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A little dictionary of Chilean food

a la planchagrilled
a lo pobrewith fried onions, a fried egg and french fries
al pil pilwith garlic sauce
Agüitaherb tea, after meal
Albacoraalbacore
Almejasclams
Apanadobreaded
Caldilloexcellent soup
Camaronesshrimp
Cervezabeer (bottle)
Cevicheraw white fish (hake, flounder, albacore tuna) with lemon juice and onions
Choros, choritosmussels
Chupestew
CompletoHot-dog with mustard, ketchup, tomato, avocado and/or sauerkraut
Congrioconger
Cortadoespresso with steamed milk
Corvinasea trout
Erizosea urchin
Garzasmall beer
Jaivacrab
Jardín de ...mixed of...
Lenguadosole
Machas razor clams
Mariscalseafood soup
Mariscosseafood
Merluzahake
Milanéswith ham and cheese
Mote con huesillos yummy and nutritious drink: dried peaches, soaked in their own juice and served with sprouted wheat kernels
Ostionesscallops
Ostrasoysters
Paila marinafish and seafood soup
Paltaavocado
Panquequecrepes
Pastelcake or casserole
Picorocobarnacle (delicious white meat)
Pisco sourstandard aperitif in restaurants, Pisco (Chilean cognac made from muscatel grapes), lemon juice, sugar and egg white
Reinetatype of flounder
Salmónsalmon
Schopdraft beer
Vainaaperitif of port wine, sherry, egg and sugar