hello and greetings from buenos aires argentina in today's video we're going to be taking you on
a breakfast tour across the city showing you the different types of breakfast you can enjoy here
we'll hit up a regular neighborhood coffee shop where the pastries are freshly baked and the
coffee mugs are deep we'll also visit a classic old world cafe that oozes history and charm
and lastly we'll visit a more contemporary cafe with some more savory food options
so with that in mind let's go see what we can eat in buenos aires for breakfast
alright guys so day one of our argentine breakfast challenge today we're going to kick things off
with just an average local neighborhood coffee spot so it's just around the corner we go here all
the time when we're staying in the neighborhood of almagro it's a place where you get big cups
of coffee media lunas and it's just like your average spot like people who are stopping here are
on their way to work or maybe just coming to read the newspaper so yeah very classic local let's go
so we got two different styles of the classic argentine breakfast sam got the completo which i
would call the greedy guts breakfast this is gonna get a little bit of everything yeah and i went for
more of a traditional cafe in media lunas and my favorite thing about this coffee shop is the size
of their coffee cups it's not every restaurant that gives you a coffee cup this size this is
almost like a mug they're just huge they're huge i feel like i'm getting two coffee cups in one here
oh and it's good coffee good way to start the morning and of course i paired it
with the media lunas which are kind of like croissants they're very buttery and doughy
fluffy it's almost like biting into a cloud and with these ones you can get the salty variety
which is made with lard or you can get the sweet variety which has a sugar glaze over top
yeah so you had the classic porteño breakfast which is the media lunas and the cafe
i am getting the tostado breakfast yeah and so this comes basically with sliced toast then you
also get fizzy soda water you get orange juice fresh squeezed by the way and it also comes with
these cookies come for both of us we basically get two each they're cookies with little jam
in the middle with quince jam and then i've got a nice little dollop of cream and then you also have
peach jam and strawberry jam to go along with them and of course the giant cup cafe con leche yes you
know what like your dad said this before but it's so true you're gonna get your best cup of coffee
in all of argentina and buenos aires for sure there's just such a high standard at the cafes
agreed this is like italian coffee and to come in such a large mug this is like exactly what i want
because normally i have two or three cups of coffee in the morning when i'm at home
so this is almost like two or three cops in this giant vlog yeah we could have chosen any
neighborhood cafe but we wanted to come to this one for today's argentine breakfast because of the
size of the yeah and just to show you that like you don't have to be in the most touristy spot in
the city to get to get such a great breakfast like this this is just a super residential area i will
say this breakfast like with toast and jam it's the kind of thing that's eaten across the whole
country across all of argentina yes typically i'd say more with the butter than cream cheese
but this is like a classic argentine breakfast across the board these these the two things that
we got are by far the most common what's most interesting though is the the media lunas that
you got are especially popular in buenos aires yeah that's the point of size breakfast exactly
that's really good i'm indulging my sweet tooth early in the morning here guys
and i wanted to show you guys the soda water this is to cleanse the palate in between
all the sips of coffee and all the sugary bites and the sugary bites yeah
so price point for that buenos aires breakfast keep in mind that was a lot of food a lot of
food so the total was 350 pesos which right now is 5.80 i would say that is a bargain for everything
we got everything we eat actually that includes a second cup of coffee because somebody liked it
so much that he was like you know what i need one more indeed so i mean if you just got everything
we showed you it'd probably be like five bucks alright guys so today we are taking you out for a
fancy breakfast a little something different from what we showed you yesterday and we have come to
one of my favorite cafes in all of buenos aires this place is called petit colon and it oozes
elegance it is just so beautiful it is one block away from teatro colon which is the
biggest grandest theater in the whole city so yeah we're gonna be taking you for argentine breakfast
we've beaten here many times before and we hope you enjoy it as much as i do
so i'm going to start with the croissant the medialuna stuffed with ham and cheese what i
really like about this is the combination of like sweet and savory you've got the sweetness of the
croissant which has a glaze over top but then the savory of the ham and the cheese a really nice
combination even if it seems a bit strange like why would you put those two together but i like it
this is very good i highly recommend trying it if you find yourself here in buenos aires
it's also known as a mafalda a stuffed croissant is a mafalda
so if you see that on the menu you know what you're getting
now some crisps it's nice to be having something a little salty for breakfast too we have a lot
of sweets most breakfasts are sweet unless you order like the ham and cheese grilled sandwich
you can also do that as a breakfast food item but here in argentina it's mostly a sweet breakfast
and then for today's drink we wanted to show you the submarine it means submarine and basically
it's just a cup of hot milk and they give you a piece of chocolate it's from the brand aguila
and then you drop the chocolate into the milk like a little submarine you wait
for it to start to melt and then you mix it and you get like this sort of hot chocolate
the flavors of my childhood oh and then we had two little bites of cake and that kind of just
came with breakfast i've already devoured one but it's like a vanilla sponge cake with icing sugar
on top so it was very very good so yum yum well well guys if audrey went for the salty breakfast
i am doing the exact opposite this is a decadent sweet tooth breakfast and as you can see over here
i've got fancy pastries yes you do so these are called facturas the one over here has some jam
on the end and then this part has custard now over here we've got um custard and then a giant dollop
of dulce de leche delicious argentine caramel and then over here is a special alfajor i was hoping
to get the homemade one the mycena which is just the cookie and the dulce de leche with cornstarch
yeah but this one they didn't have that but this one's a little fancier this has a chocolate
coating on top and then it also has some some nuts sprinkled and then i got a fancy cappuccino with
cinnamon corn canela you need some sugar you know what i think it could be good on its own
oh yeah it doesn't need sugar i mean you could add it if you wanted it but such a
nice cinnamon cappuccino all right i'm just going to indulge in these so i'm going to
bore your knife i'm going to try a bite first the jam that one is quince jam it is called membrillo
the thing i love so much about quinn's jam in argentina is just how tart it is
yes tart and sweet okay let's move on to the custard part
it tastes a little bit like the custard you'd find in a
you know a north american donut like a boston cream doughnut
exactly all right guys this is maybe the most decadent of all the one with dulce de leche
that's by far my favorite not only is it sweet with dulce de leche but it's also got
a dusting of icing sugar on top and those are like the three main ingredients that you find
in factors it's either custard yeah quince jam or dude so we were able to try them all
now guys this should be really interesting once i break this in half you can see
the alpha horror and all of its glory look at that we have the chocolate coating
the nuts the cookie the dulce de leche in the middle and another layer of cookie
my goodness is it ever tasty this is kind of the ultimate
fancy breakfast you can have in buenos aires it's just it's phenomenal the
everything is just so fresh and delicious and well made and it's the environment here is just
spectacular i even like the music they've got like a jazzy piano going on in the background and it's
just like i don't know even people people who come here it just feels like you want to linger
you don't want to just come in and wolf down your food and leave it's a place to linger it's a place
to read your newspaper nice place to come that was marvelous how are you feeling after that oh that
was just the ultimate the ultimate fancy breakfast seriously so good and it wasn't that expensive
like the total came to 10 us dollars for both of us to eat in such a beautiful setting which is
what's just over 600 pesos 650 pesos yeah just a little over ten dollars five bucks per person
we ate really well i'm beyond satisfied and yeah if you come to buenos aires another place
worth adding to your list petit colon check it out well guys today we are introducing you to the
third type of breakfast a contemporary breakfast so we've come to a place called tostado where
we're going to be trying different toasts and sandwiches but it's not going to be the classic
ham and cheese grilled sandwich that you get here in argentina this is more of a modern twist a
contemporary version of it plus we've also ordered toast with salmon toast with guacamole which i
feel like is just ultimate hipster breakfast so we've got that coming some tropical juices
a coffee for sam and yeah a different type of breakfast that you can enjoy here in buenos aires
breakfast time breakfast time so i've got a giant mug
of cafe con leche yes which is always a good way to start off the morning
indeed and then i have salmon toast which is basically scrambled eggs with salmon and um
alfalfa and some veggies as well i see tomatoes and different greens oh that looks cute
oh it's really good it's got a tangy sauce as well too oh that's delicious
nice brown bread this is a really good contemporary argentine breakfast oh my my
that beer is getting out of hand kind of is and i've got fresh squeezed orange juice on the bottom
and why use a glass when you can drink it straight from the bottom
good stuff i got the avocado toast all right so this is a really tasty avocado toast we've
got a whole grain bread that has lots of seeds and nuts and then we've got like our
guacamole so it's not just avocado i feel like this is guacamole like it's got a bit of lemon
juice and some onions there's a little something going on there and then we've got like this fluffy
thin omelette that's been folded in half put on top of the toast
we've got some alfalfa sprouts and yeah it's just really really tasty i'm quite pleased with this
and then on the other hand there's the grilled cheese sandwich that we just stretched before your
eyes so you can see how cheesy it really is and this grilled ham and cheese sandwich is definitely
more north american style like here in argentina it's usually that like
thin spongy bread with like the ham and cheese but this is like a much thicker slice of bread
buttered and toasted like on both sides and for my drink i got maracuda which is passion fruit
it is a passion fruit juice so it tastes nice and tropical and brings back memories of brazil
good breakfast overall yeah that was breakfast actually more like a brunch today so it came to
800 pesos which is currently 13 us dollars and that included the two juices the three pieces
of toast and the coffee to be honest guys those pieces of toast and that sandwich were really
big one would have been enough per person oh yeah this is technically enough food for three people
three sandwiches three drinks exactly we basically ordered breakfast for three and it came to 13
so a good deal and yeah very tasty here i would come back here again for sure
thank you for joining us on this little breakfast tour of buenos aires argentina if you enjoyed
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and also let us know which breakfast was your favorite the local coffee shop
the historic cafe or the contemporary eatery that's all for today and see you soon