Sandwiches de miga are the perfect cheap lunch-time snack ubiquitous in Buenos Aires. Incredibly light and airy crustless, double-layered, 5-bite, white-bread sandwiches often made with ham and one other ingredient. Both of these cost me about $1 dollar and gave me the perfect mid-day boost of energy I needed after class without weighing me down. People…
“Dulce de puente” ice cream at Puerto Madero. For finally finding a substantial body of water, which I need close to me no matter where I live, I decided to reward myself with some dulce de leche ice cream from a nearby heladaria. It was creamy and delicious, sweet with an almost-burnt caramel toffee flavor…
I don´t think I will ever get tired of the tasty little fried, salty numnums that come with just about every beer in B.A. This is a Quilmes (B.A.´s Sam, although it’s way too light and watery for me…) with fried salty cylindrical chips and peanuts.
Lovingly referred to as “The Meat Place” by the TEFL students I´ve met here, no doubt to distinguish it from “The Vegetarian Place” which is the good-food-cheap place closest to the program´s building, is great for browsing and trying out new typical home-made dishes. The woman who runs it is super friendly and serves everything…
A steaming, comforting bowl of lentils and chorizo prepared by my roommate and the first real home-made meal I´ve had so far. Simple but perfect. Home-made dulce de leche del campo which my roommate brought for me from her farm in the North. Velvety smooth, sinfully thick, and almost sickeningly sweet, with a beautiful dark…
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