What to eat in Buenos Aires- a guide for foodies

I already mentioned last time that Buenos Aires is a great place at the cheap price for pizza, ice cream and meat lovers. Here you have a little guide on where and what the locals eat. I must warn you though Buenos Aires is not the best place for you if you watch your weight. No matter how strong willpower you can have, that city will break you. So be prepared to struggle with closing the last button of your trousers.

Do you want to eat like a local? Here is a list of the foods you should try. I also mentioned a few places where locals would go to eat. Enjoy.

Favourite travel resources:

Booking.com for searching best prices on accommodation.
Discover Cars is a great website as they search both local and international car hire services, so you can choose the best deal for yourself. Make sure though, that the company has a good reputation and reviews.
Get Your Guide is my place to go for searching and booking tours and excursions, especially when I travel solo.
World Nomads travel insurance. I like them because they have quite extensive coverage of different activities.
Jack’s Flight Club is a service that can save you hundreds of dollars on flights, it works especially well in Europe.
Trivago where you can search and save on hotels.
Go City is a perfect site for booking bucket list experiences and attractions all in one to avoid paying for multiple tickets. Easy and saves money.
Trip Advisor– amazing for good quality recommendations.
Skyscanner is a perfect website for searching flight routes and comparing prices.

SIGN UP FOR FLIGHT DISCOUNTS

Food to try in Buenos Aires

Ice cream

If you are a big admirer of ice cream this is the city for you. At almost every corner you can find an ice cream shop. Although I am not a big lover of ice cream (please don’t judge), I must confess that resisting this temptation in Buenos Aires was quite a challenge. As I was lucky to have my private, half-local and a big enthusiast of the capital (and ice cream probably even more) guide, I had a chance to eat like a local.

He made sure that I tried all the specialties of Argentinian cuisine that are the favourites of the people of Buenos Aires. So I was told that the best gelato you can find in Freddo shops. And that the best flavour is dulce de leche tentación. I must admit: it’s not bad. It’s like a toffee with toffee and more toffee. Although I was reprimanded for calling it a toffee and I might not be very welcome in Argentina anymore. Well, it’s not toffee, it just tastes similar.

Pizza in Buenos Aires

Someone has told me that the best pizza can be found in Buenos Aires. Crazy! I thought. Aren’t Italians the masters of this dish? With a strong history of Italian folks immigration in Buenos Aires, the art and tradition of pizza making there is hard to beat.

I wouldn’t believe without proof, so I had to see with my mouth what’s the fuss about. Yes, I ate some of the best pizzas to this day. However, the popularity of the dish doesn’t go together with quality sometimes. The good traditional places with real Italian cuisine are hard to find, so I have prepared a little list (approved by real people of Buenos Aires).

Where to eat best pizza in Buenos Aires

Banchero

A big, old pizzeria in La Boca neighborhood. It seems to be not very popular amongst tourists. Located a little bit outside of the busy part of La Boca, Banchero goes a way back. When you enter, it will take you back in time. And the pizza! You have never eaten more cheese on one slice.

Güerrin

This pizzeria is located Avenida Corrientes 1368. With a very traditional design and a rich history of pizza making, it is a great place to feel the atmosphere of Buenos Aires. Although it is always packed with hungry tourists and locals, it keeps the traditional look and taste.

Make sure you try fainá, a dish based on chickpeas flour. You can see that triangle on top of my pizza? That’s fainá.

7 short excursions from Buenos Aires

Wine, sun and art. Visiting Mendoza, Argentina.

An ultimate guide to Iguazu Falls

El Cuartito

Another traditional pizzeria with great atmosphere and food.

It’s located at Talcahuano 937.

Chunchulines

Chinchulines are the small intestines. I guess some of you on the sound of eat will turn your head away, but what can I say, it is a delicacy in Argentina and I wouldn’t be myself if I didn’t try it. I have to tell you that it is quite tasty and if you are a little bit adventurous, this is just another thing to try something different.

Choripan

It is a simple and a very popular food usually sold on streets. It is a grilled sausage called chorizo criollo in a roll (esp. pan). Stands that prepare that for you usually offer different toppings and sauces that are placed on a table on a pavement, for example, for you to help yourself.

Panchos

Well, it is just another name for so well-known to everyone hot-dog.

Alfajores

Alfajores might be the best cookies you have ever tried! No kidding here, I am serious. This crumbly and tender biscuit layered with dulce de leche and (as they say in Spanish) bathed in chocolate is truly irresistible. And Buenos Aires is devoted to it.

Sandwiches de miga

Those sandwiches are prepared with different fillings (blue cheese is my favourite), the secret of them, however, is the bread. It is a very thin bread called pan de miga and is lighter than air. Sometimes those sandwiches are made of three layers of bread instead of two. The best and the freshest sandwiches de miga are sold in small bakeries.

Matambre

Matambre is a very thin cut of beef rolled with vegetables, hard-boiled egg and herbs. The word ‘matambre’ means ‘mata’ + ‘hambre’ = ‘kill hunger’.

Pionono

Pionono is for dessert, which a sponge cake rolled with dulce de leche, of course. This ‘cake’ is named after Pope Pius IX, who held a nickname – Pionono.

Where to get best coffee and medialunas in Buenos Aires

La Biela Café

This traditional cafe located in the heart of Recoleta neighbourhood should not be missed. You can go back in time there while sipping your coffee and indulging yourself with sweet pastry – medialunas. Or if you are in the mood you can share some stories with two Nobel Prize winners and frequent customers of La Biela: an Argentinian writer Adolfo Bioy Casares and his writer friend Jorge Luis Borges.

Located at 600 Quintana Avenue

I hope you enjoyed reading this post. If you have any other suggestions regarding culinary in Argentina, please let us know. You can now download this post via GpsMyCity and use it later offline during your trip.

Did you like the post? Pin it for later:

Disclosure: Please note that this post included affiliate links, when you decide to purchase anything through these links I get a small commission at NO extra cost to you, it helps me to keep running this blog! I only promote products and services I use or would use myself. All images are the property of Postcards from the World and cannot be used without permission.