What to eat in where

* Buenos Aires: Asado (grilled meat), empanadas, dulce de leche, alfajores

* Cordoba: Chivito (goat meat), locro (stew), cuarteto (a type of folk music)

* Mendoza: Wine, empanadas, chivo (goat meat), locro (stew)

Brazil

* Rio de Janeiro: Feijoada (black bean stew), pão de queijo (cheese bread), açaí (a type of berry), caipirinha (a cocktail made with cachaça, lime, and sugar)

* São Paulo: Coxinha (a deep-fried snack made with chicken or cheese), mortadela (a type of cold cut), pastel (a type of fried pastry), brigadeiro (a chocolate truffle)

* Bahia: Acarajé (a deep-fried bean cake), moqueca (a fish stew), vatapá (a type of seafood stew), caruru (a type of okra stew)

Chile

* Santiago: Empanadas, pastel de choclo (a corn pie), porotos granados (a bean dish), cazuela (a stew)

* Valparaíso: Chorrillana (a dish made with fried potatoes, meat, and onions), empanadas, ceviche (a seafood dish made with raw fish or shellfish)

* San Pedro de Atacama: Sopaipillas (a type of deep-fried bread), humitas (a type of tamale), charquicán (a meat and potato stew)

Colombia

* Bogotá: Ajiaco (a chicken and potato soup), bandeja paisa (a dish made with rice, beans, meat, and plantains), tamales, empanadas

* Medellín: Bandeja paisa, sancocho (a type of soup), mondongo (a type of tripe soup), arepas (a type of cornmeal cake)

* Cartagena: Ceviche, coconut rice, fried fish, empanadas

Ecuador

* Quito: Locro (a potato soup), ceviche, empanadas, quimbolitos (a type of steamed cornmeal cake)

* Guayaquil: Encebollado (a fish stew), bolón de verde (a type of fried green plantain ball), ceviche, guatita (a type of tripe soup)

* Cuenca: Mote pillo (a dish made with corn, beans, and cheese), hornado (a roasted pig), tamales, cuy (guinea pig)

Paraguay

* Asunción: Sopa paraguaya (a type of cornmeal cake), chipa guazú (a type of savory bread), asado (grilled meat), empanadas

* Ciudad del Este: Asado, empanadas, chipa, tereré (a type of cold tea)

* Encarnación: Asado, empanadas, chipa, yacaré (a type of crocodile)

Peru

* Lima: Ceviche, lomo saltado (a dish made with beef, onions, tomatoes, and potatoes), aji de gallina (a chicken dish made with aji amarillo), causa (a type of potato dish)

* Cusco: Cuy (guinea pig), sopa de llauchas (a soup made with a type of wild mushroom), chicharrón (a type of fried pork), tamales

* Machu Picchu: Cuy, sopa de llauchas, chicharrón, tamales, quinoa (a type of grain)

Uruguay

* Montevideo: Asado (grilled meat), chivito (a sandwich made with goat meat), empanadas, dulce de leche

* Punta del Este: Asado, chivito, empanadas, seafood

* Colonia del Sacramento: Asado, chivito, empanadas, seafood, Portuguese cuisine

Venezuela

* Caracas: Arepas (a type of cornmeal cake), pabellón criollo (a dish made with rice, beans, meat, and plantains), empanadas, tequeños (a type of cheese-filled dough roll)

* Maracaibo: Arepas, patacón (a type of fried green plantain), cachapa (a type of corn pancake), mandocas (a type of cheese bread)

* Mérida: Arepas, trout, pabellón criollo, empanadas