Sandwich Barros Luco

I try to eat lunch out with the kids on Wednesdays when they have a half day. Santiago has an abundance of sushi restaurants but they only serve rolls and most of the rolls are a variation on cream cheese (not sure what that is about - Dan? Yukari?), salmon, and avocado. We tried one once with mixed results so yesterday I searched out a "typical" restaurant that served Chilean food. The one we picked had many of the Nana's creations but also had the typical sandwich, the Barros Luco. It has strips of beef and melted cheese. It was named after a former president, Ramón Barros Luco, who always asked for this sandwich. His cousin, senator Barros Jarpa, asked instead for sandwiches with ham and cheese which are called - can you guess? - Barros Jarpa.

Jonathan tried one and somehow ate the whole thing .I found out later by observation that Chileans eat the Barros Luco with a knife and fork - definitely makes sense! Renee sandwich miga de jamon y queso (don't tell Instituto Hebreo or my father ;-) ) which is basically squooshy white bread toasted with ham and cheese, and Elisa had a hot dog without the tomato, mayonnaise or avocado ;-) It looked pretty bare in it's bun but she didn't want it Chilean style.