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  • in today's video we're taking you on a little do-it-yourself food tour of

  • Buenos Aires Argentina we had three days in the city before catching our flight back to

  • Canada and we basically spent those three days eating our favorite foods and

  • getting our fix of classic Argentine dishes we'll be trying different cups of

  • steaks that are far too big not to share ordering every slice of pizza or one of

  • our favorite pizzeria tasting different types of meat on a sauce made

  • with chicken and veal and of course sipping on Malbec as we say our farewell

  • to the city of Buenos Aires Argentina at the end we'll also share our journey home and the welcome from

  • our beloved Togo but now it's time to eat so bring your appetite and let's

  • kick off this Buenos Aires food tour

  • so first up we visited a bodegon which is one of those old-fashioned

  • restaurants typical of Buenos Aires Argentina is where the portions are abundant and the food

  • is good we opted for steak at this restaurant got this baby girl from a

  • Malbec back

  • all right the Malbec has arrived cheers Cheers here another day with Malbec as

  • always another good day yep it's a fresh wine it's a good wine to go with the

  • with the meat that we order and we're going to have so we got to be fit the

  • traditional yeah I'm Sonya because our Airbnb host told us that's the best I

  • will share and we have it we haven't we haven't tried that before halfway no no

  • no but we get here though also we should mention we're having this meal at a very

  • strange hour it is now 4:15 too late to be lunch time in Argentina but too early

  • to be dinner it's like teatime merienda they might be

  • old tourist tourism the Argentinians don't have dinner till 11 o'clock in the

  • evening so like a p.m. would be earth that'd be super keen for 4:20 as I know

  • naughty toes

  • has reached the table sure has say this giant fighter is meant for two people we

  • have to be physically so look at fried egg on top

  • french fries Russian salad with potato peas carrots Mayo we have clean rice and

  • then we have the ingredients for a complete self and then this is meant for

  • one person they said but I mean there is no way we're gonna do we're depleting

  • try we have some serious digging fugu it will take care of it don't worry

  • yeah yeah we got it I think we can I'm gonna try it just like that late playing

  • with nothing on it yeah really be able to detect the real

  • flavor of the beef yeah so Inigo good stuff good stuff ah boom made fries yeah

  • you've gotta eat them with your fingers yeah forget the core and only wait to

  • eat these you know yeah look at that they are fried a large yeah a northern

  • oil alert the labor Wow this is insane like this this

  • portion is enough I'd say for four people it's unbelievable

  • yeah so look we've got it's not just like home cut fries we also have wedges

  • as well a giant beef or the chorizo waiting for

  • you with a fried egg on top I'm just picking up you can eat a whole piece

  • you're gonna don't lose that hmm I'm going for daddy one yeah boys come

  • to me precious I'm flying the next state called for pizza mainly because Sam

  • insisted we couldn't leave when a scientist without visiting one of its

  • oldest pizzerias Lorraine is located on corrientes Avenue right in the heart of

  • the theater district and the place is always packed

  • we ordered every individual slice on the menu to give you an idea of what this

  • pizzeria has to offer

  • all right guys we have arrived at beats videography before lunch right on time

  • because this place is slowly filling up the best pizza in Buenos Aires it's

  • really good thing about this restaurant is that you can just order by the slice

  • they have like a whole list or you don't have to order the whole pie just like

  • one piece so like makes it match the sample at all yeah I already loosened up

  • the belt when you go eat pizza I'm gonna cider the first thing

  • loosen up the belt yeah and we also order a chocolate like okay the beers

  • don't have because doing pizza with water and with the sparkling water

  • III don't remember I already will see when it comes for the last three blocks

  • before we got to lift its area this guy he wants ahead of us like a block and a

  • half he was afraid a man with a quest a man on the cliff

  • we were right huh speech in the world even though it says on the napkin we did

  • not invent it all right you guys are trying the first slice what do you got

  • which has Arella look at all that tomato sauce it's been a while all right Sam

  • what is on your plate tell us this is a masterpiece this is called the Foo

  • Gazeta it's just loaded with cheese it's got onions oh my gosh guys it's it

  • doesn't have tomato sauce it's got so much cheese that it does not have tomato

  • sauce

  • if you love cheese this is the one you have to charge double the mock down

  • around to what are you guys having

  • loaded it's got like I got all the sauce in the world on it basically no no

  • cheese we need to bring some my wine home for that baby

  • yeah because we're gonna need it we're gonna need it very salty very salty

  • we're moving on to round 3 of the pizza number 3 what do we got

  • and I also put on top

  • it's a thing here so you just put it on top put it on top how does it change the

  • tape amazing yeah yeah do you prefer with it or without

  • there is more yeah I'm experimenting over here this is the former Ola and it

  • looks like it's just jacked with onions maybe only onions I think maybe some

  • tomato sauce on the side no onion no cheese no cheese no cheese

  • there's quite a few pizzas here with no cheese that are heavy on the tomato call

  • Sam ordered one more spicy food service oh he says he won't be able to eat

  • people like their food back in Canada throwing it

  • you hear that Canada that's amazing but she stretched the Chivas

  • it's not real much so no watch no

  • for our final day in the city we decided to eat melon ASIS and super Dimas these

  • are breaded cutlets the only difference is that one is made with veal and the

  • other with chicken breast this is another classic Argentine dish that

  • needs to be added to your bueno situs food tour when you visit we're going to

  • have meal an answer which is like a schnitzel or veal parmesan you know that

  • kind of bitch and they seem to be very very nice but not be you know like

  • they're so poor we leave one osiris tomorrow we're going to have a good

  • milanesa with a glass of wine of course cheers guys Cheers

  • another day another glass of Malbec what else

  • winning Argentina eat the Malbec

  • and what are we drinking today Altos del Plata from bodega there la salle de los

  • Andes not very old wine but it's a nice and page a wine a beautiful wine first

  • of all the color the first thing I noticed about it it's almost like yeah

  • it's gonna it's gonna go great with the melon Aizaz and supreme us yeah alright

  • me lenez's and supreme us have arrived you guys have been digging in yeah which

  • is made with chicken chicken breast yeah so it's very tender juicy meat no fat in

  • there and it tends to be a thicker cut like a thicker thicker than the collet

  • yeah I got it Napolitan style ham cheese

  • tomato sauce oregano and they use option to choose our sites

  • it typically comes with your french fries but you can get a pumpkin puree or

  • mashed potatoes and the portions are huge thank you

  • I got the one that is made out of veal yeah it's a veal Milanese

  • but look at the beauty is that a meal oh wow that's a meal of Champions gee man

  • anyone you get only in Argentina I'm sorry to say look at the size of the

  • monster and the pace

  • we got we got we got a lot a lot of eating to do I recommend this 100%

  • yeah it's a beauty this is kind of like a bow they want you know yeah it was all

  • fashion restaurant that I've been here forever and they don't go to business

  • because of the quality of the meat and they pulled and everything they do and

  • they don't skimp on the portions no and that's how we feasted during our last

  • three days in Buenos Aires Argentina we also consumed plenty of Cafe con Leche Maria

  • Lunas and ice cream which explains why we might have been a little heavier when

  • we got back home and stepped on the scale but hey Argentina is a place where

  • you come to eat but now let's travel back to Canada and say hello to togi

  • oh good morning good morning oh I will say it was a shorter flight than I

  • expected 10 hours I thought we were in for 12 14

  • 15 who knows and it's not so bad it went by relatively quick how are you

  • I'm pretty beat up I feel the same way

  • luck struck me odd P sheets that was awesome and then you got you got an

  • extra seat - it's basically yeah and then B sheep in between all of us

  • yeah you could stretch a little bit more you know that makes all the difference

  • here's the real question will Togo be awake when we arrive no the thing is

  • will totally be upset that he don't know he's gonna be happy

  • maybe I'll film the reaction so feed ourselves or if he doesn't really

  • excited because we spend

  • and that's a wrap for Argentina travel series hit subscribe and stay tuned for

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