Paraguay Going Out
Food and Drink
Things to know: There are no strict licensing hours and alcohol is widely available.
National specialities:
• Chipas (maize bread flavoured with egg and cheese).
• Sopa paraguaya (soup of mashed corn, cheese, milk and onions).
• Soo-yosopy (a soup of cornmeal and ground beef).
• Palmitos (palm hearts).
• Surubí (a fish found in the Paraná).
National drinks:
• Mosto (sugar cane juice).
• Caña (alcoholic version of mosto, distilled from sugar cane and honey).
• Yerba maté (tea-like drink brewed from dried leaves and stemlets for the Yerba maté tree, can be taken hot or cold).
Legal drinking age: 18.
Tipping: 10 to 15% is normally included in hotel, restaurant and bar bills.
Nightlife
Shopping
Shopping hours: Mon-Fri 0800-1200 and 1500-1900 and Sat 0730-1300.
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