WHERE TO EAT The best Salteñas in the world (according to food experts)

"This bakery, with seating under umbrellas in the courtyard of a lovely whitewashed building, specializes in salteñas (meat and vegetable pasties); get there early as they sell out fast."

"Eating a salteña (a baked pastry stuffed with out-of-this-world meat and vegetable goodness) is a not-to-be-missed local experience."

"Great salteñas (filled pastry shells) and empanadas are ubiquitous; for the latter, try Los Castores, which has a range of delicious fillings both savory and sweet."

"We had some "Salteñas" (pastries filled with chicken soup or beef) @ the Tia Gladys Restaurant right next door to our hotel. They were very jummie and as people told us, they are a bolivian speciality!"

"One of the best places to find these delicious morning treats is on Calle San Alberto, at the end of the Basilica‘s arches. Here you’ll find one of Sucre’s top salteñerias, Flores."

"We recommend: empanada de carne salteña."

"Taking a respite from the group I enjoyed a solitary lunch of empanadas Salteñas at La Casa de las Empanadas."

This Salteña has a family heritage for more than 50 years, carefully prepared with a juicy filling and accompanied by a sweet black beer, highly recommended by the local population and foreign tourists.

BLP has one of the best, if not, THE BEST saltenas in NYC. Fresh, juicy and tasty. They even sell frozen ones for you to take home and bake them yourself at your own leisure.