Hello everyone! As I have mentioned in my previous blog post, I travel a lot to Chile and stay in Vina del Mar. I'm not going to lie- I love it here. I love the fact that everything is close by so I don't necessarily need a car to get around and the beach is legit walking distances from where I'm staying, so that's amazing. Since I frequently travel back here I have a list of my go to places to eat that I love so if anyone is ever around here (you never know) I would highly recommend to stop by these places and give them a try.
1.
Africa
*Located-Calle ValparaÃso 324, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
I love this restaurant. To be honest the name caught my attention along with the animals that were on the roof of the building. My boyfriend said it burned down a few years ago and they restored it but never added the other animals that were once there. He loves this place so with that said I had to try. This place has the BEST- yes- the best sandwiches ever. I've tried other things on the menu as well but hands down the sandwich is the best. It consists of homemade bread, juicy sautéed meat and melted cheese. Bam! thats it, and that's all it needs. My favourite by far.
2.
Cevasco
*Located- ValparaÃso 700, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
Chile is known for many things, like their culture, food, wine and it's beatufuil beaches, but I've been told I had to try this specific place's hot dogs. In Chile hot dog is something that people lean more to rather than a burger. I don't know what it was but I wanted more after I finished my first one. Is that bad? lol. The one I tried was the
'American' hot dog which consisted of your hotdog, avocado, tomatoes and mayo. The condiments here don't taste the same from the ones back home so I'm guessing that's why the taste was so interesting. Oh and of course everywhere I go I ask for hot sauce. I must say Chile's hot sauces didn't disappoint.
3.
Anayak
*Located- Quinta 134, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
Andres brought me here on one of our first dates in Chile, and it holds a special place in my heart. The food, the people, the ambience of this place has a lot of history which makes it very beautiful. Around 7pm people in Chile have something called "once" which is basically 'tea time'. Families gets together and have tea/coffee with something to eat like a bread with eggs, avocado or even cheese and ham and pastries. We always come here and order "once complete" on the menu which consists of freshly pressed juice, a ham and cheese grilled sandwich, a cup of ice cream (they have a list of flavours to choose from), tea latte or cafe latte, a slice of cake (your choice) and cookies. I mean that's a lot for one person and it's only $10 dollars. You can't go wrong. The cake is my favourite part lol.
4.
Fika
*Located- Libertad 960, Av. Benidorm 650, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
We recently discovered this place and I'm so happy we did! Our waiter had mentioned that the owners lived in Sweden for years and decided to move back to Chile and open a cafe here with a similar style from Sweden. Besides the fact that theres live jazz music playing in the background which I really loved, they also have a small book store right beside it. We ended up ordering a tea latte, peach juice, a ham and cheese panini and a chocolate cake to split. The food here is really good aswell and very afforable. Where ever I go I like to order a coffee late or a tea latte, and compare to them to others that I've had here. I must say that I have really enjoyed all the ones that I have tried and I can't complain. The only difference would have to be the size comparison which in that case, Fika's serving is much bigger than the others.
5.
Xurros Cafe
*Located- Av 14 Norte 880 - 88 Tercer piso, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
The name says it all. I love churros and this places really stuffs their churros with with the best filling ever- manjar, which is commonly known as dulce de leche. They also stuff their churros with jam and chocolate as well. For those who aren't a fan of stuffed churros they also offer non stuffed churros with ice cream on the side which is also very good, but who am I kidding... bring on the manjar! lol. Those are my favourite.
6.
Bravissimo
*Located- San MartÃn 302, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
The best ice cream I've had in Chile has to be from this place. I'm a little embarrassed to admit we stop by there quite frequently lol. Plus the view in this place is the best.
7.
Don Bife
*Located- Mall Marina Arauco, Tercer Piso Local 86, 14 Norte 880, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
This place is great and their meats are so good and juicy. The only down fall is that it doesn't come with a side order, if you want one you have to order it separate so it gets a little pricey but honestly is so worth.
8.
Mokka Cafe
*Located- Av. Libertad 1348, Local 130, Viña del Mar, Región de ValparaÃso*
This cafe is actually located inside of the mall. At the moment we were craving something sweet so when we passed by and noticed that they served cake, we needed to try it. For the record we have a very big sweet tooth and we love cake period lol. So we are always trying out cakes at local cafes here. The cake that caught out attention is called
Hojarsca. We saw that it had chocolate and dulce de leche in it and we were sold.
The only photo he got of me that night lol.
9.
La Moneda De Oro
*Located- Bernardo O'Higgins 1252, ValparaÃso, Región de ValparaÃso*
Chile is known for their seafood, so when I found out this restaurant had one of the best cooked fish, I needed to try it. Safe to say I loved it and have gone back every since. I always get a fish called '
Rienta' which is
tender and taste amazing. I've tried it fried and also oven cooked. I'm not a fan of fried fish but this one was to die for. When ever I order fish I liked to accompany it with fresh veggies or a salad. This place is excellent for tourists to visit as it really captures the essences of Chile offering so many traditional Chilean dishes.
Hope you guys enjoyed!
xoxo,
