El Aljibe Comida Tipica

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El Aljibe Comida Tipica

About us Quienes somos The Aljibe Since January 27, 2009 the cistern opens its doors with many expectations and desire to work mainly after a restoration intervention that took approximately six months in which walls, floors, all the carpentry and even the replacement of columns with equally old woods, to restore the characteristic image of the colonial houses of Santa Cruz. We were lucky to find this old house in very bad conditions but at the same time those who were owners at the time: Antonio Vallejos and Mrs. allowed us to make all the remodeling of the property to install our homemade kitchen. This old house that since 1880, we have proof of its existence, originally belonged to Mr. Guillermo Menacho and Mrs. Bella Carrillo, two notable people. He became Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Mrs. Bella was the first deputy of Bolivia. Besides having been an important piece in the agrarian reform revolution, he had contact with Presidents and personalities from all over the country, who frequently visited this old corner. There are many anecdotes from the Menacho Carrillo family who will be able to tell you who is attending. Given these antecedents and our trajectory both in gastronomy and in cultural management (and stimulated by the historian Paula Peña) is that we decided to carry out an investigation on gastronomy with the Santa Cruz identity, which to this day does not end. It is in this way that we find dishes in oblivion and others still in force, which give rise to our menu that combines the current recipes such as: Majao (Mash), Locro de Gallina (Hen Stew), Rapi al jugo (Rapi in pan juices) and Keperi al horno (Keperi baked) with the flavors rescued from our past such as the Chicken Pie, Lid Soup, Blackcap, Almodrote, Locro Carretero (Carter Stew), Pepian, among others. And as history continues to be written now by the hand of the historian Susana Hurtado, we continue to look not only for recipes but also for the tradition, origin and identity of the most deeply rooted flavors of our region. Thanks to God we are growing and mainly being references of gastronomy with Creole flavor, happy to contribute in the valorization of our identity and making our Camba cuisine known to the whole world. Let us conquer you with the Gastronomic Experience of the Corner of Tradition in the City of The Rings.