Santiago Travel Blog

Image Paul Lowry. Completos are a Chilean classic, a giant hotdog slathered with avocado, tomatoes and mayonnaise. They’re an inexpensive (and filling) lunch or late night bar snack.

Photo by kkmarais. It’s a feeling most of us know, even world travelers. We’re in a new place, hearing a new language, trying to figure out the public transportation system between visits to the ATM, souvenir shopping, church peeping, and all we really want is a relaxing place to drink a...

  Photo: La Bicicleta Verde If you’re coming to Santiago, everyone will tell you to go to the central market to have lunch. Fair enough. It’s tourist-friendly (and tourist-priced), you get to sit in a large, bustling pretend market and possibly have an accordion player amble through...

Nothing says summer like a creamy, hearty bowl of corn, squash and bean soup. What? You don’t agree? Then you’ve never tried one of my favorite Chilean foods, porotos granados. The main ingredients are beans, corn, squash and basil, though some throw in some cut up string beans as well. The...

When you’re travelling, food can be the greatest joy or your largest frustration. When travelling on a budget, eating something filling and tasty while trying not to have to orego other essentials like where to sleep and transportation, is essential. In Santiago, cheap eats means basically three...

Unlike Argentina, specifically Buenos Aires, most of Chile does not have a long history with Italy, or the delicious food that comes from there. That means that it’s not just any old place that can fix you a good pasta dish or delicious pizza. You’re probably not going to discover a corner...

Brunch is a relatively new concept in Chile, in fact, you may have to explain it to your Chilean friends. They have a pretty solid concept of what is lunch and what is breakfast, and a never-the-twain-shall-meet opinion about the two. In addition, goodies such as waffles and pancakes for breakfast are...

In recent years, sushi has become much more prevalent in Santiago, with small restaurants popping up all over the city (though mostly downtown, in Providencia. Las Condes and Ñuñoa). Even mom and pop minimarkets have sushi on offer, which they buy in bulk from a central company which drops it off...

Photo by bearshapedsphere. Santiago is experiencing a surge of new restaurant openings, and nowhere is the ever-expanding Chilean palate more evident than with the inclusion of Thai food into the repertoire. And while there are a number of Thai restaurants, with some of them serving great food, the...

Photo by peregrine blue on Flickr. With just a few weeks left until Chile’s national Fiestas Patrias, an alcohol-infused, rocking good time that marks the end of summer, the beginning of sunshine, and for most people, a stomach-distending amount of food, preparations are already underway. Already...