Hola Chicos,

As I walked Midori this morning, I thought I’d stop by Sin Azucar. An artisan chocolate and pastry shop. I have written about this place in my previous posts and have recommend them.

Sad to say that Sin Azucar is no more. Their shop has closed down and I am not to sure when as I have not been there in a while.

I have observed in my one year and a few months living in Montevideo, Uruguay that quite a bit of Artisan and even larger chain shops close down after a year. Clothing boutiques, artisan foods, and even large meat restaurants close down.

So it did not surprise me that Sin Azucar shut their doors. Last year I was contemplating opening a small Thai Restaurant in Montevideo, Uruguay. I am so relieved that my other half opted otherwise, or else we would have been in a financial mess.

In stead I launched a personal chef business, for nine months it was great, had a lot of clients that were not from Uruguay, and made no money what so ever.

I put some thought into whether I should continue or not and I am really glad I opted not. Although I rather miss preparing meals for my clients I do not think I will conduct another personal chef or even catering business in Uruguay ever again.

You see, I don’t believe that Uruguay is ready for diversity in food. If one would visit for even a mere week, one would see that the food offered is the same through out the country.

There are no Thai restaurants, Indian, Middle Easter, Japanese, Vietnamese and anything else you could possibly think of.

Just meat and french fries, really bad ketchup, and more meat.

This country is just not ready. Maybe in 20 years if the Olympics is hosted in Uruguay more people with diverse taste would come. Then maybe, just maybe such diversity would be accepted.

Ciao,

O