Start the morning with api and pastel at Mercado Lanza
- La Paz, Bolivia
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Mercado Lanza is where locals buy fresh produce, a short walk from Plaza San Francisco. Order an api, a thick purple corn drink flavored with cinnamon and cloves, and ask for a hot pastel cheese fritter or a humita to go with it. Come in the morning, when the market kitchens behind the fruit and potato stalls are in full swing. Locals treat it as a warm, sweet breakfast that takes the edge off a cold high altitude start.
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Start the morning with api and pastel at Mercado LanzaMercado Lanza, near Plaza San Francisco, central La Paz
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