by Eileen | Sep 27, 2014 | chile, food, home, language, santiago, shopping, spanish
As you may know, I grew up in New York. And my parents were adventurous eaters. I have fond memories of walking through neighborhoods far from home where my father would hold up different food items in a store and ask simple questions. “Soak first?” or...
by Eileen | Feb 1, 2014 | chile, coffee, food and drink, hit or miss
Back by popular demand (okay, one person asked for it), I’ve got a hit or miss for you. First, a miss, with a qualifier. I was on the fifth comuna of a 5-comuna tour, with meetings and visits and such all over town, so I needed this to be good. I needed it to be...
by Eileen | Oct 23, 2013 | coffee, food, food and drink, hit or miss, santiago, tea
Two cafés or “small bite” places (since one has no coffee), Había una Vez in Recoleta, and Chicken Tea, in República. Hits are self-explanatory. Misses are places I wouldn’t put at the top of my list. Adjectives describing hit and miss used at my...