Peumayen Ancestral Food, Santiago, Chile

Peumayen Ancestral Food is not your typical Chilean restaurant. Their dishes will bring you to a tasting exploration of Chilean historic food. Each plate was unique and full of gourmet surprises, the combination of ingredients was something I had never tried before. The bread was amazingly delicious and extraordinary, definitely one of the highlights. The raw horse meat tasted surprisingly good too. We certainly had an amazing food experience at Peumayen. It was one of the most memorable meals we had during the trip.

Beans and Onions

Amuse Bouche- Horse Tartare (raw horse meat)

These Chilean breads were arranged geographically from where they originated, starting from the North (right) down to the South (left).

La Panera
Milcao- potato bread mixed with chicharron (lard)

North to South- (bottom to top)

1. Bread served with a mixture of quinoa, onion, herbs and spices.

2. Flat bread served with goat horn chile salsa.
3. Square bread made with a mix of banana, pineapple and coconut milk.
4. Fried potato bread
5. Pea bread
6. White bean bread
7. Wheat and barley bread with Patagonian Ulmo honey
8. Potato bread mixed with chicharron or lard

Bread served with a mixture of quinoa, onion, herbs and spices.

Starters Tasting

*Rabbit, Azapa Olives, Olluco, Ocoto
*Sweetbreads, Potato & Spinach
*Tongue Pate, Ulmo Honey, Smoked Cauliflower, Merken
*Lamb Tongue with Hazelnuts
*Achawal, Onions, Mushrooms
*Razor Clams, Cuttlefish & Seaweed

Chochoca Quelen, Oxtail

A palate cleanser of Fried Seaweed served with Avocado and Goat Horn Chili Salsa.

Food from the North

Fried Corn

A hot lava rock was put into my soup to keep it at right temperature.

Dessert Tasting

*Muña Muña Slush, Fried Goat Cheese and Quinoa
*Banana Ice Cream, Pineapple and Poe
*Squash Cream and Baked Banana
*Dried Apple, Toasted Flour, Cahuil Salt and Watercress

Muña Muña Slush, Fried Goat Cheese and Quinoa

Banana Ice Cream, Pineapple and Poe

 A refreshing and delicious dessert representing Easter Island.

Squash Cream and Baked Banana

Dried Apple, Toasted Flour, Cahuil Salt and Watercress

 

(left) The Andean condor, considered the largest flying bird in the world is the national bird of Chile. 
(right) A variety of native South American maize or corn.

Eye-popping street art in Santiago.

Restaurante Peumayen 

Providencia, Constitución 136, Santiago, 

Providencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile