Bolivian Spanish word
el silpancho
Meaning: Cochabamba's signature breaded-beef dish
How it is used in Bolivia
A wide, thin breaded beef cutlet over rice and potatoes, topped with a fried egg and fresh onion-tomato salsa. Cochabamba is proud of its table, planning the day around a silpancho lunch is something locals would fully endorse.
Rice and potato under a wide, paper-thin breaded beef cutlet, topped with fried egg and a tomato-onion sarza. Born in Cochabamba and treated as identity: ordering it in a pensión is the classic first taste of the city. In this story it's pinned at a fictional Bs 35, real menus set their own prices.
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