And we thought the completo was incredible... This is the Lomito. The Chilean mammoth sandwich which is typically stacked with hot pork and slathered with toppings in the same manner as the completo. Tomatoes, mayonnaise and of course palta (guacamole). They have other toppings but Henry and I each chose the traditional Italiano.
We were told Fuente Alemana had the best lomitos in Santiago so that’s where we headed. This restaurant has been open for years and apparently many of the women working there today are many of the ladies who started working at the restaurant when it first opened over 40 years ago! I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of lomitos those ladies have made?!
So you belly up to the bar (if you can find an empty stool- its quite the popular spot not only for tourists but locals as well) and one of the women comes to take your order. She then proceeds over to the center islands to whip up this hefty sandwich.
There isn't even any meat on that yet and it's already larger than the average sandwich.
Scrumptious.
The aftermath... and a true Chilean just beyond, finishing every last bite of his.
Though we didn’t really have any more room in our bellies, we ignored our "I’m stuffed" symptoms and headed just down the street for some gelato from Emporio la Rosa. It’s a small café next to the park that offers some out of this world gelato. Henry had some sort of berry flavor and I had naranja jengibre which is orange gelato with little pieces of spicy ginger throughout – it’s officially my new favorite flavor.
That's my "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" face.
We enjoyed our ice cream, stuffed bellies and each others company on a delightful walk through the park.
Awww! I love the last photo. I want to see green grass so badly...I heard a prediction that we are going to get another 21-30 inches of snow by the end of March.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I hope you are figuring out how to make all of these crazy things here so we can have a Santiago inspired night. I wonder why gelato is never as good in the US? I think we ate gelato twice a day in Italy.
Great post. Restaurant looks like a Subway on steroids. That is quite a sandwich. With sandwiches like these I guess Chileans only have to eat once a day. That's a lot of food.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for warm weather here. It comes and goes. One day 60 next day 30.
Yum!!!! And what a great way to spend an afternoon....love the last pic!!! I can't imagine beating the gelato in Italy.
ReplyDeleteUmm, your shadow is getting a little WIDE there, Henry...
ReplyDeleteJenn, your shadow looks just fine :)