Disappointed with Food in Argentina

[carride]

Just go to any dietética store. There are many everywhere. arroz integral yamini is my choice. That is Jazmine rice, best organic, and if flavor is desired get the whole grain integral version, or white not whole grain if that is not something you like. Brand of this variety is not important.

I responded too quick plus at a late hour. The proper name is Yamani, not the misspelling I wrote. Secondly it is not translated as Jasmine rice like I wrote. I do not know the name as anything other than a short brown Japanese rice. Not to be confused with the other brown "integral" rice here. It is the only type I have used for many years on Argentina since it is easy to find.

 

[argeiCanuck]

Top 2 arroz globally

1. Jazmín. Tailand. More expensive than Salmon in Argentina. Weird.
2. Basmati. Hindi. Almost on par with Salmon price wise in Argentina.

The rest are not worth your time, if you insist on eating Rice still. Both easy to find in Barrio Chino and MercadoLibre.

In NA ,, the price of any rice never ever been close to 10% of the price of Salmon.

 

[FrankPintor]

Top 2 arroz globally

1. Jazmín. Tailand. More expensive than Salmon in Argentina. Weird.
2. Basmati. Hindi. Almost on par with Salmon price wise in Argentina.

The rest are not worth your time, if you insist on eating Rice still. Both easy to find in Barrio Chino and MercadoLibre.

In NA ,, the price of any rice never ever been close to 10% of the price of Salmon.

26000 Pesos per kg?

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Basmati is stupidly expensive but still buy it sometimes when the desire to eat curry becomes too great.
I agree that the rice here isn't very tasty to say the least.

 

[FrankPintor]

Things have come a long way in 55 years.
Hershey’s is still disgusting.

Hershey’s has an ingredient list like a chemical experiment, and in the US I believe they don’t have to divulge everything they put in their “candy”.

On the other hand, Cadbury’s is awful too, maybe 20-30% cocoa, what else do they put in their bars?

 

[ShoeMakerLevy9]

Being an Argentine myself I have no bias at all and to my surprise many people here agreed with Thanos in regards to our food standards.
I went to Italy and BBQ there was a solid 1 compared to the asados I'm used to.

I have to say I've never been to the US so I have nothing to say about American BBQ but a good amount of posts lean towards BBQ>asado, which is surprising for me since I was born with the idea that there's no meat like Argentinian meat.
Having worked in Europe I can say with a certainty of 100% that what you can find at a random supermarket here is not only overpriced but quaility-wise Italy and France are just so much better. I remember buying croissants at a supermarket in Italy and they were better than what you'd find in a good panadería, although there's a growing market of high quality products where I live -croissants, coffee, pasta, etc- the standards are, on average, WAY higher in Europe.
The only thing that seemed a bit surprising was seeing no praise for our pizza and asado, which I think are the best dishes we have to offer.

 

[FrankPintor]

I have to say I've never been to the US

Don't worry, you didn't really miss that much.

I have nothing to say about American BBQ but a good amount of posts lean towards BBQ>asado, which is surprising for me since I was born with the idea that there's no meat like Argentinian meat.

I am not a (red) meat eater, but I think the Argentinian method of grilling is far superior to what I've seen elsewhere. Particularly in the US, BBQ is associated with flame-grilling, which is a one-way ticket to a cancer diagnosis. Smoking is probably as bad. The Argentinian way of burning the charcoal (or in Uruguay, I saw they use more wood) down to embers before brushing it over to the grill, from this aspect at least, is far superior. Also the design of an Argentinian grill with v-shaped elements, reduces the amount of fat that can fall on the embers.

Europe is a foodie's paradise, you can't really find the variety or quality in any one other place.

The only thing that seemed a bit surprising was seeing no praise for our pizza and asado, which I think are the best dishes we have to offer.

About pizza... nooooo, dumping a truckload of cheese on a bizcocho can never make a pizza

 

[ShoeMakerLevy9]

Jajajajaja. That's my kind of pizza. I'm aware that food connoisseurs would berate me for that though.

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Don't worry, you didn't really miss that much.


I am not a (red) meat eater, but I think the Argentinian method of grilling is far superior to what I've seen elsewhere. Particularly in the US, BBQ is associated with flame-grilling, which is a one-way ticket to a cancer diagnosis. Smoking is probably as bad. The Argentinian way of burning the charcoal (or in Uruguay, I saw they use more wood) down to embers before brushing it over to the grill, from this aspect at least, is far superior. Also the design of an Argentinian grill with v-shaped elements, reduces the amount of fat that can fall on the embers.

Europe is a foodie's paradise, you can't really find the variety or quality in any one other place.


About pizza... nooooo, dumping a truckload of cheese on a bizcocho can never make a pizza

V shaped parrilla is an engaño porteño, barrita is the best.

 

[HenryHoneyBalls]

Hersheys literally tastes like vomit I don’t know how anyone can eat it.

If we want to get on about food in the States we could go on…

Totally agree, amazed that you are the first person I have ever heard say that, to me it literally tastes like vom.