Subscribe to our RSS FeedA lot of people back home have been asking me about Argentine beef: Is the beef really that cheap? Is the beef really that good? Do they eat a lot of beef?
The answer to all these questions is, “Yes.” Beef is definitely one of the staple foods here. While Mersal has not been able to find a decent salad anywhere, I have been extremely pleased with every single beef dish I’ve ordered. Last night we went to Oporto (which I would compare to a diner in the U.S.) and I ordered what I thought was the hamburger. For AR $20, it turned out to be a humongous steak sandwich (a very tender cut) with lettuce, tomatoes, a fried egg, slice of ham, and cheese on a large roll with french fries and a beer. Not bad for about U.S. $6.50.
Ginger Gentile, another New Yorker in Buenos Aires, has produced a short clip on Argentine beef, which you can check out below. Some interesting facts from her documentary:
Annual Beef Consumption Per Person
China: 10 pounds
USA: 62 pounds
Argentina: 143 pounds
Bottle of water: $4 pesos / Sausage on a roll: $2 pesos
Enjoy!
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1 Random Observations: Week 5 // Sep 12, 2008 at 9:02 am
[...] the massive amounts of beef that they eat here, very few people wear leather coats. Buenos Aires is supposed to be famous for leather goods too, [...]
2 Paul // Oct 23, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Very shortly, I’ll be one more expat living in Argentina from Chicago. For your wife and her salad craving, i would recommend this very cool diner in the downtown area close to the Florida merchant street called Tentissimo. http://www.tentissimo.com
3 DaVe // Oct 25, 2008 at 8:31 am
Thanks, Paul. Maybe we’ll see you down here!
4 Misi Lopez Lecube // Nov 17, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Hi there- My father is from Argentina and after working for years in New York- he retired and returned to Bs.As. which is great b/c I get to visit regularly-which i love doing. SALAD BAR - GO TO El Yugo Restaurant!!! It’s the best one i ever found there- on Vicente Lopez near Recoleta. Loved Milion too! - I am going there for the holidays and will return in March with my boyfriend- would be great to catch up with you two sometime-! My b-friend and I are thinking about an extended stay aswell! i’m so glad i found this site by btw!!
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