We have such a comfy bed in our little apartment at Hotel Orly. Although the shower is really small and I get water everywhere. We decide to be lazy. We consider going to Astrid y Gaston for lunch, one of the 10 best restaurants in the world according to LAN Airlines magazine. We’ve been to the original Astrid y Gaston in Lima and loved it! (In factor was the ONLY good thing about Lima, Peru!) But Howard just wants something easy so we decide on lunch at Liguria, the place we loved at the beginning of the trip. It will save my knee because it’s close. The weather is beautiful–it’s a wonderful spring day.
Our server at Liguria is such a nice lady. We enjoy Pisco Sours as we look through the daily specials. She suggests a warm goat cheese starter with really nice bread and rolls. I have beef ribs with polenta (Asado de Tira con Polenta) and Howard has veal cutlets (Escalopa con Hojas). We enjoy Carmenere wine with our deliscious lunch. Our dessert, recommended by our server, is a surprise!
It is Mote con Huesillo: a drink of sugar syrup; cooked, husked wheat; and stewed dried peaches. This drink is sold by vendors on the street and is considered a Chilean institution.
We are full and satisfied. We enjoy more relaxation time at the apartment including a nap for me. At about 7pm we go back to the Liguria bar for Pisco Sours for me and red wine for Howard. I take our leftover meat from lunch to give to the sad street dogs we saw the night before but there is still too much going on for them to find an overnight sleeping spot.