 That page isn't very helpful at all!Personally I don't think the best thing about Uruguay is the food, I definitely wouldn't say they're up there with France or Italy for their cuisine. The strangest thing is that despite having such a long coastline seafood doesn't seem to be very popular (its been passed up instead for red meat). Uruguayans are quite traditional about their foods however and they do have some very "typical" dishes. Empanadas seem to be a staple (these are pastry pouches with fillings such as meat, cheese, olives, onions, or sweet fillings). There's the obvious one which is the Uruguayan Asado or Parilla - this is meat cooked over smouldering wood...its good but so much red meat has caused a lot of high blood pressure, hypertension and high cholesterol among Uruguayans. There also the famed chivito which is like the mother of all hamburgers (but made with a steak!). And of course you have dulce de leche (a bit like caramel) you'll find this in almost every dessert here! | 
