Disappointed with Food in Argentina

[LuckyLuke]

For those who understand spanish these are the reasons that hundreds of thousands of argentinians are currently in Europe .​

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Los precios de los alimentos en Argentina están entre los más altos del mundo | AgendAR​

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«Llevamos a cabo un relevamiento en toda Argentina, en cadenas de supermercados y autoservicios. El kilo de bananas provenientes de Ecuador no baja de los $ 2.000. Sin embargo, a nivel mundial, el valor nunca pasa U$S 1,30. Tenemos el producto importado más caro del mundo» sostuvo el doctor Javier Miglino.

Actualmente, en nuestro país se consumen 10 kilos de bananas por habitante y por año. Estamos muy lejos de los 25 kilos que se comían en la década del ’90. Argentina no las produce. Suele importarlas desde Ecuador, Honduras y Guatemala.

ImageU$S 2,5 el precio de cada kilo de banana al cambio oficial en ArgentinaU$S 2,5 el precio de cada kilo de banana al cambio oficial en Argentina

En Francia, la banana ecuatoriana cuesta un euro el kiloEn Francia, la banana ecuatoriana cuesta un euro el kilo

¿Quién se ha quedado con mi queso?​

“A nuestros estudios sumamos las fiambrerías de barrio para medir el precio de los quesos contra el valor internacional de este lácteo. Otra vez encabezamos el ranking«, sostuvo el doctor Miglino.

En Argentina se consumían en la década del ’70 unos 12 kilos de queso por persona y por año. Hoy, el consumo bajó a 4 kilos debido a sus altos precios. En las preferencias marchan adelante el port salut, provolone, reggianito y la muzzarella que se usa para la pizza casera.

Determinados tipos de queso pasaron a ser artículos de lujo en los súper Determinados tipos de queso pasaron a ser artículos de lujo en los súper

Frozen, precios que te dejan congelado​

En el caso de los helados, nos ganamos otro título del mundo debido a nuestros valores locales.

El precio de 1 kilo ha quedado en un promedio de $ 16.000. Con un dólar oficial a $1.000 equivale a 16 dólares, por encima de cualquier país.

Miglino tuvo en cuenta tanto heladerías artesanales como industriales.

En nuestro país se consumían en la década del ’70 unos 12 kilos de helado por persona y por año. En 2024, el consumo bajó a la mitad. Se suma a la cuestión de los precios el cuidado de la salud ya que se trata de un alimento rico en azúcar y calorías.

Con el precio de los helados Argentina lidera tambièn el ranking mundial Con el pecio de los helados Argentina lidera tambièn el ranking mundial

Con el sachet de leche, Argentina no dice ni «mu»​

La consultora tomó como referencia un tipo de leche entera cuyo valor promedio en 15 provincias de la Argentina se ubica por encima de un Euro, al cambio oficial.

Mientras tanto, los avisos en medios de España y Francia demuestran que en el viejo continente este producto vital se vende más barato: no llega a un Euro por litro.

ImageImageImage## Cada jornada, la mitad de los argentinos se despiertan con un café

Finalmente, se escanearon precios de marcas líderes de cápsulas de café en distintas provincias de nuestro país**.**

Las 10 cápsulas representan aquí U$S 12 liderando cómodamente el ranking global muy por encima de España, Francia y la propia Italia.

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Hooray, Argentines are turning into expats. This is apparently both great news and terrible news. It's great news because they are now free to travel and their peso takes them farther. This represents a rise in their standard of living. It's also bad news because apparently expats seeking lower costs in other countries are a plague on this land and should be made fun of thoroughly. How both of these facts are true at the same time is a great mystery, but as long as they are Argentines, we should applaud regardless.

 

[Shane]

In general, yes, the restaurants and food quality sucks here. Big pass on asado. You can find a few great restaurants here, but you'll pay an arm and leg. The lack of diversity in cuisine leaves much to be desired. You just need to learn where to shop and start cooking what you want at home. Coming from Hawaii and a former restaurant owner, I have high standards, but growing up poor gives me enough humble pie to deal with what I have to work with. We can commiserate and agree that the food scene here lacks, but there are enough options to pull off a nice home cooked meal.

 

[LuckyLuke]

In general, yes, the restaurants and food quality sucks here. Big pass on asado. You can find a few great restaurants here, but you'll pay an arm and leg. The lack of diversity in cuisine leaves much to be desired. You just need to learn where to shop and start cooking what you want at home. Coming from Hawaii and a former restaurant owner, I have high standards, but growing up poor gives me enough humble pie to deal with what I have to work with. We can commiserate and agree that the food scene here lacks, but there are enough options to pull off a nice home cooked meal.

Outstanding mexican dishes you got there...

 

[Lanick]

W

Outstanding mexican dishes you got there...

Where is that great Mexican?

 

[LuckyLuke]

Where is that great Mexican?

The one I mentioned in my post? He's down the street from where I live, in Neuquen. He's also a certified electrician, has been rewiring my whole property. Did I mention he's opening a restaurant soon? Seriously, some of you guys need to get out a CABA a little. I'm literally the only gringo in town down here...

 

[DarrenKK]

You’ve no idea how much this discussion thread has fascinated me. I contributed early on in it but now I’m thankful that I feel in some way not crazy and partly vindicated for finding the food as a “half a year, every year” visitor so difficult . I think the casual 2 week holiday maker goes home thinking the food is great, having eaten half a cow and a few empanadas in 14 days. But when you get beyond a casual and brief stay I honestly can’t think of a country where the food gets so same same and challenging so quickly. That all within a food availability framework of limited variety and poor quality. Then throw in the wild cost of poor quality basics like bread and I find it gets more difficult than it surely should be.

 

[El_fuego]

its not a bad place to eat farm fresh basic foods. because what you find for sale is garbage. so you have to looks for farmers. which are by no means readily accessible.

 

[perry]

You’ve no idea how much this discussion thread has fascinated me. I contributed early on in it but now I’m thankful that I feel in some way not crazy and partly vindicated for finding the food as a “half a year, every year” visitor so difficult . I think the casual 2 week holiday maker goes home thinking the food is great, having eaten half a cow and a few empanadas in 14 days. But when you get beyond a casual and brief stay I honestly can’t think of a country where the food gets so same same and challenging so quickly. That all within a food availability framework of limited variety and poor quality. Then throw in the wild cost of poor quality basics like bread and I find it gets more difficult than it surely should be.

argentina does not have great creative food but it's steak when pasture raised are superb . i'm 2003 90 percent of all meat was pasture raised now it's 90 percent feedlot and the difference in taste is criminal . don Julio a restaurant that I used to frequent in 2003 was maximum 15 dollars a person then with wine now it's 300 dollars with wine . have wages in US dollars gone up 20 times since 2003 ? https://www.airedesantafe.com.ar/ec...ida-argentina-y-una-estrella-michelin-n615341

 

[Che1990]

You’ve no idea how much this discussion thread has fascinated me. I contributed early on in it but now I’m thankful that I feel in some way not crazy and partly vindicated for finding the food as a “half a year, every year” visitor so difficult . I think the casual 2 week holiday maker goes home thinking the food is great, having eaten half a cow and a few empanadas in 14 days. But when you get beyond a casual and brief stay I honestly can’t think of a country where the food gets so same same and challenging so quickly. That all within a food availability framework of limited variety and poor quality. Then throw in the wild cost of poor quality basics like bread and I find it gets more difficult than it surely should be.

A friend of mine was here visiting for a week last year and by day 4 said “I’m a bit fed up of eating empanadas”

 

[FrankPintor]

A friend of mine was here visiting for a week last year and by day 4 said “I’m a bit fed up of eating empanadas”

I think that's a bit silly, to be honest, it's like going to Ireland and saying after 4 days you're tired of spice bags, or going to England and deciding you're fed up of fish and chips. There are other options.

Yes, lots of places cater for local tastes and offer basically empanadas and milanesas (accompanied by mashed pumpkin, of course, or sloppy polenta), and maybe pasta con crema, exactly what Argentinians would eat at home too, but there's so much more out there, even in a simple village like where we live.

It's up to yourself as well to be a bit more adventurous.