We went to the Mercado Central, hoping to see fresh produce in similar quantities and quality to that of Temuco. However, it is a much smaller venue and is predominantly for fish, and even more so, fish restaurants aimed at tourists with touts vying for business every second step. Not to be detererred and determined to sit down to one of the local fish dishes so lauded by our 'good book' we dodged the touts and found a small restaurant at the side of the market, where actual Chileans (yes, really) were dining. I had a type of 'cazuela de Mariscos,' literally shellfish caserole, that had no less than 9 different types of seafood in it ...clams, cockels, scallops, octopus, mussels were the ones I could name. A couple of them were quite difficult to swallow, not least beacuase they were so peculiar and I didn't recognise them, let alone know their names - it was however, delicious. Robin played it safe and had salmon. Wimp!
Hannah
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