I finally came to the end of this stretch of food vendors and decided that I needed to have one more even though the churrasquito hit the spot. So this time I figured to try the vacio since it is a better cut of meat than what is used for the churrasquito. The vacio seemed like a hit or miss at a cost of 7 pesos. The common theme is that the asador has a piece of vacio already grilling away or on the side after being cooked for the most part. When ordering a vacio, he’ll cut a portion for you and grill it up so it’s not necessarily the freshest; obviously since this is fast street food that you’re being served. I probably would’ve enjoyed a little more red in my vacio as I’ve been accustomed to when ordering a parrillada mix in your typical restaurant.

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After devouring my chorpian I wanted more and my tour of this area of Puerto Madero was just beginning. Rather than eat choripan at every vendor I had to change it up. Next was a the churrasquito, pretty much a hot sliced beef sandwich. Though I’m jumping ahead before my vacio stop, the churrasquito was probably my favorite.

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If the over-priced restaurants located on Alicia Moreau de Justo in Puerto Madero aren’t for you, head down towards the park and there you’ll find a stretch of food vendors set up with their own parrilla selling food that doesn’t cost much but will easily fill you up. The staples for most of these street carts are choripan, churrasquito, and vacio. I’ve already once reviewed choripan while in Córdoba and this time decided to explore the street food scene in Buenos Aires. You’ll spend between $2-$3 USD for a sandwich, coupled with a soda and you’re looking at around $5 USD for a meal; beats the 90 pesos you’ll pay for Cabaña Las Lilas’ Baby Beef.

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