So today's video is all about breakfast and the plan is to show you an Argentinian breakfast.
Or a desayunar.
Now we wanted to go to a really nice cafe that is near the Recoleta Cemetery; however,
it is pouring rain outside so we just ran out of our apartment and found the nearest
cafe and popped in.
So we've placed our order, we are hungry and yeah we're going to be showing you what breakfast
looks like in this part of the world.
So Sam our breakfast has arrived.
Breakfast has arrived.
I am a very happy boy.
Well, the cool thing about breakfast in Argentina is that they like to keep it simple and sweet.
And that makes it one of my favorite meals here.
So I'm pretty happy with what I ordered.
I got Café con leche which is coffee with milk.
The milk is super frothy by the way.
Check that out.
I'm not even a coffee drinker.
I normally go for tea but when in Argentina you've got to do it right.
You've got to get some coffee.
And then over here I have my medialuna.
Which is like a croissant.
This one is made with butter and I have facturas which are little pastries.
So this one is made with crema pastelera which is kind of like a yellow cream similar to
Boston Cream.
And this one is stuffed with quince jam.
So super excited about that.
This is going to be a good breakfast and I'm just going to dig right in.
I'm not waiting for you.
Ha!
Mmmm.
So, I bit most of the jam out but if you have a look inside.
It is like a little croissant roll.
A butter roll stuffed with quince jam which is so good.
Mmmhmmm.
So Sam can you tell us what you ordered for breakfast.
I sure can.
So if you take a look down here I'm having something called tostadas which essentially
is toast.
Yes.
It is a massive generous portion.
It's a lot of toast.
6 slices.
Yeah, I was thinking maybe like two slices but I've got six.
And what I'm most excited about here is this is like a whipped butter and it looks amazing.
So I'm just going to pour it, not pour it, spread it all over and then take a bit of
the jam.
I wonder what kind of jam it is.
It looks like it may be cherry jam actually.
Cherry or a dark raspberry.
So getting that ready.
Let's see how good this toast is.
Wow.
That is some mighty fine toast.
Starting the day with sugar.
Oh, yeah.
So another cool thing that I haven't noticed anywhere else in the world is that when you
order a coffee and something sweet here, like a croissant or a pastry or a piece of cake
you get a little glass with fizzy water.
This is called agua con gas.
Soda water.
Actually, this one isn't fizzy.
This is like the first time this has happened.
It is usually fizzy and it is really nice to just like cleanse your palette and move
on to the next flavor.
You need it with all of the sugar that you have.
This is a first.
Non-fizzy water.
I'm shocked.
And beverage of choice this morning?
Yeah, and for me the best part about Argentine breakfast is the coffee.
The quality of the coffee is superb.
And I ordered one with con leche.
Cafe con leche which means a generous portion of milk and wow is it ever good.
I usually put in one pack of sugar, stir it around and it is like perfection.
It is magic.
Perfection in a cup.
Have a sip.
I could have this any time of day.
Not just for breakfast.
And breakfast also came with orange juice today.
It did.
How is that?
Is it from concentrate?
Or freshly squeezed?
You know what, it actually tastes freshly squeezed but the pulp has been removed.
So good quality orange juice too.
We are going to be on some kind of a sugar high by the time we're done all of this food
and drink.
And now for one final treat.
Another thing we've noticed is that in some of the nicer cafes they give you free sweets,
so even though we ordered like a coffee with like a croissant and the pastries you still
get a little something extra.
And Sam has already claimed one of these.
Yes, I get the one on the bottom.
So this one is like a little cake with dulce de leche and I think it may be coconut on
the top.
Just let me do a taste test here.
Mmmm, okay yeah wow.
So the top layer is all shredded coconut and then you have dulce de leche and like a little
tart base.
And this is the one that Sam really wants.
Mini alfajor with dulce de leche and coconut all around.
And I'm going to.
That's evil!
I won't do that.
It's yours.
It is all yours.
Would you say this is your favorite sweet treat in South America?
Yeah, it is kind of scary how much I like this.
I think I'm getting addicted over here.
Yeah, it is kind of scary how often you eat them.
Well, you better savor that bite because it is a tiny one.
Hahaha.
Well, as you as you can see we had no trouble devouring that.
Yeah, we polished that all off.
It is time for price point.
Yes, so basically it was 60 pesos per person which right now is between 4 to 5 US dollars.
And in some cheaper cafes you can get it for like three but this one is like a really nice
quality meal.
And they're really generous with the portions and the quality of the food was good so excellent
value I'd say.
So you're satisfied?
Very much.
I may need a siesta after breakfast.
A morning siesta.