Annie: What’s up guys? Welcome to the eighth episode of our podcast, “Food Away From Home (World Tour)”, with your hosts Annie, Cece, and Shiv. In this episode, we're going to be talking about the different foods that you can find in Argentina, and where they can be found. Let's get started!

Segment 1: Different Regions and landscapes.

Cece: Argentina has many different landscapes like mountains, as well as different regions. Let's get into some of these different areas!

Shiv: Argentina which is soooo beautiful, is split into 4 different regions, which are the andes, The north, the pampas, and Patagonia

Shiv: The Andes are the western mountains, and the highest mountain range outside of Asia. These mountains look absolutely ANGELIC! They are extremely pointy and imperfect, but that is what makes them so beautiful. The highest peak in the Andes mountains is Mount Anaconda which reaches a height of 22,831 feet or 6,959 meters. Insane!

Shiv:the north, This region is extremely rustic and breathtaking, there are a lot of colorful mountains and salt flats that connect to deep indigenous roots. The scenery has a lot of vibrant natural colors like shades of yellow, orange, brown, and greens.

Shiv: The pampas are known for their rich soil and fertile land that is amazing for agriculture. There is a TON of open land in this region, and like the other regions it's super elegant and has a lot of natural tones like brown and green. This land also serves as the Southwest’s “bread basket” for cattle wheat.

Shiv: And lastly Patagonia, which is easily the MOST breathtaking out of all of these regions as it is surrounded by beautiful trees and icy mountains. The overall climate is really cold, but very suitable for tourism because of its magical scenery and crystal clear lake. Fun fact, the jacket brand Patagonia was inspired by the mystical south american landscape, I actually have my own blue-teal Patagonia jacket at home! And my dad is basically obsessed with them because they have a lot of high-quality jackets for lower prices than most popular jacket brands.

Shiv: There are also beautiful waterfalls, and rainforests all over Argentina, like

Iguazu Falls: A spectacular waterfall system on the border with Brazil, a major natural wonder ,and Misiones Province: Known for its tropical rainforests, waterfalls, and historic Jesuit missions

Shiv:

There are also other less known regions like Northwest (Cuyo): Arid, Andean landscapes, perfect for wine-making, the Lake District (Bariloche): Alpine scenery with lakes, forests, and snow-capped mountains, resembling a Swiss landscape, and Atlantic Coast: Home to wildlife havens like Península Valdés

Overall, Argentina is FILLED to the brim with lots of amazing wildlife and scenery and definitely in my top 10

Segment 2: Popular foods and Sweets/Snacks

Shiv: Getting into some of these delicious foods! Argentina has many foods, snacks, and sweets to offer. These foods range from vegetables, meat, and lots of cheese.

Annie: Some popular savory dishes are

1. Asado: The quintessential Argentine barbecue, featuring various grilled meats (steak, ribs, sausage).
2. Empanadas: Baked or fried pastries filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables, with regional variations.
3. Milanesa: Breaded meat cutlets (beef or chicken), often served with fries or mashed potatoes, sometimes "a la Napolitana" (with ham, cheese, tomato).
4. Choripán: A simple, popular street food of grilled chorizo sausage in bread.
5. Provoleta: Grilled provolone cheese, often seasoned and served as an appetizer.
6. Pizza & Fainá: A strong Italian influence means pizza (often with lots of cheese) and a chickpea flatbread called fainá are very popular, especially in Buenos Aires.
7. Locro: A hearty corn and meat stew, especially popular in colder months.

Now moving onto Snacks and Sides!

1. Chimichurri: A zesty sauce of parsley, garlic, oregano, and vinegar, essential for grilled meats.
2. Salsa Criolla: A fresh relish of diced peppers, onions, and tomatoes.
3. Picada: A platter of cured meats, cheeses, olives, and spreads.

Now lastly, sweets!

1. Dulce de Leche: A rich caramel-like milk confection used in everything from ice cream to pastries.
2. Alfajores: Sandwich cookies filled with dulce de leche and covered in chocolate or meringue.
3. Medialunas: Flaky, sweet crescent-shaped pastries, similar to croissants.
4. Mate: The national caffeinated herbal infusion, a deeply ingrained social ritual.
5. Fernet and Coke: A popular bitter liqueur mixed with soda.

Talk about our favorite foods - Shiv start

Cece: Andddd now, what you have all been waiting for!! The great, the amazing, the all-waited for, the RESTAURANTS! Argentina is known for its delicious, awesome, and fantabulistic restaurants, that we will 100% be looking right at, asap! VAMONOS!:

-Okie-dokie so the first restaurant we are going to be talking about is the Elena Restaurant.. So yes, like the name “Elena”. Why is this restaurant so great? Well, it is beautiful inside, having an almost ambient atmosphere, being a little light-dimmed, aesthetic, and luxurious. It is a South American restaurant, and it is at the Four Seasons Hotel in Buenos Aires. They have many unique and diverse foods, here are their specialty dishes: I have also been here as a little child young-yin.

-Dry aged T-Bone meat steak (they are big on meats and steaks and beef)

-They also love their charcuterie plates-for those who don’t know, charcuterie plates are wooden plates that are usually appetizers, filled with ham, cheese, sometimes olives, nuts, and more salty snacks. On their charcuterie plate, they have Camembert, (a cheese), Aged cheddar, Kobe Bresaola, and Duck Breasts. I LOVE CHARCUTERIE BOARDS!!

(THOUGHTSSS!!)

1. Bone in Angus Ribeye-another type of meat
2. Dry aged Milanesa-a type of meat- with toppings: egg that is fried, mustard, and potatoes with truffle.
3. They also have a curry-lemon-ricotta lamb-sounds so good
4. Desert: they have a really cool, and appetizing dessert, called Chocolate Almendro, and it is basically a chocolate and whisky ice cream chocolate cream and sponge cake with almond praline-it looks so good!
5. Almond praline is a crunchy, creamy, and delicious almond covered in caramel.
6. Then there is another desert called: The Balcarce of Buenos Aires, which is Dulce de leche, Roasted lemon ice cream with chestnuts, and meringe, and cream
7. Also another dessert called Apple Sidron, which has a cloud of apple and olives, with cream cheese and cider.
8. These all sound good to me! So exotic too-things that you normally wouldn’t find here in New Jersey! What do you guys think? But, it is also quite expensive too!
9. (thoughts)

Fogon Asado:

1. Also quite expensive, it also has South American foods, and it includes:
2. Starters/firsts: ember-roasted eggplant
3. Provoleta cheese
4. Molleja-Sweetbreads of animal pancreas
5. Morcilla-Pork blood, seasonings, and pig fats.
6. Chorizo-Pork sausage
7. Meats: Slow braised Asado meat
8. Pork Flank Steak
9. Ribeye meat
10. Additionals: Yellow chili sauces
11. Lime and cilantro salad
12. Pine cone smoked flat iron-meats cooked with pine cone oils.
13. Creamy cauliflower puree-potatoes and cauliflower mashed together.
14. Flame roasted corn
15. Grilled vegetables
16. Desert:
17. Pancake with Dulce de Leche

I also went to a restaurant when I was little in Argentina that is called Jardin Japones, which is like a Japanese Garden, and you could eat at their restaurant, and it was so beautiful I still get memories and deja vu hehe.

1. Don Julio Parrilla is going to be our last restaurant that we will be talking about. It is also known for its South American food, and its amazing meats. Let's get started:
2. Mollejas-sweetbreads
3. Ojo de Bife Bife-meats
4. Flan with Dulce de Leche and Cream
5. Asado de Tira meats
6. Morcilla meats
7. Papas Fritas(French Fries)
8. Panqueque Dulce de Leche pancake/crepe
9. Bife Ancho meats
10. Provoleta de Cabra cheese
11. Empanadas de Cortesía
12. Dulce de Leite and chocolate
13. Thoughts~

Segment 3: Experiances

Annie: Now lastly, here are some fascinating, and cool experiences to do when you go! Take it away Cece!

Cece: Thanks Annie! There are many exciting things to do in Argentina, but we will be sharing our top 10!

1. You can go to Patagonia, the very end of Argentina, very cold, penguins, glaciers, whales. I went here
2. Iguazu falls-very amazing and cool waterfalls to experience
3. Perito Moreno Glacier I went here
4. There are national parks, such as Parque Nacional Talampaya
5. Many museums such as Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo
6. (Decorative Arts)
7. Planetario Galileo Galileo planetarium
8. Parque Nacional Los Alerces
9. Puerto Madryn
10. Casino Buenos Aires
11. Teatro Colon

(Thoughts)

These are some of the best experiences to do in Argentina! Thanks for tuning in!

Ending

Annie: As you can see, Argentina is a very exciting place when it comes to food. It is pretty clear why we wanted to talk about it today. *Pause* Thank you so much for listening to “Food Away from Home” today and

All: We will see you guys next week!

Music Credits: List the artist and song name

1. Intro - Cruise control - Patrick Patrikios
2. Outro - Invisible - Anno Domini Beats
3. Transitions - Stalling - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena

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