Finally we went. We have waited one and half year in Chile to know better the country before going. The place is nice, classy, the service is by far the best you can find in Chile, very professional, no waiting, really great. Outside you can see your Patagonia’s lamb gently grilling on a wood fire….
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De Patio, highlights the Chilean products with a mixed touch of Asia and Nouvelle Cuisine
We went to De Patio restaurant last week for a casual weekend lunch. I met the chef Benjamin once when I made bao together with the chef of the restaurant La Calma. People said a lot nice things about De Patio restaurant, and the short exchange with Benjamin gave me even more desire to taste…
Karai, the ultimate Nikkei cuisine in Santiago
Only 3 weeks since the opening, but the restaurant is already fantastic. It may have to do with chief Mitsuharu Tsumura spending weeks in Santiago to work on this new restaurant. Indeed about half the menu is composed of Maido‘s original dishes (Maido has just been granted the title of best restaurant in Latin America by…
Where to eat in Santiago de Chile
From nowhere 10 years ago I visited Chile and had a very hard time when it came to meal time. We ended more often than not in the bar of the hotel or in the sushi shop in front of the office. There were many cheap but disappointing restaurants. Eating looked like a necessity; the…
La Calma, the great passion for the sea
The story of La Calma began with Gabriel Layera, with his passion of sea produce, he founded La Caleta Chile, a small business who works with independent fishers and provides seafood products freshly out the sea to the most famous restaurants in Santiago, like Ambrosía, 99 Restaurante, Naoki, Osaka…, thanks to him, eat “pesca del dia” (fish…
I-Ching, my choice of Chinese restaurant in Santiago
Before going to I-Ching, I have tried several Chinese restaurants in Santiago, and they are all very disappointing, the dishes are not tasty, too much MSG, bad quality for the ingredients… So I was desperate until a friend from HongKong talked about I-Ching, so I would like to give a last chance before saying “the…
Ambrosía, perfect to enjoy special occasions
Ambrosía has been one of our priorities on our to do list when settling down in Santiago. The Chef Carolina Bazán has been working during one year in the restaurant Frenchie of Gregory Marchand in France and we feel this influence of bistronomy in her realization. But the atmosphere is far from a French Bistro: it is…
Etienne Marcel, the French patisserie all in finesse
If you have no idea where to have a tea time with good sweet treats, I recommend this French patisserie hiden in a calm street in the Ñuñoa at Santiago. Here you can find French style patisseries like macarons (their special), éclairs, tart… but also some viennoiserie like pain au chocolat, croissant or baguette. The place…
Pad Thai, the place for spicy lovers
Honestly, I didn’t hope to eat a good thaï food in Santiago because I found the people here are not yet getting used to spicy and hot food. So we went there because “why not, let’s try it”! And actually, the food is not as traditional as the one in Thailand, of course, but it’s OK. For…
La Misión, Wine and food going great
La Misión, situated in Vitacura at Santiago is a place where you can taste a very large range of Latin american wine. Actually, “Misión” is the name of first grape cultivated in Latam. So we start our lunch with a biodynamic wine tasting, two red wines and one white wine. Then come the first course,…
La Mar, peruvian seafood in Santiago
La Mar is situate beside the Parque Bicentenario at Vitacura in Santiago, and it’s a good adress to eat seafood.The restaurant is chic, spacious and luminous, but a little noisy with the music and the people speaking loudly. For the starter, we took a tasting of 4 different ceviches : classic, mixed, nikkei, they were all…
La Popular Pizza y Pan, making the most of their delicious bread dough
They have a great passion for the dough, the one with sourdough specifically, and this passion results in creating La Popular Pizza y Pan. A panaderia in the area of Francisco Bilbao in Santiago, where you can find different varieties of sourdough breads (3000-3500 Chilean pesos each) : the nature one with white flour, the…
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