The Food Difference: Australia vs Buenos Aires

There are things I love and hate about both of these countries but when it comes to food it's Argentina the bad and Australia the good.  It's not that you cannot eat good food in Argentina because you totally can, but it will cost you.  My hands-down favourite thing about my birth country is that even if you don't have a lot of money, you can still eat a huge range of beautiful fresh produce.  You can buy this food at the supermarket, or if you want it even cheaper you can go to a market for even more amazingly cheap and beautiful food.  Point in case recently at the South Melbourne markets where close to the end of trading on a Sunday I bought an avocado, a punnet of strawberrys and two bags of mushrooms for $4.50. Food is one of my favourite things, but aside from that it's a basic necessity and shouldn't consume your entire pay for the month.  Last night I enjoyed grilled salmon with a goat's cheese salad and couldn't be happier in the land of affordable food.

the good

Armenian restaurant Sarkis in Palermo/Villa Crespo (Sorry Murph, we went without you!).  The food is spectacular, and it´s no secret, as arriving anytime after 8pm will see you waiting in a long line of people for a table.  I cannot belive I have been here 2 and a half years and have only just discovered it.  There are not a lot of options for international cuisine in BA that won´t cost you a fortune and is as authentic as it should be, and Sarkis is spot on.  I plan on going back next week for more! The icing on the cake was the Copa Sarkis, a HUGE icecream sundae consisting of vanilla and  chocolate icecream, chocolate syrup, some sort of liquor and walnuts, delicious!  Muy bien BA for keeping this restaurant affordable and not just for the people with dollars.

The Good - Shots Come in 3 Varieties

If you haven't had a shot yet, you haven't lived. And, in case you were confused, I don't mean tequila or any other type of alcohol. I am referring to a small bar of chocolate with almounds.

One might wonder, why is a bar of chocolate something so "good" about Buenos Aires? Well, you should taste the chocolate around here. It kinda sucks. There is, however, a rather cheap Kraft product called Shot that is great. Selling for around 3 pesos, it makes a crappy moment into a blissful, orgasmic gorgefest.

But Wait, There's More!

Shot comes in three forms!

1. A small bar of chocolate with almounds
2. Bite size chocolate-covered almounds
3. Shot Alfajor - a new product

I recently had the third option and was pleasantly surprised. It maintains its ties to the other two products, yet rebels against conformity and has an original texture and taste. My mission in the near future - buy all three and eat them all at the same time and then die of happiness.