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Food and Drink in Argentina
Argentina offers an exceptional standard of food, although choices can often be restricted to meat, pasta and pizza. Buenos Aires, however, offers a wide choice of culinary options, with Japanese, Thai and Asian-fusion food becoming increasingly popular.
Argentines dine late - 2100 is considered early. Famed for the quality of its steaks, Argentina is a meat eater's dream, and a visit to a parrilla (grill restaurant) should be on every visitor's must-do list. Vegetarians may struggle to find extensive veggie options, but most restaurants do serve vegetables and salads. Traditional confiterías (cafés), as well as more fashionable resto-bars (restaurant-bars), are popular in big cities.
Argentina's wines have flooded the international market in recent years, and are famed for their quality and value.
Specialities:
• Bife de ancho (rib eye steak).
• Bife de chorizo (sirloin steak).
• Bife de lomo (fillet steak).
• Empanadas (little pasties typically stuffed with meat, vegetable or cheese).
• Parrillada (mixed grill which might include morcilla - blood sausage).
• Alfajores (shortbread-type biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche - a caramelised milk sauce).
Tipping:
Around 15% is acceptable in restaurants as well as bars (unless you were dissatisfied) which waiting staff rely on to survive.
Regional drinks:
Yerba mate (tea-like drink).
Quilmes is the national brand of lager.
Malbec wine.
Drinking age:
The legal age for drinking alcohol in a bar/cafe is 18.
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