What is the food you miss most from "home?"

[Redpossum]

I'm not surprised. I often feel like I could die if I don't get some tacos and salsa.

When I first came here, there were several restaurants in my area claiming to be authentic Mexican. They weren't. It seemed to be beyond them to copy Mexican simple recipes. One served ketchup en lieu of salsa

Every few years we try Lupita (Mexican) in CABA. I'm more Mexican than they are.

If we land in NYC early in the morning we immediately head for a diner for bacon and egg on english muffin. If lunch time it's Greek Salad with grilled chicken. Later in the day it's sushi without cream cheese, or garlic bread or grilled lobster ....I'm gonna stop here, I can't take it anymore.

If I had access to a real NY Deli, I would go with a pastrami reuben and fries, with a big kosher dill pickle on the side.
Not interested in sushi or lobster, you can keep the fancy stuff

Jesus, yes, we gotta stop talking about this...
AHHHHHHH!

 

[Paige55]

Have you tried Aurelia? It's superb, and while the menu is limited it really helps me curb my cravings for Mexican food from time to time. https://www.instagram.com/aureliacantina/

I miss Mexican food the most. Sometimes it's almost unbearable

 

[FrankPintor]

What do you suggest?

I had more or less given up on good Mexican cuisine down here, my suggestion (in another thread) of the cheap and cheerful Fabrica del Taco isn't going to set anyone's palate alight. @Paige55 seems to have come up with something interesting.

Not Mexican, but just yesterday we had lunch in La Palmeras in Canitas. Peruvian cuisine, lunch menu with 2 options each for starters and main course, a glass of wine if you'd like, and coffee / dessert for 15k Pesos. Slow-ish but friendly service. I think we'll go back, to try the a la carte menu. Awful pisco sour, though.

 

[on the brink]

Has anyone seen Marmite anywhere in Argentina? Could crawl over broken glass for a fix.

 

[nikad]

Has anyone seen Marmite anywhere in Argentina? Could crawl over broken glass for a fix.

Read on Reddit that every once in a while they bring marmite or vegemite to Surry Hills Cafe ( Aussie owners ) to spread on toast for customers. They don t have it all the time. Maybe ... Also the only place in South America they sell it is in Chile.

 

[darksider415]

I occasionally miss Dr Pepper or Mountain Dew, and I definitely miss a good proper cheddar cheese that isn't American cheese that has been rebranded.

Other than those, I've pretty much figured out how to make everything else I miss from the south

 

[Konner_Long]

Has anyone seen Marmite anywhere in Argentina? Could crawl over broken glass for a fix.

I am coming from South Africa in July. Perhaps I can bring you a few bottles if I space in our luggage. It should be the same stuff as in the UK, I imagine. Could do Bovril as well if you want instead.

 

[Rich One]

Gravy, beef stews, meatloaf...

 

[Ronnie Hotdogs]

Gravy, beef stews, meatloaf...

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Surely they are two of the easiest things that you can recreate in Argentina?

 

[on the brink]

Last week I made a great pork shoulder stew: meat, carrots, leeks, onions, green peas, celery, and the secret ingredient: half a bottle of the cheapest red wine. The kind that comes in a carton - that's how cheap it is.

Lasts in the refrigerator for about five days, and gets better as time passes.

But I still yearn for Marmite. Last year I returned from the US with twelve half-kilo jars, now sadly gone. Will consider ordering from Amazon.