Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Chile Lindo - 2944 - 16th St., between Mission & So. Van Ness, SFCA

   I've ridden by this place innumerable times on the 22 Fillmore bus and I decided to check it out yesterday. As you can see, it's a simple walk-up style establishment where you can dine al fresco or get it to go. Chilean empanadas are the item here, with five options including a vegan pie made with Yves Meatless Ground. All are made with homemade dough, your choice of filling, given a light egg wash and baked. If you decide to eat there, it takes about five minutes to warm them up.
  The classic empanada is the Empanada de Pino (5.5), with a filling of Niman Ranch beef, sauteed onions, raisins, black olive and hard boiled egg, seasoned with paprika, cumin, salt and pepper. If you want to jazz it up a bit you can buy some pebre, a Chilean cilantro-chile pepper condiment, for $.50.
   Another meatless option is the Empanada de Chilnaga (5.5) pictured at the bottom. This has mozzarella, cheddar and jalapeno but isn't overly hot spice wise.
   A number of coffees and teas are available, including espresso, and you can also get Inca Kola and Inca Blu, the soft drink made with purple corn.
   I like it well enough to give it a 3.5 on the Food-O-Meter. You can check out there website at:www.chilelindo.com

Posted by at 12:50 PM

3 comments:

  1. What's a 3.5 from 1 to 10? 1 to 5? don't know Food-O-Meter
    I have eaten this empanadas and from 1 to 7 I give them a 7
    they are the best around.

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  2. I give a 10 out of 10, as a chilean ive eaten a lot of
    empanadas and chile lindo's are the best.

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  3. Thanks Rafa, that's the kind of input I need. Without the benefit of having eaten them before, I really have no way of knowing what's 'good' or what's 'great'.

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