well hello hello guys hey guys how pumped are you for our next activity I'm
very pumped so we're at the llao llao hotel and resort one of the most famous properties
in Argentina especially in Bariloche Patagonia and we've booked
afternoon tea for ourselves we sure have and this is great because after that
spectacular sunrise we had a pretty uneventful morning's work working away
so now we are treating ourselves to afternoon tea at llao llao we just arrived at the
hotel llao llao we're kind of like at the base of the property we need to walk up the hill
now but yes and it's an hour before our appointment so we'll try to show you as
much of the property as we can but the property is off limits to certain
sections are anyways yeah for non guests so I'm not sure how much we can show you
but we'll do our best
the llao llao hotel is located in the outskirts of bariloche argentina a popular
destination for skiing and trekking in northern Patagonia the hotel sits on a
hill between the lakes nahuel huapi and Moreno and it's flanked by the peaks of
Mount Lopez Trenedor in the background it's pretty much a slice of
paradise
so let's talk about how we got here as you already know we're staying in los
Juncos in vida campanario and the options you've got a car you can drive
yourself here if you feel like walking it's about an hour and twenty minutes or
you can take the bus public transport we picked up this Sube card in bariloche
and honestly it was like the equivalent of 50 cents and getting on the bus and
riding out here to the hotel so if you want to save your legs not arrive at
the llao llao hotel exhausted you can take the bus yeah now we're just slowly walking up
the hill and we're gonna show you the beauty that is this hotel
interestingly enough this hotel was designed in the Canadian style with lots
of stone and wood when you walk down the halls and around the living area it
almost feels like you're in a log cabin albeit a very luxurious and cozy one
well here we are guys we made it in it's even more beautiful than we expected to
be honest we also arrived early it turns out tea is at 4:30 not 4:00 p.m. so we
have a bit of time here and they gave us a few different options we can wade in
the lobby area or we can wander the main hall where they have little shops and
also lots of artwork and photography on the walls or we could go out on the
terrace and enjoy the views and since it's a beautiful day we opted for the
latter so here we are enjoying it I'm actually quite hungry we purposely
skipped lunch today because we figured afternoon tea buffet style it's gonna be
a lot of goodness
and now we're going to take you into the winter garden for afternoon tea here at
the llao llao hotel as you can see afternoon tea is buffet style and that means you
have all sorts of scrumptious cakes tarts scones muffins brownies chocolates
and sandwiches to choose from it's best to skip lunch and come hungry so that
you can enjoy a little bit of everything all right guys we are so ready for food
we are starting with the savories we got some sandwiches
this one is cream cheese with salmon poppy seed mini bagel and another one
with come on Google and the brie cheese and I believe I see a little bit of
avocado avocado also the cheese is going but I'm most excited for salmon oh my
love the sandwich delightful the salmon is a little bit of
lime juice on it the perfect amount of assessed zinc so
tasty this one's gonna be on soon so we both got the exact same family too I
mean those ones look the best there are a few more there's like a vegetarian
wanting something else but I'm gonna try the jamon crudo see the Brie
underneath that is the ham on Pluto and then looks like there's a pelt oh sorry
I have a cock pulses and span someone spent too much time in Peru how is it
you're overwhelmingly taste debris and then the ham on kudo oh so good they're
gonna be getting more serious I was just thinking that like I want more of the
same sandwiches and her teeth have arrived we should show you guys those
there's really special she's fine tea is here salmon I one person marries two
tropical exotic trees mine is called Taiwan and if I remember
correctly it's papaya coke passion fruit it's a green tea
it's a very light team but it has a nice aroma like you can smell it you can
taste it which I like it does smell tropical it really does it's like being
in Southeast Asia so time for Indian market yes so pour those chai and it has
cinnamon cardamon in a mini ginger Oh
smell the spices does it take you back to India the aroma is just want to put
your nose by it breathe in mmm cardamon round three sweets do you
tell us so we have a macaron over here and you know like what three or what
flavor yeah it looks like strawberry to me this is chocolate with nuts almost
like there's almonds a lemon tart with meringue and then over here is its it
gets a ricotta cake with forest berries that all look wonderful
yes try the chocolate
mmm delicious milk chocolate very creamy I'm getting the crunch over love tastes
better the more you just let it linger roll around and the area around buddy
lunch is known for chocolate so I bet it's good good girl
strawberry very good very sweet I overheard someone say it's a prepare
filling oh it could be it's very subtle it actually has a bit of a vanilla taste
to me mm-hmm she's cake with berries of raspberries
and blackberries on top such a nicely cheesecake the tartness of the berries
go so well with it kind of helps cancel a little bit of the sweetness of some of
these other things and the finer one is one of your favorites I deliver very
lemon pie look at that look at those little towers of luring the meringue is
what makes us so fluffy he's an author where you like a beating a sugary cloud
sugary cloud maybe he hasn't lost the words and now but some would dream on
jam to meet with a local Barry I forget the name split and I got more of the
same cream cheese salmon sandwich oh yeah
then we were offered a second drink I chose a hot chocolate which I may have
spilled a bit and Sam went for the cappuccino the hot chocolate was thick
and sweet and just how I like it and just when we thought tea time was over
they came around with two glasses of bubbly cheers well guys that was our
first afternoon tea experience the buffet version at llao llao that was a lot
of fun we had a great time we ate some delicious food I wanted to tell you the
price the total for two people to have afternoon tea was $52 USD dollars and
you get a lot for that first of all it's buffet style so you can eat as much as
you want and they had so many different cakes sandwiches macarons scones I mean
you name it they had and aside from that you also got two beverages so first we
had tea and then I had a hot chocolate Sam had some coffee a cappuccino oh and
bubbly at the end of it all we got bubbly and we ended up going up for food
maybe three or four times so I feel like we certainly got our money's worth it
was a really cool experience we were looking at their restaurant the menus
posted like right outside and the prices are fairly reasonable so like some of
the mains were like 17 to 20 US dollars and they also have some specials like
sometimes they have sushi nights I believe the sushi night was like $15 and
you get 12 like sushi rolls plus bubbly so things like that so yeah if you can't
come and stay here as a guest you can always come and eat here that's another
option and yeah now we're gonna go catch our bus it's coming and we're gonna head
back to our accommodations and I have found
okay just basically waddling around watering waiting for the bus very full
that was a lot of food lots of good drinks yeah it's just a very pleasant
time affordable for what you get and a little a little slice of luxury out here
bariloche argentina maybe one day we'll get to stay here
beautiful
Kenya's eating through