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Food in Chile El Hoyo Restaurant Comida tipica

Traditional Chilean Foods, Drinks ~ terremoto cocktail, pisco sour

For traditional food in Chile El Hoyo restaurant in Santiago serves up delicious comida tipica (typical food) such as homestyle baked ribs with puree (see picture below), and cazuela with marraqueta. Treat yourself to a pitcher of the drink named for its ability to move you --wine based terremoto -- or try the typical Chilean wine drink called a pisco sour, or an espresso. See also Chile Fruits, and fresh fish and seafoods. I'd come to the El Hoyo for lunch after a trip to the wineries in the Casablanca Valley, with my guide and I comparing Chile foods to food in Canada. Her descriptions of the traditional food from Chile made her nostalgic for comfort foods, and so she found El Hoyo online, read the menu and off we went.

In Santiago, El Hoyo restaurant serves traditional Chilean food

El Hoyo restaurant exterior view of long time dining room in Santiago Chile.

For traditional Chilean food (comida tipica), we went to El Hoyo, in Santiago. The restaurant is located just a few blocks from the Metro Central Station.

This homey establishment has been in business since 1912, and is still a busy, friendly spot for good food. After my trip, I found the restaurant's web site that my guide had used, and it's published in English (See El Hoyo details).

See also this llink for googemaps for El Hoyo at 375 San Vicente Santiago Chile.

Traditional Food in Chile El Hoyo Homestyle Ribs with Pure

Plate of typical Food in Chile El Hoyo homestyle ribs with mashed potatoes called pure.

Many foods at El Hoyo are ordered a la carte, so you choose a meat, vegetable or salad, and starch. This meal of homestyle ribs came with a generous serving of creamy mashed potatoes on top of rich brown gravy.

The food was seasoned with salt, and served as a whole, very tender, piece. I was pleasantly surprised to find throughout Chile (and Argentina) very tasty mashed potatoes.

These mashed potatoes are shown on menus as pure (poor-ay), and are mashed with oil or sour cream, and seasoned with herbs like dill. I liked them so well that now at home, I always make mashed potatoes in the Chilean fashion.

Terremoto Drink at El Hoyo ~ Signature wine drink

Pitcher of terremoto at El Hoyo, a wine and ice cream drink house speciality.

A specialty signature drink at El Hoyo makes pitchers full of Terremoto, a combination of the new wine called pipeno (pip-AIN-yo), pineapple juice and vanilla ice cream. The El Hoyo website lists the history as going back over 50 years since they first created the cool and creamy drink.

Solo diners can order a smaller version of Terremoto, called Temblor which means 'aftershock'.

My guide also told me about a beer made from grapes called chicha, noting that, in the south of Chile, chicha is made from apples. And while I am talking about beer, very good traditional style beer as you'd find in North America is widely available.

 

More Pictures of Food from Chile ~ Click a Picture and go!

Crusty Chile bread called marraquetta. Typical chilean food called cazuela, made with beef or chicken. Cup of coffee on a tray with a cookie, typical in Chile. A market in Santiago Chile with local fruit and vegetables piled high.Local seafoods typical of Chile, served on a platter as a sampler. Snow glaciers on volcano in southern Chile. Image of napkins in a wine glass - index for chile foods pages*


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