well good morning guys morning guys it's our last day in puerto madryn today it
sure is it's kind of sad I mean we've really
enjoyed being here and this is only really our second full day so it was
more than cookies yeah but I mean it's completely different weather today -
it's not funny this is my kind of weather also I really enjoyed where
we've moved we've been staying in a more residential and commercial area mhm and
the plan for today well it's obviously going to include food because it's us
but we're also planning to visit the eco center which is one of the main
attractions here in puerto madryn and one thing that really surprised us
because we were going to try to visit yesterday is that it doesn't open till
5:00 p.m. right I think it's 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. yes another fact is we
couldn't visit yesterday because it was closed on - yes I believe it's open mind
or sorry Wednesday through Monday from 5:00 tonight yeah all week long except
for Tuesday so it's good it's good that we have this extra day originally we
weren't going to have this extra day and in the city from now that we do we can
go visit that and also on our agenda today is we want to try some Patagonian
lamb Sam shows the restaurant it's somewhere over our shoulder right over
our shoulder direction yeah I think it's called yeah Parador Yoaquina or something like
that and the cool thing is just it's like it was in a straight direction
right from our apartment yeah instantly can about four or five blocks away and
we've bought our appetite so let's go have some lunch
this
good start to the meal we've ordered a red wine selected by Sam let's see what
did you get this time it's Malbec of course always always done Estancia Mendoza
yeah all right we haven't had that one before have we
that's a new one so like we have an opportunity to try different different
bodegas different brands of wine we take that we take that take that opportunity
seriously how's the wine very nice I like it it's good it's gonna go really
nice with my pepperoni and mushroom risotto that I've ordered you having bread and
super-pumped bread and butter we had to have a nice little bread basket and me
oh it's meal sorry I don't even try to get this yeah that's quite common in
Argentina isn't it sometimes you get a garlicky butter other times you get them
like a kind of a mayo type of spread like some bread
come on I dipped it in gravy for you he's like what no thank you
it has gravy my friend he's like nope it was pets I get so sweet you look like
the dog from seventh heaven except he was white but you look like the same
kind of dog you talked in Spanish there
are you interested in Britain with gravy does that interest you
No
no idea I think they like the like a piece of Patagonian lamb I'm pretty sure
well guys all this talk about lamb lamb lamb we're gonna try Patagonian lamb in
the end only Sam got Patagonian lamb I saw a Patagonian risotto on the menu
and I was like that's it yeah we're sticking to the Patagonian
theme in onion theme yes we are going for the Patagonian food so I ordered a
risotto with shrimp and mushrooms wild mushrooms and it is so cheesy so creamy
I'm just so wonderful a really good selection I'm really happy with what I
ordered Sam my dish looks amazing very
impressive dish his has a really nice presentation to it so wait until you see
that I know and I just love how chill it is in the beets today got nice weather
we got a breeze it's cooled down considerably got reggae music in the
background we've got two dogs who befriended us one is still here the
other ones are roaming around on the sand
I've tried feeding them like I took some bread
yeah dipped it in Sam's gravy and offered it to them well we'll see what
happens when I offer it some Patagonian lamb they arrived with the family so I'm
pretty sure they're well fed pets they look well taken care of welcome you
there my friend check this out guys this is a thing of beauty the presentation at
this restaurant is is incredible so we have a skewer with bacon ya know locally
is pen setup we've got two of what appears to be like baked potatoes one of
them has the skin still on it I think it's old until they're golden and crispy
and then over here we have the Patagonian lamb yeah and apparently it
comes with plum and more bacon it's wrapped in bacon over here and also it
has a rich looking gravy as well so I can't wait to talk into that oh poor
things the pups had to leave they're not allowed at the restaurant off they go
that's so bad it's so sad they were sweet
they were the biggest out on the lamb the families are pups oh my gosh guys
I've been talking into this Patagonian lamb I can tell you that it's the best
lamb I've ever had in my entire life that's so good it is very fibrous and
tender the way it breaks aprender but it's good it's a bit fatty and it and
it's also got like the crispy skin the way it's been cooked with with the bacon
and that's such a nice gravy it's so good
so happy with this dish one of the best dishes we've had on her whole trip all
the potatoes are great hold them cooked to perfection a little crispy on the
outside I'm wishing in the middle you know we were debating getting some
appetizers and so what we did into otherwise we wouldn't have been able to
enjoy all of this boiling the means are very generous portions but the quality
is fantastic in the presentation you can just tell there's a lot of locked air
going into this I mean even look at the way there's been vinaigrette drizzled on
them on the outside of them yeah my plate - your plate - nicely decorated
being the Canadian that I am I'm gonna grab a little bit of bacon live on bacon
oh yeah that's the secret the bacon is always good guys Wow
wonderful dish definitely if you're here in this city and you're by this
restaurant come here and order this I'm have a feeling I'm gonna really like the
risotto cuz let's swap plates now I swapped I'm diggin right into this
sharing with Sam so excited for you to try this Audrey
it is like loaded with bacon in there like super stuffed it's so good like
sometimes they just give you one strip of bacon around the meat this one was
like stuffed with bacon and design I know so good okay
it's too good and sweet yeah actually chased the plums it's like a plum puree
he picked a winner with this one gotta say it doesn't get much better than this
by the beach nice nice weather it's chill it's not busy right now it doesn't
get busy here until the afternoon evening it's just so chill like this is
the ultimate experience here loving it I love you
risotto time is risotto so time check out the size of the prawns here
shrimp is make sure I get a nice big bite I want to make sure it's cheesy
look at the cheese strings and cheese stretching it's just like ultimate
comfort food isn't that way yeah on a day like today that's so nice to be
having a heavier dish it is no the heatwave is exactly I'm loving the
weather I'm loving the food just loving how the delicious this is I'm gonna help
when we're bite with the shrimp because you know what just can't get enough of
the shrimp here life is good people hole your shrimp in the city's excellent
pizza with shrimp recently went off showers good mm-hmm same size very good
stock very good stuff
alright guys we just paid the bill down at the beach now the total for that
wonderful meal that we barely finished came to 29 u.s. dollars yep not bad it
was delicious one of her favorite meals so far to be honest so to recap bread
basket full bottle of wine two really delicious means yeah yeah fantastic
we've just been having such a heavy meal so many days ago today we just decided
to reel it in a bit keep it lighter but the portions of the
means we're certainly filling in our asset yeah so now we're gonna go for a
little walk along the beach just walk off because I mean the wine just knocks
me out yeah the tides gone out oh so it is a bit of a walk to reach the water
the beach is just so wide I feel like I need to dip my feet in the water at
least once while I'm here since this is a coastal destination of seaside city so
walking walk into the water oh this is ice-cold yeah it's one of those things
where anytime I've seen anyone go in the water here in Argentina
they're like charge into the water because yeah you can't hesitate guys I
think you're gonna be amused by this this is my current tan it's the ultimate
farmers feet then I wear my Teva sandals TiVo TiVo I don't even know how it's
pronounced but that's the look how long have we been in Argentina a
month this is my one month we need you to go barefoot for a few days huh yeah I
just changed up my shoes
it is now time for our afternoon excursion we are visiting the eco-center
Fundación Ecocentro way they're almost there it's just around the bend
so we basically followed the boardwalk all the way out of town really I feel
like we're in the middle of nowhere it's a super super windy day and yeah we're
gonna see what the Eco Center (Fundación Ecocentro) is all about I'm not sure if it's a museum or
what's going on in there but we're gonna find out in a few moments
so this is a bit of an unexpected attraction but just before you reach the
eco center there's a little boardwalk that goes down to the shore where they
have some caves and this is where the Welsh settlers first disembarked and
kind of like created a temporary shelter so this would have been in the year 1865
guys we made it a bit of a walk to get there
and it should come as no surprise their first order of business is to grab some
food we notice they had a little cafe they do coffee these cakes like grilled
grilled sandwiches what are we having peoples we're having a tostada which is
a grilled ham and cheese sandwich getting a little scone and we're getting
yeah it's like a strawberry tart no it's made with quince Oh Marysia it's
kind of like a jam when did you good I really like it also we got we walked
almost a hard to get here so we're definitely hungry so they have a lot of
Welsh food on the menu but well because well
originally landed here yeah but we're gonna be getting into Walsh food a bit
later on you'll see in a few days yes thank I miss
you
well this is a lovely surprise we've reached the top of this lookout point Oh
looks a bit like a lighthouse you know couches or you can sit down
hasn't it been a cool museum in Puerto Madryn it's so cool
so worth it it's a little bit away from the center but it's so worth it coming
here yeah I mean just the displays are so fascinating mm-hmm every room is
completely different and now we can sit down and look out to see lovely
you