01-08-2015, 01:50 AM
On the subject of food, when I was on the tour of Chile and Peru, eating was sometimes an adventure.
I'm not a picky eater and will eat just about anything on an average North American restaurant menu, but down there it was often by guess and by golly what I had ordered. Many menus were only in Spanish, but some were bi-lingual.
Carl, my traveling companion, was fairly fluent in Spanish and would translate and describe the menu, but even then it was sometimes a surprise. I didn't spit anything out, but there were some items I left on the plate and ate around them.
The only time I nearly lost it was when I ordered a seafood special and it came laced with octopus tentacles with the suckers still on. I had to look away for a while until I had mustered up enough courage to look at the meal. I pushed them aside and ate the rest which was very good - but I did all I could to not look at the tentacles
When we arrived in Cusco the menus were very international and that's where I had the best meals.
I'm not a picky eater and will eat just about anything on an average North American restaurant menu, but down there it was often by guess and by golly what I had ordered. Many menus were only in Spanish, but some were bi-lingual.
Carl, my traveling companion, was fairly fluent in Spanish and would translate and describe the menu, but even then it was sometimes a surprise. I didn't spit anything out, but there were some items I left on the plate and ate around them.
The only time I nearly lost it was when I ordered a seafood special and it came laced with octopus tentacles with the suckers still on. I had to look away for a while until I had mustered up enough courage to look at the meal. I pushed them aside and ate the rest which was very good - but I did all I could to not look at the tentacles
When we arrived in Cusco the menus were very international and that's where I had the best meals.