Cafe Tortoni first opened its doors in 1858, and it was named after a Parisian cafe by
the same name.
The place gained great notoriety in the mid-1920s when it was frequented by a mix of writers,
painters, musicians, poets, journalists, philosophers, inventors, and other creative minds.
Today it's a must-visit cafe for visitors passing through Buenos Aires.
Where are we?
Well for today's meal we are at Café Tortoni.
Which is one of the oldest and most famous cafeterias in the whole city.
I think locals would probably tell you this is very touristy, because it is only tourists
with their cameras sitting in here, but regardless it is a place I think you should visit.
Like the architecture is really cool.
The furniture is kind of like frozen in time.
And also they make a pretty good hot chocolate.
That's what I've got right here.
I ordered chocolate con churros.
Let me use this other hand.
Let me use my strong hand...hahaha
That is a big thing of coffee.
Is that cream beside it too?
Yeah and I got frothy milk on the side.
But look at how thick that is.
There is like some chocolate chunks in there.
Do it from higher up.
There we go.
Okay, I should probably stop there.
And I ordered that with churros.
Which is kind of like a long strip of dough that has been deep-fried.
Yeah, it is kind of like a deep-fried Spanish doughnut.
Yeah, and it has granulated sugar sprinkled on top.
And they've put a lot in here.
And of course, you have to dip it in the chocolate.
It has to be done.
It is the only way to go.
That is my lunch today guys.
Hot chocolate.
Healthy.
Mmmmm.
That is good.
I almost wish you could use this as a straw to drink the hot chocolate.
But this is actually one of their specialties here.
They have two specialties of the house.
One is called leche merangada which we've ordered.
But this is really good.
I can see why it is one of the suggested dishes.
So yeah, look at that.
Look at how is soaks up the chocolate.
It is like a sponge inside.
Like a thick sponge.
Mmmm.
And what do you have over there?
And I've gone for the tostada.
And that is basically a sandwich that has tomato, ham and cheese.
And it is like a grilled cheese sandwich.
Yeah, but this is premium because of the ham.
Yeah, so it is usually just ham and cheese but this one is called tostada Tortoni just
because they've added the tomato.
So that is there special.
The tomato gives it little bit of an extra kick and more juiciness.
Juicy.
You've got crumbs all over your face.
We like our juicy food.
Yeah, and actually while you were filming your surroundings I got hungry.
Hey, cheater.
Cheater.
I started eating without you.
So we also ordered something called leche merengada because it is one of their other
specialties here.
But from the description I thought it was going to be milk that tastes like meringue.
But that looks like ice cream.
Yeah, it does.
It looks like there is cinnamon sprinkled over it.
Ooh.
So it should taste like meringue unless they've mixed up our order.
And we wouldn't know.
Yeah, it is kind of like ice cream.
Is it meringue flavored ice cream?
Yeah, it is.
Okay, and the cool thing is that there is so much cinnamon put on top.
And I mean I love cinnamon.
I can smell it from here.
From across the table.
And that came with a little wafer.
I'm going to get another bite with my spoon.
So yeah it is a pretty cool place to stop for a little snack.
I can see why that is the house specialty.
I'm guessing that is homemade.
Definitely tastes homemade.
Okay, so we've polished everything off.
Yes, except for the milk because we don't want to dilute our chocolate.
And here is the bill.
It came to 299 and that included the chocolate churros, the balon which is the beer, the
merengada which is the ice cream and tostada tortoni which of course was the sandwich.
So that is a little bit pricey.
Touristy prices here.
But you know what still not that bad.
That is like $20 US dollars for four items on the menu.
Yeah, and you're paying for the ambiance.
Yes, you are.