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Triplandio South America guide covers
99 travel guides
with 15 cities across 236 areas,
complete with hotel picks. Explore 380 self-guided walking tours in South America with 1,835 POI,
spanning 1541.8 km in total. Get inspired by 143 local dishes,
complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
South America
Local Flavours of South America —
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Stir-fried beef with onions, tomatoes, and potatoes A fresh, spicy sauce made with tomatoes and herbs. Fried whole fish seasoned with spices A traditional cornmeal cake often sweetened with coconut. Stewed ray fish in a creamy coconut sauce. A large, hearty pie filled with meats, vegetables, and cheese hallmark of Minas Gerais cuisine. A hearty, fried green plantain dumpling mixed with cheese or pork. Decadent caramel custard dessert enriched with dulce de leche. A savory corn pie with cheese and eggs. Baked pastry filled with savory meat and vegetables. A fried dough made with black-eyed peas and spices. Soup made with fish, plantains, yucca, and local vegetables. A gelled soup made from cow's foot and legumes. Cheesy yam soup seasoned with herbs. Sweet chocolate fudge balls rolled in sprinkles.
Traditional Local Food
South America
Main course
Meat
Lomo Saltado
LOH-moh sahl-TAH-doh
Sauce
Vegan
Pebre Sauce
Pebre
PEH-breh
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Mojarra Frita
mo-HAH-rrah FREE-tah
🥦
Dessert
Vegetarian
Doku
Doh-koo
· Cornmeal Cake
🐟
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Chucho en Coco
choo-cho en koh-koh
· Ray fish in coconut
🥩
Main course
Meat
Empadão Mineiro
Eh-pah-DOWN Mee-NEH-roh
· Minas Gerais Savory Pie
Snack
Vegetarian
Bolón de Verde
boh-lohn de vehr-day
· Green plantain ball
Dessert
Vegetarian
Dulce de Leche Caramel Flan
Flan de Dulce de Leche
flahn deh DOOL-seh deh LEH-cheh
Main course
Vegetarian
Chipa Guasu
CHEE-pah GWAH-soo
· Corn pie
Snack
Meat
Salteñas de Uyuni
Sal-TEH-nyas de Oo-YOO-ni
· Uyuni meat pastries
Snack
Vegan
Bara
Bah-rah
· Fried lentil dough snack
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Sancocho de Pescado
sahn-koh-choh deh pehs-kah-doh
· Fish and vegetable stew
Soup
Meat
Calf's Foot Jelly
Patasca
Pah-TAS-kah
Soup
Vegetarian
Mote de Queso
moh-teh deh keh-soh
· Cheese soup with yam
Dessert
Vegetarian
Brigadeiro
bree-gah-DAY-roh
