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Argentine food

Argentine food has been a bit of a mixed bag. They like their food pretty bland and most cafes/restaurants have the same range of food - pizza, salad, pasta, baked chicken and milanesa (snitzel).

There have however been some great experiences which we thought we should list.

Panaderias and Confiterias (bakery and cake shops) are amazing in Buenos Aires. Our breakfast most mornings in the hostel consists of cafe con leche (coffee with milk) and medialunas (small sweet croissants). Bakeries also sell an amazing range of facturas - pastries filled with fruit or caramel or custard. The best thing they have are alfajores a biscuit filled with duche de leche (a milk caramel like the old-fashioned caramel sauce made by boiling a tin of condensed milk) and covered in chocolate.

We have spent several nights in BA sitting a cafes surrounded by old men watching football while we drink beer (cerveza) and eat empanadas (jamon y queso - ham and cheese are the best). We often did this when we couldn't be bothered waiting til 9pm to eat dinner like normal Argentines.

Our best meal was at a parilla restaurant in Belgrano (a bit like the north shore). Argentines take their beef very seriously and we had beautiful steak with plenty of salad and chips. Andrew loves the fact that everybody eats papas fritas (hot chips) and no one thinks he is childish for ordering them even in classy restaurants.

The other quintessential experience is a super pancho - a hot dog with a choice of sauce and sprinkled with crumbled potato crisps - Andrew had his first on the way home from a football game at Monumental (the home of River Plate) and was sold.