Food

Bolivia has a diversity of geographical zones with varied climate, culture and food. Bolivian cuisine has great variety of dishes mainly meat, fish and poultry blended with herbs and spices. The diet also consists of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Some traditional dishes include Majao which is a rice dish with eggs,beef and fried banana, ‘Silpancho’ meat served with rice and potatoes, Pacumutu is a rice dish with grilled beef, fried yucca and cheese, ‘Saltenas’ and ‘Empanadas’ which are meat or vegetable pies, ‘Locro’ is a soup made with rice, chicken and banana and ‘Chicharron de Pacu’ made with the local Pacu fish, rice and yucca.

Alcoholic beverages include beer and wine along with local specialties like 'Singanis' a kind of pisco and Chicha(fermented maize). Non-alcoholic beverages include 'Api' and 'Zomo' made with sweetened Flour of maize, boiled in water with cinnamon and a host of tropical fruit juice drinks.

The larger cities have excellent restaurants including Mc Donald’s, serving a variety of international cuisines.

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