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[โ€“] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There are some similarities across the northern South American foods. Chicha is like a kind of atole sweetened with condensed milk in Venezuela for instance. The round pastries looked kind of like pandebono which is a Colombian bread made with cheese to give it a chewy mochi-like consistency. I've never been to South America but I like to try out their foods whenever possible and all I can say is it can vary a lot from restaurant to restaurant.

[โ€“] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cool. The variety down here, even just in my neighborhood, is amazing.

The drink is a sweetened juice made from purple corn and a lot of the shops here add rosa de Jamaica, hibiscus florets.

The picarones are the softest, fluffiest dough rings I've ever had made from squash and sweet potatoes, they're insaaaane!

I'm going to go search for some beef now, they have crazy good ribs here.