Visitors who are after an authentic taste of this country need to get themselves to some of the homely traditional restaurants known as picadas, where you'll find hearty portions at appealing prices of dishes like porotos con riendas (pictured here), made up of white beans (porotos) and noodles (which give the dish its name, apparently resembling riendas - horses' reins); oftentimes this is served with sausages and a fried egg.
Read more in our post Coveting the Cuisine of Chile.
Ildi Papp
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