Photo taken using Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
On a whim, I ended up walking through the Córdoba Sunday street market to the San Martin farmers market. From a distance I could see smoke from a grill and had a feeling I’d be coming across a choripan stand. To my delight I came across this family operation of choripan. The father cooked, the mother put the choripan together, the daughter got the bread, mayo, lettuce and tomato ready for the sandwich while also collecting money while the son topped it off with the chimichurri.
Compared to Choripan, Part 1, I’d have to say this choripan was a bit better. The chorizo was bigger and thicker. Though it looked a bit under-cooked after receiving it, I wasn’t sick afterwards so we’ll just say that it was fine and in bife terms it was cooked rare. Though the bread wasn’t toasted it still was obviously fresh and soft. While the family operation lacked in the topping variety, all one really needs is chimichurri and you call it good. All this still costed a mere 5 pesos each.
The crazy thing is that the San Martin farmers market had a bunch of choripan stands. Not like 3 or 4 but well over 10 different places selling choripan with other people selling super panchos (hot dogs) or fruit salads. All the places are pretty much selling the same thing at the same price but the subtle differences are in the chorizo used or the bread or their own personal chimichurri recipe. I wish I was able to sample more than just 1 here because as a proponent of street food, it doesn’t get any better than this. I just happened to go to this family operation because it was the first one I saw and I was damn hungry at that point.
If one gets the opportunity to walk amongst the locals at the outdoor farmers market and check out the indoor central market then you get the sense of the true local spirit of the city. I’m pretty sure I was the only tourist walking around but eating amongst the locals and enjoying choripan as much as they do for it’s simplicity and cheapness probably was my favorite part of the Córdoba trip.
