Well, for today's meal we are going Italian.
We're at a placed called Los Inmortales.
Which means the immortals.
It is a very established restaurant that dates back to the 50's and it is located in the
theatre district here in Buenos Aires.
And we've ordered something called a Calzone.
Which is basically like a folded pizza.
Now, I don't think I've ever had that before even in North America, so it'll be an interesting
experience.
I think Sam will really enjoy it because he loves any type of pizza.
So yeah, we're just waiting for that to arrive.
It should be coming soon.
Are you eagerly awaiting the arrival of our meal.
Yeah, I'm seriously excited - especially for this one because I've never had a Calzone
before.
And considering how much pizza I've had in my life that is kind of shocking to be honest.
Yeah, they kind of have like an imitation in Canada.
It is called Pizza pockets.
Yeah, it is like these microwavable folded pizzas.
And you know, they're awful.
They taste awful.
It's like junk food for teenagers once they come back from school.
Yeah, I don't think I've probably haven't had one of those since I was 16 or 17.
Yeah, same here.
Yeah, and anyways, we picked out this place to eat through, I did a bit of research online
and this was rated as one of the top pizza places in Buenos Aires and they said they
specialized in Calzones.
And also it is one of the older joints in the city so this is really cool.
This place has a lot of character.
So the Calzone has arrived and first things first.
I am shocked by the size of this thing.
Like, have a look at it over here.
This is just half of it because our waiter already sliced it and served us up our individual
portions.
But look at that.
It really was the size of a whole pizza folded in half.
Look at how thick it is.
Like the stuffing is just oozing out.
Use your hand as a sense of scale here.
A sense of scale.
How do you want?
Arrgghh.
But yeah, it is massive.
I think we're going to struggle to finish this.
Like you could feed three people.
Three or four people.
Well I'm hungry today so.
Alright.
So first bite.
Alright, time for the first bite.
So, so far I can see tomato, mozzarella, there is ham, mushrooms and who knows.
There may be a few more surprises in there.
We'll see what we find.
Mmmmm.
Oh, wow.
How do you like that?
Oh, hot.
You know what you always forget to blow on your food.
Oh man, that was really hot.
Okay, anyways it is really nice.
It was a like a lot of cheese in there so you really have to chew it because it is so
stringy and gooey.
Um, but yeah I do enjoy it.
Is this similar to pizza?
It kind of is um but you know what there is no tomato sauce.
That is what sets it apart from a pizza.
This calzone has no tomato sauce.
It is just the filling.
Um, so it is kind of nice.
I have to say I do like it.
I do like it.
I'm pleasantly surprised.
So let's see what the pizza expert has to say about the Calzone.
Well, before I even tuck into this like look at how much cheese there is.
A copious amount of cheese.
It is actually oozing out.
I literally haven't touched this.
This is just how it was served on my plate.
Yeah.
So I'm going to try to grab a bit of everything here.
So I'll cut it up and try to get a big slab of that cheese.
I feel like we almost need a spoon for this.
Mmmmm.
Wow.
That is a lot of cheese.
But the one thing that surprises me, like this is just my first bite ever to try this,
is that it is a lot juicier than what I thought.
Like with all of the mushrooms and tomatoes I can see why you don't need a sauce.
It is quite juicy as it is.
Yeah.
And there is a lot more bread than on a typical with the dough.
Like you really get a big chunk of bread when you bite into it.
But you know what, I am missing the tomato sauce.
Like that is just something that I associate with pizza toppings.
So I feel like that is missing.
Yeah, but who knows maybe they do have calzones with tomato sauce and we just maybe we got
the wrong one.
Hahaha.
We don't know because it is our first time trying it.
So time for final thoughts on this dish.
What did you think Sam?
So overall it was really quite good.
Like it was fascinating to finally try this Calzone for the first time.
But there was one point of criticism that I'd like to point out it is that they used
canned mushrooms.
Ewww.
That is a big no no for Sam.
Yeah, I just find them slimy and a little bit yucky.
I mean, I ate them but yeah not your favorite.
But in terms of portion that was massive.
We couldn't finish it all.
So, it defeated us.
We're getting it packed up and we're going to take it home for a little snack or for
dinner tonight.
And the other thing I wanted to mention was just along this particular avenue, Avenida
Corrientes, there is a lot of historical restaurants.
Some of them are pushing the one century mark, some of them are almost 100 hundred years
old.
So if you're going to go to dine anywhere in the city I really recommend this particular
street.
There is a lot of historical restaurants worth checking out.
And last but not least price point?
Okay, so that Calzone was just a little bit over 200 Pesos which is about $14 US dollars
or about seven per person.
So not bad but I have to say I do prefer pizza.
You can get some really good pizza in the city.
So this is okay but it is not necessarily a dish that I would like chase.
Yeah, and not just in the city but you can also get really good pizza here.
We saw someone order a pizza and it looked delicious.
Yeah, food envy.
A little bit of food envy.