Where To Get Bacon And Eggs Breakfast In Buenos Aires??

[scotttswan]

would kill for this.

 

[khairyexpat]

Bacon deprivation is terrible ..... 12 years longing for it without the satisfaction !!!!!!

https://www.youtube....h?v=0pPRaD6TKLc

Which is more terrible :
Bacon deprivation .... or ...... ??????

No one is in charge of making new "Polls" any more ?????

 

[bobsnowpuppy]

You can buy raw bacon at most larger supermarkets here. The difference is the way it is cured. It does not taste the same as in the States.

 

[joeschmoe1920]

Pancetta is the closest (but obviously not perfect) substitute I've found at the supermarket. Gringoboy, are you offering that to the public?

 

[gpop]

Argentine attitudes to breakfast is really limited and quite frankly, pompous. If they are presented with anything outside of media lunas and cafe con leche, it's indigestible; so no wonder there is no acceptable options. Xenophobia cheated them out of the greatness of a meaty stick-to-your-ribs breaky and left them with shitty , over sugared croissants and badly made coffee.The idea of the argie breakfast is not bad per se... it's just became complacent and dull.

 

[Rich One]

My friend ordered eggs and bacon at the Sheraton and sent it back 2 times to get it crisp...!

Scrambled eggs soft , crisp bacon, Golden Toast, home Fries Gold... Not available .. Only at Denny's !!

 

[glasgowjohn]

would kill for this.

Cant beat Ayrshire or even Danish at a push..

 

[ElQueso]

Go to a fiambreria and ask for panceta ahumada (smoked). Ask them to cut it thick (you have to show them with your fingers - most of the time they will cut a slice and hold it up to show you if they got it right) or you will get deli-ham-sliced thickness, which is very difficult to cook right.

Alternatively, you can sometimes find special cuts of smoked panceta in the supermarket, depending on whether they've ordered it that week or not, or whether their request has been filled by their suppliers, etc. I can't remember the brand that I've found best, but it actually uses the word "bacon" if I remember correctly (though not available very often). Campo Austral often has 2 piece packages for sale as well, but they are cut a bit too thick for my taste, although it does in a pinch (and makes great BLTs!) and is almost always available. Both of these items are found with the pre-packaged lunch meats and cheeses (fiambres) in the supermarkets.

With either of the two options above, I like to soak my panceta in water mixed with a lot of liquid smoke and some salt and sometimes some black pepper. Put it in a tupperware in the fridge overnight (or a few hours at least) and then let it dry the following day on paper towels. It's still not exactly like US bacon, but it comes closer than if you cook the panceta directly, which still isn't bad - I've started cooking it directly from the package more often than soaking it lately because of the bother.

But to me, the biggest key is to get them to cut it thick or buy the right package in the super that's thick enough.

I also like to make sausage patties out of chorizos - strip the outer skin to get just the meat, mix with salt and black pepper and maybe some garlic (or whatever you prefer) and then form into patties. Not as good as I remember something Jimmie Dean, but not bad either...

As far as where to get an American-style eggs and bacon breakfast - the only place I've heard of that wasn't mentioned here was hotel Palacio Alvear on the corner of Alvear and Ayacucho. I think they only do a Sunday brunch there as an American-style breakfast. I've never been, though I live about 4 blocks from it. I hear it's very good and quite expensive.

 

[Noesdeayer]

The Bar Britanico in San Telmo offers an English Breakfast which ;I believe is where the U.S.version was passed on.
A Brit friend f mine ordered it once.
I don't know as a New Yorker, I didn't see any home fries .I passed on it.
It wasn't xenophobia that stole the idea from the Argentines B.A. was always continental breakfast country.
In "el campo" the Gaucho breakfast was and still is,I think, steak n' eggs.In the South lamb chops n' eggs.

 

[wineguy999]

is there any place i can perhaps buy bacon or the argentine equivalent and just cook it myself ?

Kalimnos - Austria between Juncal & Beruti. Closest thing to American style bacon I have found in ARG.