Disappointed with Food in Argentina

[Jimbob]

Add to the food prices Gas cost, plus highway tolls to Escobar..! roundtrip. Maybe 40 K?

What you driving? A tank?

 

[Ries]

there is a bus. the 60 colectivo goes to escobar. probably takes a couple hours, but I have friends who take it to Machewitz all the time.
Its a lot less than 40,000 pesos...

 

[FrankPintor]

Add to the food prices Gas cost, plus highway tolls to Escobar..! roundtrip. Maybe 40 K?

It's 120km there and back from the Obelisk, so with a car that does 10 litres per 100km on the motorway your fuel costs might be in the 10 - 15k Pesos range. There's one toll booth each way which (I think) charges 1000 Pesos. So at most 20k Pesos, plus you get a nice afternoon in the country, you can visit the Japanese garden, stock up on fruit and vegetables from the roadside kiosks, or just go down to the delta.

Unless crossing the General Paz is a major psychological obstacle, of course

 

[FrankPintor]

there is a bus. the 60 colectivo goes to escobar. probably takes a couple hours, but I have friends who take it to Machewitz all the time.
Its a lot less than 40,000 pesos...

Lines 60 and 194 go to Escobar (and beyond), depending on traffic and also the bus category (normal, rapido, expreso, etc) it would take about an hour from Av. Cabildo in CABA to the bus station in Escobar.

 

[perry]

this interesting post from a traveller sums up their huge disappointment with the food in Argentina . Read the comments below and 99 percent agreed with the post and stated that they would never return here due to their dining experiences . My opinión is 90 percent of restaurantes today are serving sub standard food with prices that Will make a new yorker cry in pain .

Our Problems with Restaurants in Buenos Aires — Escape Visa

We were so excited for restaurants in Buenos Aires, Argentina... and so disappointed once we got to actually try them. Read on to learn why we were so disappointed, and figure out whether you'll like eating there.

www.escapevisa.com

 

[Alby]

this interesting post from a traveller sums up their huge disappointment with the food in Argentina . Read the comments below and 99 percent agreed with the post and stated that they would never return here due to their dining experiences . My opinión is 90 percent of restaurantes today are serving sub standard food with prices that Will make a new yorker cry in pain .

Our Problems with Restaurants in Buenos Aires — Escape Visa

We were so excited for restaurants in Buenos Aires, Argentina... and so disappointed once we got to actually try them. Read on to learn why we were so disappointed, and figure out whether you'll like eating there.

www.escapevisa.com

I don't see anything new here. The food IS limited and terrible, exactly as the authors and the commenters describe, and always has been, as least as far back as my memory goes, to 1988. The only thing that has changed is that it is now (but not for the first time) overpriced.

(But I still wouldn't want to live anywhere else.)

 

[Che1990]

Jamón y queso or queso y jamón?

 

[perry]

I don't see anything new here. The food IS limited and terrible, exactly as the authors and the commenters describe, and always has been, as least as far back as my memory goes, to 1988. The only thing that has changed is that it is now (but not for the first time) overpriced.

(But I still wouldn't want to live anywhere else.)

overpriced is a understatement lol . today a chinese take away restaurant charged me 25000 pesos for sweet and sour pork and 8500 pesos for plain white rice . This came to Us 30 dollars for a very simple meal . I rememer in 2005 i did a expat meal in a Nice restaurant wiith all You can eat and ot was 5 dollars each . expats complained then because it was expensive . now sane meal would be 10 times more !

 

[on the brink]

The food IS limited and terrible, exactly as the authors and the commenters describe, and always has been, as least as far back as my memory goes, to 1988.

Food choices are VERY limited, but the food itself is not terrible. Fresh pasta dishes are great, and steak, chorizos, milanesas and fried potatoes are also very good. But that's about it.

Ethnic restaurants are dismal when compared with those in the Washington, DC. area. Haven't been able to find decent spring rolls - tried them in several places and were greasy, heavy, and tasteless.

Argentines are happy with just pasta, pizza, empanadas and parrilla. 90% of restaurants offer just that.

 

[perry]

I keep hearing how great pasta and milanesas are In Buenos Aires but do not find this the case except in very few cases. I like to ask the members for their Best recommendations for pasta and milanesas in Buenos Aires