Pastusos get dressed up to eat at this place about 1.5km north of the center of town. There's only one thing on the menu: asado de cuy (grilled guinea pig). The best way to get the meat off the bone is to eat with your hands – you'll be given plastic gloves. One cuy is big enough for two.
Asadero de Cuyes Pinzón
Cali & Southwest Colombia
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