Miguel Torres is not just a break on a long road trip, but a destination worth a trip. We drove 45 minutes from Talca to eat lunch here. Before reviewing the restaurant, I should mention that this is a vineyard with tours and a wine store, so you could make a day of it. Our lunch began with a complimentary appetizer, a small serving of fish breaded and fried with a delicious beet sauce (and I don't normally like beets!). For starters we had a mozzarella salad and crab cakes. The artisanal mozzarella was delicious, and the salad included a tasty combination of olives, capers, red peppers, and hearts of palm. The crab cake wasn't exactly a cake, more liquid than a cake but less liquid than a stew. It too was delicious, one of the best I have had (it compared favorably to the crab cakes at Sea Salt in Minneapolis, arguably the best there are). It seemed to have been cooked with cheese, it tasted like Swiss to me. For the main course we had braised pork ribs with mashed sweet potatoes and veal ossobuco with mixed vegetables, mostly beans, cooked in the gravy. Both meats were tender and flavorful. The mixed vegetables were exceptionally tasty, the sweet potatoes not so much. For dessert, we ordered Crema Catalans de castaña and coulant de chocolate amargo. The Crema Catalana was like a creme brûlée with a glazed crust, but underneath was pudding rather than custard. Pudding was fine with me, but it was way too sweet. The coulant de chocolate amargo was a chocolate lava cake, with a small scoop of ice cream and berries on the side. Delicious! read more

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a great place to stop and break up a long road trip, good food good service and good wine