Come and taste Cali! Discover typical authentic food found on the streets!

I will take you through a list of food spots that I've personally chosen for their authenticity, price, and taste of course.
We will cover a good range of food & snacks: from hots to colds, solids to beverages, sweet to salty, stores & street vendors, national and local, fried to baked, fruits to meats, and everything in between.

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Our route will be the following.

STOP 1: Bakery
Good colombian bread. Local option: pandebono (corn, yuca and cheese bread). There are also options with guava sweet or milk caramel, coconut, cheese, sausage, and even coffee.
People spend on average here between: 2.000 - 10.000 pesos

BONUS intermmediate stop (only during weekdays): fried chip plantains, potato chips, and salchipapa. People spend on average here between: 5.000 - 15.000 pesos

STOP 2: salty fried goods + juices
Empanada: fried corn crust, meat and potato inside. (celiac)
Papa aborrajada: loaf of potato with a crusting.
Papa rellena: potato with rice and meat inside.
Marranita: sweet plantain with fried pork inside.
Aborrajado: sweet plantain with cheese inside (veggie)
Champús: beverage with corn, pineapple, lulo, bitter orange leaves and cinnamon sticks.
Lulada: beverage with lulo, ice and condensed milk.
Juices of assorted fruits.
People spend on average here between: 5.000 - 25.000 pesos

BONUS intermmediate stop (only during weekdays): chontaduro, fruit & juice. People spend on average here between: 2.000 - 10.000 pesos.

STOP 3: ice with fruits (everything veggie and gluten free!)
Raspado: scraped ice with blackberry syrup
Cholado: same as above + assortment of 10 fruits + ice cream
Cholado explosión cítrica: scraped ice with green mango syrup + assortment of acid and citric fruits.
Lulada: beverage with lulo, ice and condensed milk.
Maracuyada: beverage with passion fruit, ice and condensed milk.
Ensalada de frutas: assortment of 10 fruits, cheese, condensed milk.
People spend on average here between: 5.000 - 15.000 pesos
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All tasting options are snacks, not big dishes. But don't be fooled, some are not small.

Vegans welcome. Vegetarians welcome. Gluten-free people are welcome. Meat-lovers welcome as well! There are options for everybody.

The tour starts and ends in Bulevar del Rio, the city's favorite spot for its breeze and ambience. We will be walking and stopping at several food businesses and street vendors. I will guide you on what everything is and what each spot does best, and you'll let your eyes and mouth decide what you want to try.

We will have 3 stops over a short distance of 1.3 kilometers (less than a mile). We will go around the Bulevar, CAM, Plazoleta Jairo Varela, la gruta, and back to the bulevar. We will not enter the city center as we will focus on the nicer, safer side of town.
Try to bring an empty stomach if you want to try everything or most. We say "full belly, happy heart".

Extra information:
I recommend to bring $100.000 pesos (20 USD), which is usually more than enough to taste everything you want + to tip your guide, but usually people spend less than that.

I think that's all you should now. Any questions just let me know.

Foodies of the world, unite!

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THE GASTRONOMIC HEART OF CALI: you won't find anything more flavourly authentic! Food, fruits, and everything local.

Galeria Alameda is every caleño's (person from Cali) place of choice for fresh fruits, artisanal drinks, great sea food, colorful flowers, quality souvenirs and everything local you can think of. Exotic variety characterizes this place!

Our journey consists of 5 main stops...

1. Sea food: from the pacific to the market ????

Cali is less than 2 hours away from the biggest colombian port in the pacific: Buenaventura. Everyday we get fresh fish and sea food brought straight from the sea to the market. Recommended: shrimp ceviche: shrimp, onion, cilantro and lemon, plus optional ketchup/mayo. Price starts at 14.000 colombian pesos a cup.
Vegans/vegetarians: optional veggie tacos available.

2. Fruits????taste the rainbow 

Red, orange, yellow, green, white & purple. How many colors can you taste? ????????????????????????
If you're a fruit lover, this is for you. Come around and taste the best version of your favorite fruit, or adventure yourself into trying some you have never seen before. Really! Exotic fruits recommendations: anón, chachairrú, níspero, curuva, mangostino... plus the best mango you will ever taste. Approximate cost is 15.000 colombian pesos per person. You can also buy fruits to take with you!

3. Cheese????we love it!

Not necessarily associated to Colombia, but we do love our cheese and put it in everything, from chocolate to fruits! Come around and taste 3 varieties of our fresh cheeses: cuajada, campesino and costeño, and eat it with guava sweet as we do. Recommended tip here is 4.000 colombian pesos.

4. Flowers????Colombia's hidden gem

Did you know Colombia has the biggest amount of orchid varieties in the world? We export flowers to more than 80 countries around the globe.  Come marvel at the quality, variety, colors and fragance of our top-class agro-export product, 2nd after coffee!

5. Souvenirs????take some love home

Great variety of handcrafts can be found in the market. From fridge magnets to drums, hammocks to bags, hats, packed sweets, even local wine... find something to take to your friends and family back home... or for yourself!

Bonus: coffee

In case we're good with time, or if you specially love it, we can add this as a stop. There's a great coffee shop inside the market. They grow their own colombian specialty coffee, have 3 varieties, different methods... coffee lovers welcome!

Come around and experience the exotic variety and great quality Cali's central market has to offer, you won't find anywhere else!

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For travelers who want to feel local authenticity

Historical landmarks, local food (and fruits), a cup of Colombian coffee on a 7th floor (with a great view!) and USB Memory Sticks with up to 1000 Salsa & Reggaeton songs... for a fraction of a price! 

This tour is a bargain all over and stands up to its name and presents to you a local street commerce experience full of unique spots inside CENTRO, local name for the commercial district of Cali, a 3 million people metropolitan area. A place where everybody goes searching for the BBB:

 Triple BBUENO goodBONITO niceBARATO cheap

-THIS IS NOT A HISTORY TOUR - this is a shopping tour where we will explore the intestines of a society where street commerce is rampant and everybody wants to get the best deal.

For the ones that enjoy immersing into local culture. Let's dive in the commerce-packed streets of Centro de Cali.

CENTRO is the commercial heart of any colombian city!

Follow me on a journey to the heart of Cali. Where beauty meets beast, at any given corner. It's real, and fun!
Street vendors multiplied by a thousand. Cheap, local food. Imports, bulk buying and selling. Counterfeit merchandise (or as we call them, Triple A brand Copies). Basically anything and everything at an unbeatable price. Any Colombian knows if you don't want to pay more, centro is the place to go.

A fun tour where we will explore a south american concrete jungle.

Our Dirty Diana service includes Foam Bath, Hand Wash and Dry, Rim and Tire Wash w/ Dressing, Clean Windows Inside and Out, Spray Ceramic Finish, Vacuum Interior, Interior Steam Clean and Scrubdown, Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, Interior Vinyl Conditioning, and Scent of Choice.

Small/Midsize Cars: $175

Compact SUV: $225

Large SUV, Truck, Van: $300

*All appointments require Deposit*

Our Basic Betty service includes Foam Bath, Hand Wash and Dry, Rim and Tire Wash w/ Dressing, Clean Windows Inside and Out, Vacuum Interior, Dash and Center Console Wipedown, and Scent of Choice.

Small/Midsize Cars: $75

Compact SUV: $125

Large SUV, Truck, Van: $150

*All appointments require Deposit*

Our Juicy Luci service includes Foam Bath, Hand Wash and Dry, Rim and Tire Wash w/ Dressing, Clean Windows Inside and Out, Spray Ceramic Finish, Vacuum Interior, Interior Scrubdown, Interior Vinyl Conditioning, and Scent of Choice.

Small/Midsize Cars: $125

Compact SUV: $175

Large SUV, Truck, Van: $225

*All appointments require Deposit*