The Perfect Day of Food in Buenos Aires

Looking to have an epic day of food in Buenos Aires?

I recently had one, and my unintentional itinerary of eats and treats was so perfect that I just couldn’t gate keep it!

Grab your fork and knife. Let’s dive into this day of food in Buenos Aires!

Stop 1: Coffee from Café Puzzi

No day of food in Buenos Aires can begin without the elixir of life: coffee. Café Puzzi is nestled between La Boca and San Telmo, and they serve up solid coffee that will get your brain buzzing.

Cost: $500 pesos / $2.76 usd

Stop 2: San Telmo Market

San Telmo is one of the oldest markets in city, and a must stop for food in Buenos Aires. It’s home to a nice selection of eats ranging from choripan to pizza, but not too many options that you feel overwhelmed. After doing a cinnamon roll style spiral around the market (which is the pro technique I might add), we decided eat #1 had to be empanadas from El Hornero.

Pro Tip: There’s an epic street fair outside San Telmo Market on Sundays!

We started with the chorizo and cheese, which was utterly exceptional. The chorizo added a slight kick and the cheese was fresh and gooey. I swear the cheese tastes better in Argentina… just saying.

Next up was pork belly stew, which was less exceptional. The flavors didn’t quite work and the slivers of pork belly were too chewy for my taste.

After getting the stomach warmed up, we snagged a spot at a pasta joint who’s name I forgot to right down.

Katie how could you get pasta in Argentina?! So glad you asked! Pasta is actually a BIG deal in Buenos Aires thanks to the massive influx of Italian immigrants from 1890-1920. You’ll see pasta on every street!

We got the sorrentino pasta, which is just like ravioli, but bigger and more circular. Our sauce of choice was a white wine cream sauce that was loaded with garlic and cherry tomatoes. The pasta was perfectly al dente and stupidly fresh. In fact, we even watched the people across the bar making the pasta by hands! Now THAT’S amore!!!

Cost: $2,000 pesos/ $10usd

Stop 3: Malcriada for a Mid Afternoon Pick Me Up

When you don’t eat dinner until 10pm, (the norm in Argentina), a 4pm snack is fairly essential. What better snack than a coffee and pastry?

Malcriada is a small café in Palmero Hollywood that has desserts so beautiful your knees will go weak. We got a crumble/scone/cake of sorts that was filled with apples and a chocolate alfajores. Alfajores are a traditional Argentinian dessert that consist of two shortbread cookies sandwiching a healthy slather of sauce, usually dulce de leche. Both were delectable, and the perfect sweet treat for this day of food in Buenos Aires.

Cost: Two pastries and two lattes were roughly $3000 pesos/ $15usd

Stop 4: La Cabrera

If you’re ever going to splurge on a fancy steak dinner, Buenos Aires is the place. We set out with the intentions of an 8pm feast at Don Julio- a top tier steak house right down the block from our AirBnB. We arrived and got the news that reservations need to be made a month in advance. Or we could come back at 11:30pm to join the wait list. The waitress assured, “It’s really not late here, trust me!” I beg to differ…

We headed to a speak easy style bar to consider our options. Luckily, there are a plethora of steakhouses in the area. We settled on La Cabrera, and the wait time was a doable 45 minutes…. “Come back at 10pm.” In the US, I’m usually in bed by 10pm. But when in Argentina, live the Argentinian way!

Sure enough, by 10pm we were seated in a cozy room getting ready to dive into a feast. Long story short, it was epic. You can get the full review with all the prices HERE!