Hi, my name is Julia Gonzales and iI welcome you to my channel. If you've never been here
before I love to travel to experience new cultures and amazingly delicious foods.
This week we explore the Argentinian empanada in a two-part series. First, I'll
share with you some of our favorite spots in Buenos Aires to devour those delicious
meat-filled creations. Then in part two in case you won't be in Argentina in the near future
I'll share with you step-by-step how to bake them at home yourself.
I want all the empanadas. I love empanadas I couldn't wait to visit Buenos Aires to try all the
large variety of empanadas. Fried empanadas, baked empanadas, seafood empanadas, beef empanadas, chicken
empanadas, you name it. I was gonna try it and i did. So let me show you some of my favorites. First up
La Cocina, a small unassuming establishment but don't let that fool you, they have some of the best
empanadas in Buenos Aires. In Argentinian culture empanadas are a staple of daily life. Empanadas
began as a working man's lunch item because of its ability to act as an all-encompassing food item.
There's a lot of meat that you can pack inside these delicious and easy-to-carry dough pockets.
Next stop Pony Line. Inside the four seasons hotel
Pony Line has a very cool sophisticated kind of vibe. In addition to that cool vibe they also have
delicious empanadas. Did I say delicious? I mean delicious... empanadas. It's a beef empanada,
it tastes like a taco, like it literally tastes like taco meat.
It's really good, let me try this let me try this, I think this is tomato sauce.
Oh that's what you do you, put the tomato sauce. Okay.
This is El Banco Rojo, more known for their hamburgers, they do serve up a pretty good empanada.
These empanadas contain lamb and pork versus the traditional beef for chicken
in addition to that, they also are deep fried versus baked.
Wash down with some cold beer it hit the spot.
All right get in line, well that's what you're gonna have to do for this next amazing spot.
Known for their pizza La mazetta also nailed the empanada game.
Oh there's like pieces of garlic, you can see the garlic.
Yeah, you can taste the garlic,
meat reminds me of like a Philly cheesesteak, the way they did the meat. That's just an ode to my
old hometown, I'm originally from the outskirts of Philly the, out, outskirts of, Philly born and raised.
This next hidden gem is literally hidden. Floreria Atlantico is a basement tavern
hidden below a flower shop. AND on the list of the 50 best bars in the world, it ranks number five.
I mean we're at number five of the 50 best bars in the world, we had to order some fancy cocktails.
Shrimp and crab empanadas, look how big this is. I need both hands.
It's got a flaky outside warm and gooey inside. I'm really at a loss for words it was so good...
Last but not least on the empanada tour we have the one and only Don Julio, yes
I know Don Julio is best known for their steak but have you tried their empanadas?
Oh we got two different kinds, yeah, so this is the pumpkin and cheese
oh pumpkin and cheese, yeah. And this is the classic beef.
Amazing! I mean it's Don Julio what do you expect?
That concludes part one of our video for this week, you enjoyed this video please consider,
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You are more than welcome to join us for part two for those of you who may not be going to
Buenos Aires in the near future. I'll walk you through step-by-step how to make empanadas at home.
And just add garlic for a minute.