we don't eat bacon that's one of the things I was shocked over here you mentioned they were bacon people go bacon oh yeah like why hi I'm Meg executive producer at Nashville Public Television and on this series we talk about the little things that stood out to people when they first moved to the region from another country and today I'm here with Pablo Pablo moved to Nashville Tennessee from Santiago Chile he has a variety of interests including the Arts music dancing sports but today what I wanted to talk to you about is actually bricks which is why we're seated here in the kitchen and you shared with me this story about how you ordered a specific beverage at IHOP once and uh people were surprised could you share that with us at the store uh yeah uh probably uh I was here like a couple of months and a friend of mine invited me so I went to IHOP for the first time I was very excited because there was all these pancakes back back home really we don't have pancakes we have Crepes okay we call it pancakes but they're really Crepes yeah so I was really excited because especially I love sweet stuff and then to eat the pancakes you now order a milk so the the brother milk the next thing I start putting sugar on my milk sure and stirring it and the waiter is like what are you doing because there's no coffee in there it's just no it's just plain cold milk oh not even hot I was in my head okay this is cold milk and so and even my buddy my friend that was with me they were both like you didn't do that you know it's like why not you know is that like a typical breakfast drink and cheese well it's very normal to put sugar on the milk you know a cold milk you know hot milk as well but yeah so it was it's very funny that something so simple yeah good shock you know what the people over there yeah because if it'd been like chocolate they'd be like oh chocolate milk but sugar milk no that's different yeah so yeah that's one of the many differences I started finding out you know breakfast in there Chilean versus the United States so the only other differences that you noticed yeah one of them was uh bacon but now that you're eating pumpkin basically uh in Chile we don't eat Bacon period we eat pork but we don't eat bacon now nowadays because it's been more of an influence the internet has opened the world anyway so you might find some you know but in general and so uh I never that's one of the things I was shocked over here you mentioned they were bacon people go bacon oh yeah like Why breakfast lunch dinner there's always a Time jalapenos wrap it up in bacon bacon wraps yeah there's a Fascination we're thinking here and you also told me about um I don't know if I should call it a meal but like something that that people eat every day in Chile that's an onsay would you share that concept that's correct it's a very interesting story we have like a tea time basically so we have four meals and uh and Chile we call them onsis yeah and supposedly The Story Goes that um back in the day we're talking about 1800s and actually it was a while ago there was a war that supposedly we had in the desert in Chile against Bolivia and Peru and so um the the miners as well as the soldiers and everything that we stop around um six in the afternoon okay and they would have a shot of aguardiente which is uh yeah it's like a pure grain alcohol yeah it's like beaches yeah yeah um so they have a shot and so aguardiente the word has to be 11 letters so I think this is a long word they said let's drink ounces let's drink 11. that's how it started so basically that turned into an actual last time went by an actual uh like a second breakfast if you will so you have coffee tea bread eggs you soon I would say more hardly that um than breakfast because you can have pastries uh you know all kinds of stuff so when you come from work basically home then you have that a second breakfast right and then you still have dinner there and you have dinner by the other later time around nine o'clock and that's just more of a light meal thing probably yeah yeah so interesting do you still have one says at home or you're like mostly on the American free meals a day no I I particularly don't but I have friends of mine that live here in Nashville that they do have yes and one other thing that I thought was interesting we were talking about the restaurant experience in Chile versus the US and so when the server brings you the the check without being asked you said that could even be considered a little uh rude yeah and and anywhere else that I'll travel really any other places so this is the only place where actually they bring you the check without being asked and we usually people welcome it they're like oh then I didn't have to tell you like you want them to just bring it right no it's it's the opposite many places in Chile even you know sometimes you have to stand up and go get the waiter oh Santa you can bring the check yeah because they don't bring it yeah and they don't they don't come around so but yeah it's considered you know rude basically and is that you think probably because you feel like you're being rushed it's like oh I was still just enjoying my drink or talking and if they ring the check it's almost like they want you out is that the thinking yeah I think it has to do a lot of turning around make more money if you will um and so my experience is that here in the States you know whenever you sit down to eat it's more of a just feed yourself not so much like a relaxing experience right so um when you have dinner or lunch with your friends basically back home it's at least an hour and a half two hours two hours yep okay very easy a leisurely dinner yes and what about tipping is tipping customary I know in a lot of countries it's not I figure in Chile what's the situation in Chile for the longest time growing up you will give nothing you will give like 50 cents or dollars yeah it was like nothing but now it's become standard for whatever reason to be 10 10 okay good you know and they included even you know many times they already when they bring you the check when you ask and they bring you the check yeah you know they ask you sometimes um I I charge you a 10 is that okay yeah yeah it's okay so they already asked service fee and since we're about to dig into breakfast I just wanted to ask you uh since you've been in the U.S what is your favorite American breakfast um this is what we have pancakes you know and you know some potatoes we didn't appetitors in breakfast and Chile or onsis either no that's the reserve for a regular meal yeah yeah fruit juice you know whatever it is and so yeah and I I do enjoy breakfast very much here in the states well you know what it sounds like it's time for us to go ahead and dig in we won't make you all watch a seat um just appreciate you joining us for this conversation uh if you'd like to see more subscribe to the channel to catch future videos and give us a like if you 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