Beer from Stier

I spent this morning wandering  around La Cancha taking photos of the colourful and busy marketplace.

Arriving home, I prepared our own version of an almuerzo completo, comprising salad, a soup, and a slightly weird segundo of veggie meat, roast potatoes and green beans. I am far from being an expert in preparing fake meat and miss the tasty simulacra of SE Asia - what is their secret?

Colourful salad

Soup looks a bit grey

Faux meat fail

Of course, being in Bolivia, there had to be cake.

It didn't survive the journey home well

In the afternoon, we caught up with some friends from home via Skype and shared a virtual beer. Being in the UK, their variety and selection of craft beer caused great envy in us, but we did manage a reasonable range from local Cochabamba brewery, Stier.

Stier's beers

From strawberry to honey, via a wheat, an IPA, and a stout brewed with quinoa, the quality was good by Bolivian standards, but lacked the refinement of international beers available in North America, Europe, Australia or New Zealand.