Greg and I were lucky to be able to stop over in Pucon, a small town in the south of Chile. I visited Pucon in 2003 and made a great friend there, David. I was so exited to see him again and spend time in my favorite town in Chile.
Pucon is lakeside and close to one of the most acvtive volcanoes in South America (the one I climbed in 2003). The town is a major destination, for both rich Chilenos and international tourists. During our visit, we saw mainly Chileans, enjoying the amazing summer weather.
David invited us for lunch one day and prepared a typical chilean dish of meat and shellfish steamed to perfection. We started the lunch sipping on his delicious Pisco Sours (a typical drink in Chile, made from Pisco and limes) and did not leave until after 8pm that night. We were invited the next day, as David´s dad wanted to show off and cook his famous dish of congrel soup. That day more pisco sours, more delicious food and once again another invite for lunch the next day! David´s mother wanted to show off this time with her famous dish, pastel de choclo (a super chilean favorite, a sort of corn sheperds pie).
In 3 days we ate like royalty and had a great time hanging out at Casa Buchoff, our favorite people in all of Chile!
Greg and I had sushi in Pucon at the retauraunt David works out after his day job as a civil constructer. =) It was super good and met our craving....
After 4 days in Pucon, we pulled ourselves back together and hit the road. Next stop, Valparaiso.
David invited us for lunch one day and prepared a typical chilean dish of meat and shellfish steamed to perfection. We started the lunch sipping on his delicious Pisco Sours (a typical drink in Chile, made from Pisco and limes) and did not leave until after 8pm that night. We were invited the next day, as David´s dad wanted to show off and cook his famous dish of congrel soup. That day more pisco sours, more delicious food and once again another invite for lunch the next day! David´s mother wanted to show off this time with her famous dish, pastel de choclo (a super chilean favorite, a sort of corn sheperds pie).
In 3 days we ate like royalty and had a great time hanging out at Casa Buchoff, our favorite people in all of Chile!
Greg and I had sushi in Pucon at the retauraunt David works out after his day job as a civil constructer. =) It was super good and met our craving....
After 4 days in Pucon, we pulled ourselves back together and hit the road. Next stop, Valparaiso.
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it's em- posing as "chef kate"-
(kate is sitting beside me, in tahoe and we are catching up on your trip....)
it is so true what you said about the sushi taking care of your craving... when you travel and you are not in familiar places, as much as you want to eat the cuisine of the region, you still have your !BODY! which craves certain things you are used to... and having a little tase of something like that is sooo comforting. Both kate and I love the stories about everyone in the family wnting to cook for you... when i was in italy i got the total itaian mama experience... gio's ma cooked us huge meals, very italian, very good. i have to admit, we were in milan and gio and i each ordered cheeseburgers and french fries... just to satisfy that "craving"! bon appetito!!!!
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