Disappointed with Food in Argentina

[Dim Witty]

Empanadas de cheeseburgers are a gift from the heavens, a 900 peso religious awakening This lifelong atheist now not only believes in a loving God, but also is moved to travel far and wide to preach its delicious gospel. Amen and Awomen.

 

[on the brink]

Thank Heavens for a poster with a sense of humor, a rare commodity in this board....!

Now, where can I go for those empanadas, and my very own religious awakening?

 

[Dim Witty]

Thank Heavens for a poster with a sense of humor, a rare commodity in this board....!

Now, where can I go for those empanadas, and my very own religious awakening?

Haha- Thank you so much for asking, OTB. You've restored my faith in human nature...

Yes, I have travelled the wide expanses of BA, by camelback and trudging by foot, to seek out the most treasured empanadas de cheeseburgers this wondrous and abundant land has to offer. And, yes, some of my journeys have been in vain. But exhausted, disillusioned and, admittedly, often on the verge of giving up, I’ve not abandoned my holy quest.

Fortuitously, owing to my unshakable resolve, and by the grace of all things fattening, my tenacity has borne fruit.

I bring you Vinnies, Av. Callao 555. Yes, though there are many Vinnie’s scattered throughout this acreage, this is the Holy Land, The Mecca, The Medina, The spiritual equivalent of giggling children at play.

Hearty Appetite, my blessed friend.



Go. Yes, go, enjoy this blessed event, and please preach The Word.

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Haha- Thank you so much for asking, OTB. You've restored my faith in human nature...

Yes, I have travelled the wide expanses of BA, by camelback and trudging by foot, to seek out the most treasured empanadas de cheeseburgers this wondrous and abundant land has to offer. And, yes, some of my journeys have been in vain. But exhausted, disillusioned and, admittedly, often on the verge of giving up, I’ve not abandoned my holy quest.

Fortuitously, owing to my unshakable resolve, and by the grace of all things fattening, my tenacity has borne fruit.

I bring you Vinnies, Av. Callao 555. Yes, though there are many Vinnie’s scattered throughout this acreage, this is the Holy Land, The Mecca, The Medina, The spiritual equivalent of giggling children at play.

Hearty Appetite, my blessed friend.



Go. Yes, go, enjoy this blessed event, and please preach The Word.

You need to try “mi gusto” brother.

 

[Redpossum]

I still don’t think I’ve had any good chips (fries) in Argentina besides a Belgian chips place that was in Mercado San Telmo. I was gutted when I went there a few months ago and it was replaced by a dulce de leche shop

Limp and undercooked seems to be the norm here. Back when I lived in Retiro and I used to eat at the little Parrilla La Soñada once a week or so, I would always ask for my papas "bien dorado" and they would fry them up nice and golden for me. It was one of the many things I used to love about that place. Ah, happier days, when you could get a vaciopan con fritas for the peso equivalent of 2 dollars and a bit.

 

[Vossos]

Limp and undercooked seems to be the norm here. Back when I lived in Retiro and I used to eat at the little Parrilla La Soñada once a week or so, I would always ask for my papas "bien dorado" and they would fry them up nice and golden for me. It was one of the many things I used to love about that place. Ah, happier days, when you could get a vaciopan con fritas for the peso equivalent of 2 dollars and a bit.

Certainly happier days! I yearn for some good chips. I’ll never understand the propensity for the seemingly ubiquitous topping of liquid “cheese” that permeates across seemingly any establishment in CABA.

It does make me wonder whether such sub-par chips in Argentina are recognised or merely tolerated. I’ll never understand paying 8000-10000 pesos for some limp emaciated and often McCain chips. Advertising chips as McCain at a restaurant in the UK would be a mark of shame but here it seems to be a mark of quality. I’ll never understand it.

I hope this doesn’t come across as a dig. I just miss British chips and crisps and can’t understand how there isn’t a niche to fill here for good quality chips and crisps.

 

[on the brink]

Has anyone seen "papas fritas souflee"? The most wonderful invention.

 

[daveholman]

Has anyone seen "papas fritas souflee"? The most wonderful invention.

Would that be like a Spanish "tortilla"?

 

[Redpossum]

Certainly happier days! I yearn for some good chips. I’ll never understand the propensity for the seemingly ubiquitous topping of liquid “cheese” that permeates across seemingly any establishment in CABA.

It does make me wonder whether such sub-par chips in Argentina are recognised or merely tolerated. I’ll never understand paying 8000-10000 pesos for some limp emaciated and often McCain chips. Advertising chips as McCain at a restaurant in the UK would be a mark of shame but here it seems to be a mark of quality. I’ll never understand it.

I hope this doesn’t come across as a dig. I just miss British chips and crisps and can’t understand how there isn’t a niche to fill here for good quality chips and crisps.

Fish & chips wrapped in an old newspaper and dripping with grease = heaven, while it's still hot. Nobody does it like in the UK.

But there are all sorts of things you can build upon a bed of properly fried potatoes - chili fries, gravy fries, poutine...

Jesus, now I'm hungry.

But agreed that liquid "cheese" is absolutely disgusting. It's liquid alright, but it's not cheese. And don't even get me started on the abomination they sell as "cheddar" here. Or what they call Worcestershire sauce. You look at the list of ingredients and think, "what the actual F***???".
And what is sold as balsamic vinegar is enough to make a gourmand cry; again, you look at the list of ingredients and think, "what the actual F***???"

 

[Dim Witty]

You need to try “mi gusto” brother.

Thank you, my friend. First thing in the morning, I'm on my way. And I will report my findings.