greetings from montevideo uruguay in Today's video we're taking you on a food adventure
to mercado del puerto (port market) this is montevideo's meat market which features numerous
restaurants all under one roof and all of them specializing in grilled meat (also known as asado grill)
yeah cheers to a greatest uruguayan asado grill here in montevideo uruguay
for lunch we'll be trying chorizo blood sausage flank steak prime rib and a salad to try and keep
things healthy i'm gonna try the salad very very colorful we'll also watch our food be cooked right
in front of us because that's how things work here so get ready for a lot of meat now let's head into
the market they're big portions huh we're sharing all the meat so we can sample the different cuts
well good afternoon guys and welcome to mercado puerto market of the port here
in montevideo uruguay we have come here for lunch because this isn't your average
marketplace it's not where you come to buy your fruits and veggies under a covered market
instead they have a whole bunch of restaurants specializing in bbq asados basically meat on the grill
there's one right next to the other one you know you actually don't know which one to choose
there are so many and they all have the uh exposed uh grill and the meat and the flames
and the wood and the i mean it's uh intimidating you know yes so we chose this one it's called don
garcia yeah that has a good reviews and uh yeah we ordered our meat already we're gonna have a
steak and we're gonna have another one that is made out of flank steak i come with a
french fries with a salad we're going to have a chorizo morsinia blood sausage blood sausage wine
we are set to start the race and another thing to mention is that here they don't cook with charcoal
they use wood like logs of wood while i was filming he was tossing the logs into the fire
yeah it was pretty impressive and then the amber's fall is that what you call it yeah yeah so we got
a great meal ahead of us also wanted to mention we had a nice walk over here yes we're staying
near by the main square independencia yeah and then you go through this it's almost
like a portal and then you're in a pedestrian area exactly yeah yeah it's a very uh large
pedestrian area it's huge right yeah and then you also have uh the walk along the uh the river yeah
and those are kilometers you can walk along the uh the water's edge yeah so if you like to walk
this is a good place to do it yeah exactly and that pedestrian street was just
lined with businesses outdoor vendors selling all kinds of different things
lots of souvenirs if you want to buy stuff palm trees it has a bit of a tropical vibe
we are starting with our appetizer we got a sausage and chorizo and a blood sausage
and we'll see that so we cut those into pieces to share a little bit until the mains get here
and let me tell you the chorizo is very very good very basic the skin is crispy
it's so nice and then we got the different sauces for when the other meats the grill comes we got a
complete salad over here yeah and we got our jar of wine and we can't forget the morsida yeah you
can eat it with bread it's kind of like a blood pudding right yeah so you can just spread it on
bread you can get it sweet or salty we got the salty kind my dad eats this i eat it too
sam eats it too i'm the only one why don't you eat it it's just blood it's a blood milkshake
it's a blood pattern that's how you do it yeah it is how you do it that is how you do it
good start and the the the star of the show is yet to arrive that'll be here soon
yet to come all right so since you guys tried the the sausages over here i'm going to try the salad
it's like a great salad very very colorful yeah it's the complete yeah so what ingredients
do we have in there well we've got beetroot we've got lettuce carrots onions egg tomatoes
lettuce it's got a bit of everything here very colorful it's like a rainbow salad it's like
the mixta is a typical one and the complete has the extra ingredients like the beetroot egg and
some of those other things that make it really tasty yeah the mixta is only three ingredients
it's like tomato lettuce onion so we go for the complete when you're eating this this much
meat it's good to have some some veggies to go along with it don't worry we also got fries guys
two orders of fries do you order yes it happened it just happened we're gonna walk out of here
bowl belly's bulging excellent salad cool yeah cheers to a greatest asado bbq here in montevideo
indeed we will hell's wine is decent it's very good yeah it's a housewife it's not a reserve but
for this uh kind of uh meat little dinner
part of the experience at this market is that you can watch your food be grilled as an asado right in front of
you our next two cuts of meat or the vasillo or flank steak and the beefy asado bbq which is known as
prime rib or ribeye all right the star of the show has arrived we've got the the main cuts of meat
what do we have over here we're going to start with the vasillo okay we're sharing all the
meat so we can each sample the different cuts they're big portions huh very nice very nice
very moist very tender you know now let's try the beef ancho
this one is so tender it's like butter like eating cutting butter like it melts in your mouth wow
very good very good huh yeah they're both highly recommended and we have fries to go with them
and we got our work caught out to eat all this huh yeah so we better get to it
well guys we just finished a delicious lunch at the market don garcia very good meat yeah very
good we finished everything nothing left not a crumb left on the plate we took care of it all
we devoured that we devoured that and we wanted to mention the price that was just a little over
2 100 uruguayan pesos which came to 56 us dollars perhaps a bit pricier than what you'd pay for
steak in argentina but it was very good quality and i mean we ate a lot three hungry adults two
orders of fries wine yeah a big salad bread yeah sausages double the amount that it will cost you
in argentina what did you guys think of the market itself it's nice it's well prepared because it has
uh souvenirs uh shops it's got a lot a lot of restaurants and everything is meat or uh seafood
yeah so here no no no vegetarian no pastas you know stuff like that they're not it's not their
main thing in this area you know and i will say that some of the restaurants seem more touristy
than others and they may be a bit more aggressive in terms of trying to yeah lure you over we chose
one kind of like not in the center of the market out of the way entrance where it was
mostly locals eating yeah so and the food was fantastic so it was great and no one was pushy
like they came took our order and like yeah it was just very good service yeah yeah so we'd
recommend that place i'm sure don garcia garcia so i guess we're gonna slowly make our way back
yes and um we're gonna have a maybe a little dessert after a siesta huh really it's really warm
right now it's cooking man sun is really getting and we've got the meat sweats on top of that yeah
thank you
well guys a few hours have passed we are now back in the apartment having two times two times
what are we having here i don't know i think it's a matter a herbal tea what kind of tea
is that only in canada oh my gosh we make the same jokes every time we talk about tea
in our house okay what it's an old commercial from what the 80s yeah from red rose yeah yeah most
people aren't even gonna get the joke yeah it's an insider joke inside the joke only in canada
because red [ __ ] was sold only in canada and the royal family was sad because of that
no because it's so good yeah they had the most ridiculous commercials yeah it's so over-the-top
look at look it up look it up on youtube they're on youtube on youtube but they're they're so
ridiculous that they're funny and they they stick to you you know when the guy says only in canada
oh my gosh we found a local pastry shop like a block and a half down the street so we thought we
would try some desserts since we didn't get enough calories today clearly we're having another 5 000.
another 5 000 here check and first up we found the national dessert or one of the most popular
desserts here in uruguay this is called bostri chaja it's a sponge cake with cream meringue and
it can be stuffed with peaches and strawberries or you can have dulce de leche this one has dulce
de leche this one has still silicon yeah and then we have a coconut yeah like a macaroon
and then we have two that are a milfei with a dulce de leche inside yeah and
yeah they're very good the the coconut one it's like shaved coconut pure coconut with the with
the sugar you know it's very nice and the other ones too they're very uh very fluffy you know
so freshly made well i'm not going to have supper so this is my supper today cake for dinner that's
it afternoon tea and dinner this is dinner it was another great day here in uruguay first day
really exploring montevideo yeah we've got two more we're going to be able to do quite a bit
while we're here and tomorrow we want to go in search of a dish called chivito but a sandwich
form we tried chivito in colonia yeah now we want to try a chilito sandwich chivito means kid goat
but the dish has no goat in it it's a bit of a misnomer yeah in these two countries argentina
and uruguay it means the a different thing because in argentina if you ask for chivito they
will bring you a barbecue goat a small goat right yeah but here in nearby they don't have that they
call chivito this uh it could be a sandwich or it could be on his own but it's a piece of uh steak
you know like beef with a slice of uh ham melted cheese it's got bacon i think it's got a fried
egg on top yeah it comes with french fries with a potato salad a russian salad it is uh it's called
macedonia okay macedonian salad and a couple of other things so if you visit both both countries
beware because in one country it means one thing and here in uruguay it means something totally
different okay so don't get confused when you order in the menu that was the day you know
that was the day now we've got our work cut out for us all this sugar we're gonna get electrified
after we're gonna be climbing the walls with all the sugar all night going to the clubs tonight
okay we'll eat it slowly yeah looks like we have good weather and um we'll have a couple more
episodes from montevideo uruguay so yes we will we will see you soon that's it we'll see you tomorrow
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