Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission

The best foods are the simpler ones so empanadas milanesas. I really loved their zapacho which is like their how they would cook their squash but the best by far is the asado and that's the really fancy meat that they cook in such a yummy delicious way and I just wanted to point out that if you were offered an asado it's because you are super super loved. That is their special meal. That's what they use for holidays to celebrate something or if they just want to show a person that they really love them and they really care about them. So being offered an asado is huge. It took me six months to finally have my first asado and that's because it was Christmas and they gave us asado. So if you were offered it it's because you were so special and they really want to treat you really nice. Also their lamb. I didn't like lamb before but now I love it and I crave it all the time so keep that in mind.

Definitely some of my favorite food would be gnocchi, which is just an Argentine thing, but especially in the Patagonia there's a lot of sheep, cordero, so lamb actually I guess I should say more accurately, and because there are so many sheep and lamb in the Patagonia you can get it really fresh and it's amazing whenever they cook it over the fire in Nostalgo and so that's one thing that I miss.

My favorite food is arroz chaufa. It's actually just fried rice. It's the most delicious fried rice you'll ever have. It's pretty standard. They just know how to make it. If you ever get the chance to talk to a Peruvian lady, or the immigrants seem to know how to make it so much better than the native Argentines do. It's the best. I've been looking for a decent arroz chaufa recipe since I got back. One other thing, empanadas. Empanadas are amazing. Especially if you get the ones that have like little bits of onion and raisins and just like little bits of ground beef and egg and it's hard-boiled egg. It's so good. I love it. Empanadas is something you can take home. Get a good empanada recipe when you're out there and then bring it home. And if you can impress someone by cooking it, that works too.

Alfajores, which are like these sandwiches sent from heaven, they have dulce de leche inside. Oh my gosh, those are amazing. And the asado down there, the meat is spot-on. And if you like pasta, you're gonna have a good time, but you might get sick of it because they eat a lot of pasta. But I would say alfajores, asado, and a pasta dish called gnocchis were my favorite. It's like little round potato pasta pieces. That's really good. Homemade ravioli was also one of my favorites.