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[Brynita]

Evansmith, my explanation for that would be that restauranteurs cater to public tastes in whatever location they're in. No country other than Chile has MacDonald's that offer a MacPalta burger. But in India, my bf tells me you can't even get a beef burger, but you can order any veggie or lamb buger with different kinds of chutneys--at MacDonald's!

So we know that Chileans aren't really into spicy food, they don't like combining salado and dulce, and although they eat some things us gringos might consider exotic, they aren't into really "weird" foreign foods like bamboo or strange mushrooms and stuff. If I were Chinese, I might want people to experience real Chinese food, but if no one was coming to my restaurant, I would either have to shut down, or change the menu to suit them, right?

Tiolee, I think you have a point about us all knowing what we're getting into when we go to live abroad. Living in Chile doesn't mean totally going without the foreign foods I love, but it also does provide me with the opportunity to learn to appreciate the more "simple" foods and super fresh ingredients.

[tiolee]

chileans in disguise

[tiolee]

chileans in disguise,

[tiolee]

yes i agree with what u said there bry.

I went into macs while down south and the palta thing took me by surprise. I have eaten palta all my life, and even have my wife and kids on it, she is not chilean, but the palta burger and the huge sandwich i ate in vina which had more palta than anyhting else took me by surprise.

I did not expect a non chilean compnay to cater for it. Also its weird but in all the time i have been in chile not ONE relative has ever made me palta.

I also dont think chileans take to spicy food, my wife is african and says our food is bland. In my family rice with carrots and sweetcorn was "exotic".

Also palat is not guacamole, i was given that once in england and nearly choked, mexicans for u.

It is not a good thing nor a bad thing , its just their way. Being a chilean who grew up and was educated en el estranjero, no word for abraod in chile to estranjero=starnger I also find myself comparing stores to their counterparts in the west. Which is dumb I guess as then it would not be worth going anywhere abroad and i may as well stay in england all the time.

while i grew up in england my parents used chilean product names for itemsd we bought here, even though they had western names such as

omo for washing up powder, all washing powder in my parents is called omo regardless , so when i first went home i was shocked to see "western goods" such as omo in chile and thought "wow, chile is just like england"

it still happens now.

I have asked if there is any kebab shops in chile as i do like asian food.
(asian in england means india, pakistan not thailand etc.)

i even plan to take some spices from here when i go in november to make some curries.

if anyone knows of a kebab shop or wants to "meet and eat" best way to get to know someone i think,

* just paid my flight, chile here i come*

long i know, sorry, its demonic

[-Stu-]

Apparently there's a kebab shop in Provi somewhere. There's a fab Bangladeshi restuarant up by Salvador in Provi (thanks to Eileen for that info.)

For tasty, and spicy, food I would recommend checking out some of the Peruvian restaurants down by the Plaza De Armas. The food is really tasty and the Peruvians aren't afraid to add some spice to help the flavours along.

[evansmith]

[littlealtman1]

How about salons? I want to get my hair dyed when I get to Santiago. Does anyone know about rates and availability of decent hair action?

[Ai]

I always crave Hershey's chocolate syrup. Has anyone seen that around Santiago?

[Ally J]

Good to know that some of my favorite goods are available in Chile if I am in dire need. However, I realized I don't have a great idea of general prices in Chile. How much is say...
a movie?
dinner?
drinks?
entrance to a club?
(In pesos-I can do the conversions)

Information I have found at home seems outdated. Its always best to ask the people already living there.

Thanks,
Ally

[linjono]

lkj

[cota]

[Ai]