waiting for we are redoing yesterday going back to

Cholila yes taking you to the Fiesta Nacional del Asado (Argentine National Asado Festival) yeah

this is the grand event the biggest argentine asado bbq and the most incredible

thing is that we talked to the people like the people who grill them the meat

and they said today is the day and it's actually happening pretty early in the

day there I think things let's start cooking at length of six seven in the

morning because the food has to be ready by 12:00 gonna be fantastic it's gonna

be a day to remember we're on our way no way

guys we are back first things first we need to show you the size of this asado

all the meat that is being cooked in front of us this it's all lamb we are

going to be having lots of cordero for lunch today you can feel the heat coming off the fire

smoke the aroma we're going to smell nice today though this is poppers

waiting for the asado this right here is the biggest barbecue festival and all of

Argentina known in Spanish as the Fiesta Nacional del asado this event takes

place in the town of Cholila and it is a celebration of Gaucho culture and its

cuisine which strongly revolves around grilled meat this Fiesta started out as

a provincial festival back in 1993 and it has since grown to become one of the

biggest national festivals in the country drawing visitors from all over

Argentina and the few international attendees as well over the course of

this festival grill masters barbecue some 10,000 kilos of beef 300 lambs and

400 chorizos it's a meat heavy event and definitely somewhere you want to

arrive with a big appetite

ie the reason I feel better

the barbecue was ready around noon and we had a few different options to choose

from chorizo which is sausage on a bun cordero which is lamb and

bife it which is a beef we tried a bit of everything and the portions were

massive definitely big enough to share between two

I apologize and we are you can also win an argentine asado they have prizes you can show

up here try your luck maybe you get a free lunch they're also asking everyone

status are you single are you married maybe you'll find a partner here who

knows comes to the party oh he has transformed into Gaucho Sam are you

kidding me what's over talking about

now you can get down to be on the outside juicy tons of flavor you can't

beat the way they prepares out 6:00 in the morning and we're having it at 1:00

p.m. but seven hours of preparation guys that's our nature taste

Grazia's Valentin por todo and of course we can't forget the dogs they spent the

day roaming the festival grounds and they were very well fed in fact some of

the dogs ate so much a barbeque that by the end of the day they weren't even

interested in a free bone

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the men work the grill is all afternoon long feeding the fire and barbecuing the

meat these volunteers deserve a huge applause because cooking all that meat

is not an easy job you wouldn't believe what the heat was like standing next to

the grilling stations but they grilled all day long and fed thousands of people

now it is siesta time because we've had a lot of meat a lot of wine

I found a leftover but from different breakfast you're about a bottomless pit

well guys right now we are going to the Hina tiada to see some Gaucho culture in

action some horse demonstrations and I was woken up from my little nap

as you know if I have meat and I have wine I can't function so I'm kind of

drowsy half asleep but we don't want to miss the action cuz this is really quite

special so we are on our way you can already see lots of horses down there

yeah we'll see what this is all about we had a few fences to get in not very

funny

okay

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the meat is obviously the major draw to the barbecue festival but another reason

to visit it is to watch the Hina Diana which is kind of like a rodeo

they had horse races bareback riding and all sorts of competition where the

Gauchos showcase their bravado

one lower that's what you have to go you fit you fit go Sam that's awesome

well now we're gonna take a little walk through the party ground and show you

some of the different food options that you have here as well as beverages and

desserts so you have lots of different stalls some of them are selling today is

french fries you name it they've got it here

lots of artisanal beers oh yeah what's a beard nice cake and you can get

raspberries with cream just raspberries aren't seasoned and of course this is in

addition to the argentine asado which is the starfish yeah

as you can see lots of food options especially if you're craving something

sweet midway through the afternoon

so we were just walking around the food section of the fair slash party here but

there's another section or you can also buy all kinds of souvenirs

knives leather goods jams cheese's salami but like fancy stuff to take home

not to eat on the spot so we're gonna go show you that it's on the other side of

the grounds well yeah it's been pretty cool so far we've really enjoyed it

we've tried a lot of food here listen there's lots of different styles of

music not just Argentine music from Patagonia but all over the country and

also music from all over Latin America really

aside from the artisanal market where they were selling all sorts of

handicrafts and handmade goods there was also a mini carnival for the children

they had different games and rides so it was an event for the whole family

and that was our day at the biggest Argentine barbecue festival here in the

town of Cholila Patagonia for any foodies out there let me just tell you that this is

one of many festivals dedicated to food and drink across the country there are

fiestas dedicated to wine beer salmon goats chocolate you name it

basically any excuse to eat and drink so if you'd like to see some more food

festivals covered here on this channel just let us know in the comments below

until next time