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Originally known as Rumi Hausi ("stone house" in Aymara), this restaurant miraculously transfers Bolivian cuisine to Sunnyside with every element intact, including tiny freeze-dried potatoes known as chuños. Sample a mutton and cabbage boiled dinner (thimpu); mock rabbit of heaped beef cutlets (falso conejo); or a combo platter named after the capital (plato paceño).
Forget Mexican Coke, that south-of-the-border version of Coca-Cola sweetened with pure cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. Leave it to Bolivia to come out with an even more authentic cola,... More »
Who invented freeze-drying? Some scientist at Kraft or General Foods, you think? Wrong! This seemingly high-tech endeavor was perfected millennia ago by South American Aymara Indians, who cultivated over 200 varieties of potato on the Titicaca... More »
The Bolivian twist on the empanada is known as the salteña, and it boasts a braided spine, a crisp and achiote-tinted crust, and a filling that's much juicier than a regular empanada's. As such, it should be eaten with a fork to avoid dry-cleaning bills. There are only two Bolivian restaurants and one deli in town, as far as I can tell, and my favorite place to score salteñas is Sunnyside's bakery-cum-restaurant, MI BOLIVIA. More »
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