Sucre Day 3

Today was a more chill day. Allan had a lot of admin to catch up on for Aconcagua, and I spent some time ironing out some more details for the next couple weeks of our trip.

We also didn't want to spend very much money, because we booked a nice tasting menu for dinner for 160bob. It's a cheap dinner back home, especially for a tasting menu, but we are on a budget and don't tend to spend that much on food.

The tasting menu at Nativa was very good. It had 11 courses: 5 small 'snacks' and then 6 more dishes. It also came with 4 small cocktails, 2 small glasses of wine, and an aperitif. We were very hungry having skipped lunch, so it was hard not to gobble it all down quickly!

Out of the snacks, the empanada with pea, beef and tomato with a smoky bacon sauce was my favorite. Allan isn't sure what his favorite is, but he did enjoy our second cocktail with vodka, ginger, and passion fruit.

Out of the next 6 courses we both agree that the pea mousse, course 5, was really amazing. You'd have never known it was made with peas. It was silky smooth, no graininess, and it was sweet. The toasted nuts on top added a nice texture too. The dessert with lemongrass ice cream, lemon tumbo caramel and purple corn cookies was also very good.

The meal was entirely centered around Bolivian ingredients, traditional Bolivian food and even all of the alcohols we drank were produced in Bolivia. After last night with our cultural show and tonight with this Bolivian menu, I feel like we are gaining a well rounded insight into Bolivia.Read more