Cooking Paraguay
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Chipa is sweet yuca bread baked with eggs and cheese. Chipa Soo is stuffed with meat. Albondigas (meatball soup) are consumed everywhere in the country, as well as Soyo - meat and vegetable soup. "Empanadas" are unavoidable, stuffed with cheese, beans or meat. Heart of palm is a classic. Taste the beef, it is excellent (but choose a high standard restaurant in which to enjoy it). Do not forget to eat some Asado - a preparation of grilled beef, chicken, pork and lamb. It is generally served with cheese bread, salad and manioc. Mosto, or sugar cane juice, and maté, a type of bitter tea, are some of the local drinks. The hierba de Maté infusion is the traditional drink of the gauchos. It can be drank cold (terere) or hot (cocido).