Uruguayans adore to eat and dining is an essential part of the country’s culture, with meal times bringing friends and family together to enjoy light-hearted banter and the exchange of accounts of happenings in one another’s lives. That’s among reasons most of Uruguay hotels to possess fantastic gastronomic restaurants. Lunch is the big meal of the day as well as the time when the most effort is given to the dining experience. Interesting fact is that in Uruguay lunch breaks last two hours, giving workers a opportunity to make it home to dine with their households. In the evening most people choose just light dinner.
The country’s cuisine of course is influenced by its European background having Spanish dishes and approaches to cooking having assimilated their way into the Uruguayan kitchen, as well as influences from countries such as France and Italy and Germany too. Meat is wide used in common dishes, with beef being the most popular variety used.
While you are on a holiday in Uruguay you don’t have to miss taste: the spinach pie dish known as pascualina, the grilled steak dish known as churrasco, the meat platter called parrillada, the breaded steak dish known as Milanesa and also the fish pie dish known as empanada gallega.
Italian dishes are also very popular in Uruguay because of the influence of Italian immigrants. Pasta of each form can be found, served with all the usual sauce variations along with the popular Caruso sauce, a domestic creation comprising onions, meat extract, double cream, ham and mushrooms.
Restaurants in Uruguay are reasonable in prices and in tourist destinations including Montevideo and Punta del Este, you’ll find a great amount of them. Near almost all of the hotels in Uruguay you will find a suitable place to taste the exceptional Uruguay cuisine. The quality of food can be high but the authenticity might be questionable as some tailoring of dishes to suit foreign palates might go on. If you want to be guaranteed that you are getting traditional Uruguayan cuisine then make the effort to wander off the beaten track a little and track down all those eateries which are frequented largely by the locals. Here you’ll not only find essentially the most authentically prepared food but also the perfect prices.
Shopping possibilities in Uruguay are great in case you are looking for locally made handicrafts. The region has a large choice of markets in which you can find all manner of items from artworks to textiles to edible goods. If you are trying to find souvenirs, then it’s these venues that should be your first port of call.
A vast assortment of leather products can be found both at the markets and at regular retail outlets and include the obvious such as footwear and belts to table mats, wallets and purses, handbags, jackets and numerous items for the home.
If it’s brand names and chain stores that you are looking for, then Montevideo is the perfect place to head. Uruguay’s capital city is home to a variety of four shopping malls in which visitors will find popular clothing brand stores and also electrical goods retailers and accessory shops. Prices tend to be on the high side for anything branded, especially if it’s been imported.
Supermarket shopping is available at Devoto, the country’s answer to Tesco, Wal-Mart, Carrefour etc. Branches can be found in Montevideo and sell the typical range of consumer goods.
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