Category: Local Cuisine

What time do people eat in Uruguay

Dinner time in Uruguay is …10pm??!! Revealed – Your secret weapon in the quest to make it alive to dinner in Montevideo.

June 30, 2023 9 Comments

After 12 years abroad, Uruguayan reports on Montevideo food scene

The food scene in New York City had turned Javier’s head. Would Montevideo mean having to trade great food for the luxury of time and money to enjoy it?

February 9, 2021 2 Comments

10 typical Uruguay foods you must try

Typical Uruguay foods —chivito, tira de asado, pamplona, torta frita, alfajor, dulce de leche… We go through each one, what it is and how you say it.

June 8, 2020 6 Comments

The history of the chivito – Uruguay’s gigantic steak sandwich

This classic Uruguayan sandwich is soooo good. What’s in a chivito, why does its name refer to a goat when it’s beef, and WTF is a chivito ‘canadiense’?

November 20, 2019 No Comments

5 foods you need to try at the beach in Uruguay

Looking for the best seafood in Uruguay? The cuisine of Uruguay’s most eastern province, Rocha, is chock full of fresh seafood.

February 21, 2019 No Comments

What do Uruguayans eat?

What do Uruguayans eat (and drink)? A “tourist shopping basket”—to keep prices down in vacation hot spots—reveals all. Hint. It includes whiskey.

January 29, 2019 No Comments

Breakfast is not big in Uruguay

Bizcochos, medialunas and cafe con leche or mate. The traditional breakfast in Uruguay revealed.

November 26, 2013 12 Comments