Buenos Aires Street Food Tour in Puerto Madero - Vacio
September 23rd, 2008, in the middle of the damn afternoon
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.
Buenos Aires Street Food Tour in Puerto Madero - Churrasquito
September 23rd, 2008, in the middle of the damn afternoon
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.
Buenos Aires Street Food Tour in Puerto Madero - Choripan
September 23rd, 2008, in the middle of the damn afternoon
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.
February 28th, 2008, early in the evening, before sex
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.
February 28th, 2008, late in the whored-out afternoon while still at work
Photo taken using Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
I’m the type that believes that some of the best food will come from either your hole-in-the-wall restaurants or better yet, street vendors. Now, the sanity issue is always a concern but when it comes to the street vendors you have true locals cooking good food while keeping it at a fair price since the overhead costs are minimal. As with the taco trucks I’m used to come the choripan carts of Argentina. Choripan simply is a chorizo sandwich. The chorizo is split down the middel the long way, placed in bread with chimichurri and other garnishes of your choice. If that sounds tasty to you, trust me, it is.
