Stories and News of Expat Life in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Food and restaurants in Buenos Aires
You may think that with all that beef, facturas, alfajores and dulce de leche ice cream the Argentinean diet is an artery-clogger. You would be right – we have much room for improvement, but there are a few things you can take from us that will boost up your diet. What can you learn from Argentinean food … Read more
La Panza Porteña points out some great Buenos Aires dining offers that include discounts of up to 50% off at select restaurants during Tour Gourmet Buenos Aires 2012 which runs through February 29, 2012. Now in it’s 7th year, the Tour Gourmet is a chance to sample the culinary offerings from a variety of restaurants … Read more
The Walmart at DOT Shopping had something I have yet to see in a Buenos Aires supermarket – red tuna! Now, it was frozen, imported from Uruguay and $89 pesos a kilo (U$S 9.43/lb), but of course I had to have some. I’m planning on grilling it this week… Also interesting to note is that … Read more
NPR has a good story on the disappearance of Argentina’s grass-fed beef and the move to feed lots due to the soaring price of soybeans and farmers move to that crop from beef. The bigger problem – there is no way to tell what beef is feedlot and what beef is grass-fed as it’s not identified by production method.
This is quickly leading to an end of Argentina’s reputation for amazing beef, but Uruguay is increasing it’s grass-fed beef production, so maybe we’ll have to head across the border.
Ok, so your immediate thought on reading the title of this post is, “What? Barbecue in Buenos Aires? Is it actually possible that we can get seasoned and flavored meats in this land of beef but where the only spice used is salt?” The answer is, yes, now you can. Bubba’s Smokin’ Barbecue Joint opens tonight … Read more
With Thanksgiving about a week away, I just wanted to remind everyone that great organic turkeys are available in Buenos Aires. Our post from last year showed that finding turkey in Buenos Aires while difficult is not impossible. We ended up ordering from La Granja Converso Delicateses and enjoyed that turkey so much we just ordered again this year. … Read more
Were four meat patties with 1,000 calories, 68g of fat (30g of that saturated) and 1800mg of sodium not enough for you? Or, were you upset that the you could only get three meat patties from your U.S. Burger King after they took the BK Stacker Quad off the menu? Well, fear not, because BK … Read more