June 11, 2013
A Taste of Buenos Aires
I’ve only been here a week, but I feel like I’ve been pretty well exposed to the food culture in Buenos Aires. It’s not what I expected. The guidebooks told me of a few common foods, but I’ve been surprised by how… dominant they are. If you walk down the street, you’d think all they eat here is empanadas and pizza. So much pizza. Every other restaurant is a pizza place. And every place that sells food sells empanadas– palm-sized savory stuffed pastries that are baked or fried. Common types are jamon y queso (ham and cheese), carne (beef), and pollo (chicken). They’re not spicy, because Argentinians can’t handle anything mas picante. I actually ate a couple homemade ones with my housemates the other night, and they were heavenly. Ours were caprese (tomato and mozzarella), which I haven’t seen anywhere else.