EAT
In Buenos Aires there are plenty of places to eat, and eat very well in most of them, as the Argentines enjoy good food and good drink. Argentina gastronomy is characterized by its best-known ingredient, beef, giving rise to the traditional and grilled “ojo de bife”. Cuisine options are wide, thanks to the contribution and influence of regional cuisine, each region has its specialty, and European immigrants, especially Spanish, French, and Italian have contributed with different dishes.
OUR ADVICE
Traditional breakfast is simple, the “cortado”(coffee with a dash of milk) with croissants or the typical “mate” accompanied by “facturas”. At lunch and dinner the choices are between a fast food or “minute”, or more elaborate meals in trendy restaurants. A “minuta” is a fast and more elaborate preparation. The most typical are the “milanesas” served with two fried eggs and fried potatoes sticks, a grilled steak with salad, ravioli with a sauce, eggs “gramajo” (scrambled eggs, “baveuse”, with thinly sliced fried potatoes). Between meals is very typical to stop at a bar or enjoy an “impasse” between hours of work or shopping, and take a good tea or coffee or just a drink before dinner accompanied a small protions of appetizers much like Spanish tapas. The meal hours are wide, usually lunch is offered between 1 and 3 pm and dinner runs until 12 at night, in some cases even later. Desserts are classic argentinian like the flan with dulce de leche, Martin Fierro (cheese and quince jelly) rice pudding and fruit salad.
