Argentina Buenos Aires South Mission

My favorite food, I think, was this thing called milanesa or empanadas. If you haven't heard what those are, go look them up because they're going to be your favorite things ever. Basically, a milanesa is like a country fried steak, somewhat made out of chicken. It's hard to explain, but it's great. And an empanada is kind of like a, oh, I don't even know how to explain it. The best thing ever. Look it up. One thing that they eat down there like crazy that was really weird for me at first, but I ended up loving it is mayonnaise. They put that on everything, on their food, on their bread, on everything. And to me, it tastes a lot better down there. So it might sound weird to you and it will be at first, but you'll get used to it and you'll love it.

My favorite food got to be empanadas. So delicious. Yeah. Jamón y queso, carne, pollo. Like, those are like the three types I usually get. But man, having that with ketchup, machonesa, or even like salsa de barbacoa, man, hits the spot. I was, every now and then, I'd always order a docena. Like, one of my areas, they already knew my order whenever I called. I was like, yep, I'd like to make an order. And they'd be like, oh. And I'm like, yeah, una docena. And they're like, yeah, dos de pollo, dos de carne, dos de jamón y queso. Like, they knew. But man, empanadas, I love them, man. Um, you'll probably eat them, but enjoy them. Um, because they're delicious, man. And nobody makes them like Argentina. In the States, they don't make them like they do there.

You have to get dulce pan. It is this sugared bread and it is terrible for you, but they sell facturas, which is like, it's like a candied treat everywhere in the streets. And they're, they're everywhere. There's like chocolate-covered churros, churros filled with dulce de leche, which is caramelized milk, also delicious and comes from Argentina. And the bread is immaculate. I gained so much weight on my mission from eating just bread. It was delicious. But you cannot go wrong with most foods there. You just kind of got to tough it out and get your stomach used to it really fast in the beginning. But I will say my favorite pleasure food, if I wanted something really greasy, it's something called churripan. It's like this type of bratwurst, Italian sausage mix with kind of spices and vinegar over the top. And then he puts something, pico de macho, which is tomatoes, onions, and olive oil mixed over the top. It's delicious.

They're the beef capital of the world, so if you ever can find an all-you-can-eat buffet that's like good stuff, there's one called La Tapera, and I think it's in Longchamps. In American dollars, it's dirt cheap for an all-you-can-eat buffet, and it is good, so if you get the chance to eat some good meat, go for it. I mean, splurge once a month kind of thing on that thing, that food, it'll be in your mind forever. I remember eating a steak with a spoon, it was so tender I could cut it up with a spoon. Oh, that was a good place, I want to go back.