Today was my final day in La Paz, and my main plan was to have my first actual Bolivian meal.
After my friend conferred with her Bolivian boyfriend for potential eateries, they came to the unfortunate conclusion that vegetarian Bolivian food was basically just a bowl of rice.
Sadly, due to the altitude in La Paz, the rice is notoriously bad. Another French meal, it is!
I must give the Bolivians some credit though. They beat out the Paraguayans in veg options. The best Paraguay could do was chirpa, but that only counts if one chooses to ignore that one main ingredient is pig fat. Bolivia at least offers empanadas with cheese fillings. But vegetarians be forewarned: the cheese is pretty raw and pungent in the region. As my friends and I like to say, it tastes like it`s straight from the teat.
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