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Eating in Cali
Eating in Cali
Cholados- a delicious mix of shaved ice and exotic fruit with rasberry and sweet condensed milk sauces and a wafer cookie. Often sold from vendors that have stands that display fruit and shaved ice, and best found in Jamundi, about a 15 min drive from the southern neighborhoods of Cali.
Pandebono - baked rings of cheese bread which is quite typical of Cali
Buñuelos - sweet fried doughnut balls
Sancocho de gallina - a very popular chicken soup, best found in a town called Ginebra, about one hour drive from Cali
Manjar blanco - a candy made from cooked sugar and milk, similar to dulce de leche (Milk candy)
Chontaduro or peach palm fruit - a local delicacy that is sold on the street, topped with salt or honey
Mango viche - green unripened mango, which is sold on the street and eaten with salt and lemon juice
Guarapo - a deliciously refreshing drink of freshly pressed sugar cane juice (usually the seller has a machine and extracts the juice right in front of you) served with ice and a squirt of lemon juice
Grosellas - small sour fruits which are sold on the street in bags and are eaten with salt
Arroz atollado - one of Valle del Cauca's most delicious dishes, almost like a risotto with chicken, sausages and potatoes
Empanadas - corn pastries filled with meat or chicken and eaten with hot sauce (aji)
Champus - very exotic mix of pineapple , "lulo" (see below), corn and a plant called "limoncillo"... just delicious!.
Jugo de lulo or lulo juice - the most delicious of all local fruit juices
Aborrajados - fried cheese-filled plantains
Dulce de Guayaba con queso - a delicious dollop of guava paste on top of a fresh slice of local 'cuajada' cheese
Marranitas is a delicious mix of plantain with "chicharrón" (pork`s skin fried)(The best ones are in "El champus de Lola" in San Antonio hill.
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