De las Salteñas la mejor!
The best in Salta.
Yum, yum!
So it is our last day in Salta and we couldn't leave the city without having empanadas.
We did a little bit of research on Google and we found a place called La Criollita.
Apparently, they have the best empanadas in the whole city so that is what we're going
to be ordering today.
Okay, so the specialty here are called empanadas Salteñas.
Yes, and those are made with chopped beef but what are we having?
But we also saw two others that caught our eye.
One is with pollo which is chicken and the other one is with queso which is cheese.
So we're going to try 3.
Three, a little bit of everything.
We even ordered a tamale too.
Yes, yum yum.
And just as we're getting ready to vlog our meal the power goes out in the restaurant.
So this is going to be low quality filming.
We're not sure what we're going to do.
Maybe we'll wait for the power to come on or maybe we'll just film it guerrilla style.
Fingers crossed.
Okay, so we can still kind of see in the dark.
So here are the three empanadas.
They have arrived.
And this one is made with beef.
This is a traditional one.
Empanadas Salteña.
This one is made with cheese.
And this round one over here is made with chicken.
So we'll be sampling those in the dark.
In the dark.
In the dark all spooky and scary.
In the dark.
So this one here is the empanadas Salteñas.
This is the beef one.
Um, and this is going to be a proper taste test because I can't really see that well
in here.
So, I have to figure out what the ingredients are.
Yep.
Just for our viewers to understand we have the exposure compensation lightened by two
degrees so it is a lot lighter on the screen that you're seeing than it actually is for
us trying this.
I've got the spicy one.
It does have a bit of a kick.
Okay, so what kind of sets this one apart from other beef empanadas is that the beef
is chopped.
So you get like these bigger chunks of meat.
It is not ground beef like in the other ones.
And this one also has potatoes and spring onions in it.
Oh la lah!
Oh, it is so hot.
Is it tasty?
Potato and egg.
Really tasty but this is like fresh out of the oven.
Piping hot.
Want to try some?
Yes, I do.
Okay, so Sam is adding some spice to this already spicy empanada.
Because apparently it wasn't spicy enough.
Just kidding.
How is that?
That is really really good.
I think what sets this empanada apart is just number one if you look here you can see just
how stuffed it is.
Like, you can kind of see.
I'll explain.
We'll trust you.
We'll take your word for it.
So it is stuffed with ingredients and the quality of meat is really high.
And you're right, it is spicy.
Like I'm feeling it burn even though I had a bite about ten seconds ago.
It gets a thumbs up.
Big thumbs up.
Okay, so next up we have the cheese one.
Con queso.
Right?
Yeah.
That's like a mozzarella cheese.
Oooh.
Is it a generous amount of cheese?
Mmm hmmm.
You can't really see the strings forming but it is super cheesy in there.
Yeah.
I wish you could capture this.
Look at all of that cheese oozing out.
Out of focus.
That's okay.
Tasty.
I'm used to having empanadas with ham and cheese.
I've never had one which is just strictly cheese before but it's a nice little snack.
And last but not least we have the chicken.
And this one is in a different shape.
It's more like round.
It's like a pie.
Yeah, it's like a little pie.
Chicken pot pie.
Wow!
I can see why this place is considered one of the best if not the best in town.
Like they have thick chunks of meat in their empanadas.
So my first bite into the side which typically you wouldn't think would have a lot of ingredients
included a really big tender piece of chicken.
This is awesome.
I think we're going to be ordering more of these before we go home.
So one of the things that really surprised me about the empanadas here in Salta is that
they're quite small.
They're almost like a little snack or a little appetizer that you'd have before the meal.
But the ones that we generally make at home and I'm guessing we use in Argentine recipe
in my house are usually a little bigger and they're quite plump.
And they're not as big as the ones we had in Chile.
Those are like massive that look like envelopes.
But yeah these are like little treats.
I feel like I need to eat five or six of these to actually get full.
It's like they should have an 'itas' added to the end.
Itas, Empanaditas.
That means they are little.
Alright, so this isn't quite the meal we were expecting to have.
Sitting here in the dark in the back of a restaurant.
But let's do price point because we are done with our food.
Yes, so the good thing if you do come here these are not expensive at all.
They're roughly 1 US dollar - 12 to 13 pesos.
And I highly recommend coming with a friend and ordering a whole bunch.
Yes, you need at least five.
At least five per person.
At least, five.
Maybe more like ten if you're a hungry giant like me.
Yeah, because we got three and a tamale and we're still kind of hungry.
We're going to order more.
Let's go for dessert.