el huerto a 'huerto' is an orchard. i'm not a vegetarian but i'm not a huge carnivore either. i'm surprised you've had trouble finding vegetarian food. it's always plentiful in most restaurants. if you specifically ask for vegetarian food, many people will just think you want a salad since they don't often notice when the food they make contains no meat, like the lentils, or "porotos con riendas" (beans and noodles) to give you two examples. i don't know what you mean about not liking chilean salads. they're the best salads i ever had. there's nothing better than a tomatoe and onion salad. the beets are really good too. ¿have you tried the bean salads? they're grrrreat! whatever your reasons, i always pitty strict vegetarians b/c they miss out on the best part of any country's cuisine. you really don't get the full experience of travelling in a country since so much of the country's tradition revolves around the food they eat. you are what you eat, as they say. good luck with the rest of your trip and i hope you eat well outside of santiago.
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a 'huerto' is an orchard. i'm not a vegetarian but i'm not a huge carnivore either. i'm surprised you've had trouble finding vegetarian food. it's always plentiful in most restaurants. if you specifically ask for vegetarian food, many people will just think you want a salad since they don't often notice when the food they make contains no meat, like the lentils, or "porotos con riendas" (beans and noodles) to give you two examples. i don't know what you mean about not liking chilean salads. they're the best salads i ever had. there's nothing better than a tomatoe and onion salad. the beets are really good too. ¿have you tried the bean salads? they're grrrreat! whatever your reasons, i always pitty strict vegetarians b/c they miss out on the best part of any country's cuisine. you really don't get the full experience of travelling in a country since so much of the country's tradition revolves around the food they eat. you are what you eat, as they say. good luck with the rest of your trip and i hope you eat well outside of santiago.