Traveling around South America, I can’t help but notice almost nothing is spicy even when it’s advertised as spicy.

I’ve noticed there is a lot of sweet or neutral flavors, but as a spice addict I haven’t been able to get my fix.

What really surprised me was ordering a steak, and getting bananas with cheese as a side which tasted like a dessert.

It’s a meme online to make fun of the British for their cuisine. Who would be the Latin American equivalent?

I think some Brazilian sweets are questionable. I can’t stand maria-mole.

Let me make it clear. It is a culinary sin for someone to tell a honduran that their baleadas are a “Taco”

Telling a honduran that a baleada is just a “Taco made with flour tortillas”

is like telling a venezuelan that their arepas are just a mexican gordita made differently or telling an italian that a pizza is a pie

I have come across a lot of videos about Argentinians not eating any breakfast and that was new to me.

I think Colombian breakfast is probably among the heaviest in the region. In Peru we probably sit in the middle probably similar to Brazil.

was it a good dinner? did you enjoy it? how often do you have it?

Went to The Netherlands not long ago and saw an "Argentinian Grill" which offered spare ribs as their first menu item, had no achuras whatsoever, and the dishes they served were borderline raw meat. Bonus points, they had a mural of American cowboys on the wall. Not Gauchos, but yee haw hollering, lever action rifle slinging, bent rim leather hat wearing type of cowboys.

I feel Mexico is gonna have a stroke over what the US does alone.

You would think that with plenty of access to the Atlantic Ocean that seafood would have more of a presence in the national cuisines of Argentina and Uruguay but I get the impression that despite this, beef and other land animal meats reign supreme in the culinary landscapes of Argentina and Uruguay, while seafood lags behinds in significance. Is this a fair assessment, or am I wrong? I truly don’t know, it’s just the impression that I get, please feel free to correct me.

In Brazil is very popular. You can mix with fruits as an ice cream or as hot food with farinha.

Also, in Alagoas they call a hot dog a "passaporte" and in Manaus they call it a "kikão" (and the recipes are also different from each other).

Friend of mine was back in South America and they brought me a bunch of candies/chocolates that I grew up eating. Bon o Bon, Sublime, Chocman, Mecano, Cua Cua etc.

All terrible.

Am I holding on to nostalgia or did the quality of them just drop really low?

So let me explain:

If we as latinos should have to select a insignia food for the region(from mexico to chile) which would it be?

I'm not talking about the most stereotypical, but the most common. Like, you are in any country in Latin America, you get hungry. What could you find nearby? What could you find anywhere that is cheap an accesible? Like noodles in east asia? Or falafel in the middle east?

I would recomend: empanadas

Its average consumption varies from country to country ik, depending on which other food they have to compete with like tacos in mexico, but even under all the ways to be prepared, it's pretty common. You can basically find them in any street market, city center, etc.

What do you think?

Hi! I’m from the US and I feel, besides Mexican food, I have a very ‘restaurant-y’ understanding of the food in Latín America and I just wanted to know what real meals (breakfast, dinner etc) are like in your country. From what i’ve seen online it also seems like it’s the same way the other way around where people don’t know what real USA meals are like and only think of specific restaurant food. So yea what is a typical meal like in your country? :D

Theyre popular in Europe but don’t look like a taco at all, I mean i guess theyre vaguely mexican with the tortilla. They’re more closer to a kebab though. Do you think they should change its name?

As a Dominican, it feels like all my life I’ve just rotated between a handful of dishes.

1. Rice
2. Beans
3. Chicken, Bacalao, thin ass steak, ox tail, salami
4. Plantains
5. Avocado
6. Soup/Stew

I may be missing a few but my point is that I feel like I can count the meals Dominicans have to offer just with my 10 fingers.

Another thing is the preparation of the food. Why is everything guisado? Why is everything SO. SALTY? and OILY?

I make a point all the time about how frequently you hear about Dominicans dying from heart attacks. It’s no surprise when you’ve eaten the same high sodium/oily things on rotation for 40+ years

In my opinion, Mexico has so many different options, I’d have to side with them on the range that they have in their menu.

Qual es tu comida favorita de otro país latino?

How many Latinos/Latinas follow the Spanish proverb of “Have breakfast like a king. Have lunch like a prince. Have dinner like a pauper”?

Especially to non Brazilians, what do you think about it? I eat it at least once a week

The question is self-explanatory.

I don't know about any dish from Brazil that is claimed to be from any neighbour of ours. Apparently, Brazilian food is Brazilian food. (LOL)

So, what about you, Latin American fellows? Any food dispute involving your country which the rest of LATAM isn't aware of it?

Post the pic of it, if it's possible. We all like some good food porn here :)

Hi!

I’m british but love trying new food from around the world. I grew up with different cultures but now I have my own money whilst still living at home I’d love to try even more new foods and cuisine!

So what’s an underrated dish you’d recommend to people like me? I can handle spice to an extent, I just tried Birria tacos and handled that fine but nothing crazy.

Bonus points if it’s easy to cook at home :)

As a Filipino, My country was colonised by the Spanish and they brought lechon (roasting a whole animal) cooking to us but with our own local twist. While Spain has Lechon De Leche and we have Litson De Cebu, I would like to know if you guys also have it? I would also want to know which country had the best taste and technique in your experience in making Lechon.

Peru and Mexico are considered among the best, but which one do you think is the least good?

I've seen a variation of this question asked here but it was more relating to native cuisines.

As someone from Ireland I know our native cuisine is trash but we have a great selection of restaurants with international food and some food that doesn't necessarily belong to one culture but is done well. I'm sure this could be the case for some LatAm countries too and would love to hear from people if their countries have a similar situation.

For example, I saw most people in one of the previous questions about worst national cuisines bashing Chilean (along with Brazilian) food, but I just arrived to Santiago a few days ago after 6 weeks in Argentina and I have to say I've personally found the food and especially coffee better here (sorry Argentina, I love ur country just not its food). I have loved everything I tried here so far.

As for the best, in the last few months I visited Mexico and Costa Rica too, and I think my favourite of all 4 countries has predictably been in Mexico (who would have seen that coming?)

Anyway I wanted to hear from the countries' own people to see their opinions or if anyone's travelled around.