

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By: Paul Sullivan

Paul Sullivan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:52:45 +0000

Thanks for the recipe Natasha. I’m gonna stock up on mayo just for this. I think it’s really the Avo that gets me in the end tho. Love avo.

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By: Natasha

Natasha — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:57:09 +0000

@ Paul:
Mail order may take a while… but they’re easily made at home. Just taken a normal hot dog, mash up an avocado, chop up some tomato and then squeeze on the mayo it’s begging for mercy. Then squeeze on a bit more. The photo really doesn’t do the mayo quantity justice.

Sorry for making everyone hungry.

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By: Paul Sullivan

Paul Sullivan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:20:41 +0000

That Italiano just made me tear a little. I want one so bad. I want two in fact. Do they do mail order?

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By: Gonzalo

Gonzalo — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:38:26 +0000

The best empanadas are in Blasoni (Concepcion), simply delicious!

And way better than the curanto is the pulmay (same ingredients but made in a big pot, so you can drink the juice… mmmh!).

And “pernil”, “arrollado”, “chancho en piedra”, “caldillo de congrio”, “plateada al jugo”… so good chilean food!

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