of our favorite restaurants in town Esquel is a popular hiking destination

plus it's also the starting point for numerous day trips so chances are by the

time you're back in town you're going to be very hungry and

craving something party so in today's video we're going to show you three

restaurants that specialize in three classic staples of the Argentinian diet

pizza pasta and parrilla aka barbecue now let's go eat

well we found themselves a nice little cozy place for lunch we sure did so our

host recommended this parrilla place it's called De Maria yeah we've ordered

bife de chorizo which is a classic we got vacio another classic yeah back

home one right dad barbecue well we did we actually had it in Belgrano yeah yeah

I mean a salad in a while since we last ate salad this one has a beetroot

carrots and egg and we also had some bread they brought us a nice little

bread basket with some white of ye-yes this was like a lentil piece yes really

tasty and some Mayo no so excited so ready for parrilla I've been craving I told

you this morning my are do we hope to have parrilla it today it's been so long

and talking about this for hours I think it's been over a week since I've had a

parrilla and that's wait that's way too long in Argentina and Carcassonne a wine

which is the cheapest house wine available thankful that you tell you

it's it's decent it really goes down it goes down he says does it go down we

believe it's not the smoothest one I've ever had but it's a nice potent in red

which will go perfect it's gonna cover the meat and it's gonna be its kind

honor on our pocketbook today is the cheapest cheapest one in the house okay

guys

I got the vacío and actually it's two cuts of meat so I'm having one piece I'm

sharing the other one with Sam yeah we're splitting the meat so you guys can

see over here yeah and I've gotten way look at how pink it is the genuine asked

me how I wanted the meat they just did it right this is how it's meant to be

gotta love that you love the confidence in the grill master right it looks so

cheesy from over here we need to give Sam a chance to try this be for the

Trudy so yes please ready beyond ready okay now I can call the camera oh my

gosh guys the beef de chorizo this is the half cut out over here

that's Audrey's yeah so we're gonna share very generous portion of parrilla you know the

nice thing about having the grill here at the table is that we can keep cooking

it if you think it's too juicy keep it warm - yeah so just like you did I'm

gonna try it without chimichurri without salt

oh I could eat this all day every day juicy in the middle so much flavor Oh

drowning enough seriously this enhances it so much I can't wait to see your

reaction

that's like next-level garlicky isn't that lunch was amazed balls Sam has to

take off his glasses to the camera so people don't know he wears glasses yeah

well you don't actually like them you've been trying to secretly get rid of them

for a while guys are like 15 years old come on they've been around for a while

but they've better like it like a trusty old friend so I keep them and keep them

in the Arsenal anyways what we're doing now is we're trying to organize some

tours well first we're trying to tell people how much the meal cost under 30

US dollars yeah so something you asked 15 per person think about the value guys

we drank a whole bottle of red wine made a nice big bread basket thought to be

lots of lots of meat and a really nice salad so oh and soda water I would do

that again for sure yeah I'm in that place highly it came recommended to us

by our local host in fact so breathe great suggestion and now guys we are

going to be having lunch we are heading to a place called Don Chiquino no Sam

chose this restaurant apparently it's one of the best in town and they

specialize in pastas and I'm hungry

one of the reasons we chose this place is because of the decor yeah I knew it

was gonna be interesting inside but not this interesting this is like oh did it

a bodegon on steroids it's so fascinating the

collection they have in here it's like a museum yeah I mean there's license

plates there's football gear there's honestly any kind of trinket or tool

that you could ever think yeah we're not the farm tools old photographs own beer

bottles so it's super fascinating and I mean after we place the order like I

couldn't put my camera now I'm just walking around the full restaurant it's

not just one section it's the entire restaurant that's covered mm-hmm you

have to look up because there's oh yeah Google's free almost the ceiling with

the display pretty impressive

well the pasta has arrived it sure has these are the Sorrentino

sideshows wonderful like look at that presentation so like I mentioned these

have ricotta walnuts mushrooms lots of chopped walnuts over top and I chose

like you can choose what sauce you want on your pasta and I look for the

specialty of the house which is called the don't cheeky no sauce I'm gonna have

to be the ingredients is there's a whole lot so it has special Mel tomato sauce

chicken pancetta and mushrooms Wow let's not 1 in half down the middle so you can

see the filling look at that those are stuff ooh let's dip it in sauce extra

creamy they had a huge selection of cream and tomato based sauce is probably

like 10

the mushrooms give it a really nice distinct flavor and it also has a

nuttiness from the walnuts - I'm very happy yours looks really good - I mind

that one

lasagna our guys I'm having one of my favorite Italian dishes lasagna but this

isn't just any kind of lasagna this is lasagna that includes patagonian

lamb yeah vessel T of this region and I can't wait to try it again monsterpiece

Mississippi it's a behemoth and again I was able to select a sauce like garlic

you were so I went with a napolitana which is basically tomato based sauce

yeah which i think is perfect for a lasagna it also has a bit of olive oil

yeah I'm herbes and spices so yeah I can't wait to talk into that bad boy ooh

and there's cheese in front of you lots of cheese if you want to load it up

indeed okay guys let's try some of this you gotta see it's loaded we're getting

the filling right now Wow very nice mmm it's just packed with flavor I'm

surprised by how soft the texture is it just melts in your mouth

the lamb is so tender it's very good so good we're gonna cheat at some point so

we can also try oh gee I can't wait for you to try the lasagna I'm still amazed

by the size of him like wow there's a lot of different

ingredients inside too isn't there yes we've noticed noticing that it seems

to have lots of like carrots peppers garlic the onion too I believe

soft on everything you're right that is so creamy and smooth it's like it melts

in your mouth you barely have to chew it the ground lamb is so tender you did

well I think we've both done well although I still haven't tried yours

yeah this place has been fantastic so far huh sure cannons are the same you

can so excited to try this guy's sorentino's are just stuff to the box

but actually dense you can feel it when you're picking it up at the fork mhm

we've been seeing sorentino's a lot on the menu mmm they're super popular here

in our commission mouths laughs huh oh yeah nice creamy sauce a perfect one

I think the waitress recommended it in shape hmm they really taste the

mushrooms I love the crunchiness of the walnuts

it's just fantastic and you look at this plate and think oh it was actually not

that many sorentino's but they are super dense filling no filling and we still

want to eat dessert well we decided to get dessert and what is this this is an

andean mousse mousse from the ND with whipped cream do so the lid or

every quarter chocolate of its walnuts lot of good things going on it looks

super decadent let's find out if I was exaggerating or if this really is magic

with cocoa powder tears I've got some dulce de leche yes I'm in for the mousse

deep down a bit of everything get it in there well it's one of the

best desserts beside of our AJ no it's like some fluffy and chocolaty creamy so

incredible built-in chocolate flavor it's into chocolate flavor you heard it

here first it's a path with potent chocolate flavor

I feel like a blind bat this afternoon because I forgot my sunglasses and

there's the popper a German Shepherd popper be sweet don't work there he is

there he is he looks like a what was there gonna see prices yes I wanted to

talk about the cost of the meal because we kind of forgot to mention that so the

total was 27 u.s. dollars and to remind you we had two amazing pasta dishes wine

soda water that decadent chocolate mousse her dessert basket of bread with

the dip and yeah just a really cool setting it's not every day you get to

eat in a restaurant that feels like a museum and just has a quirky collection

of antiques and the old farm equipment and photographs on its walls and

ceilings so I really enjoyed that aspect

well and Gaucho man you're looking pretty cool over there

these are mystical eyeglasses yeah I mean couch ins don't worry y'all so

funny and green glasses from Korea do not not typical Argentina ones that's

for sure okay so we came in here and we noticed

that there's a few special promotions mm-hmm or did the Pizza Napoletana it's

gonna be forced on the big portion it also comes with these delicious little

garlicky bread bites well good comes with the Europe soda first coke we've

had in a long time long time long time the bottle this is incredible it is a

glass bottle of weighs a ton it's kind of like the old fashion style bottles

that I think coke you know was originally made from that you don't

really find in North America anymore listen to this I think you need longer

nails I do hear the clinking Wow guys the first slice you see here cheese have

you some more thoughts heavy in a hand like when you ordered pizza in Argentina

they do not skimp on the cheese and it's such a good quality of mozzarella

amazing you look like a real couch over there so amazing for me loving this hat

guys my favorite hat purchase in years

mmm does the Gaucho like his pizza juiciness of the tomato mountain of

cheese nice buttery crust yeah this is what beats is all about this go to

approve the Bisbee's on her to hear first guys how's the pizza Audrey

anytime anything pizza salad fries I go crazy you're loving it yeah I've noticed

in Argentina that it's a very liberal use of garlic we had garlic on our fries

the other day no maybe not great for date night but I mean we've been

together a long time so we have garlic worth the drop that they will good stuff

though Audrey what do you think of her new hats

right I'm trying to see if I could pass as a gaucho it's not even a word to go

to that maybe a bit more nice people

we both rocket yeah belly full bellies are full indeed Raji you only have one

slice of pizza I had five hours ago and I had a big slice of pizza to be fair

you did so we're taking some home that's for you tomorrow slices lag yeah and

yeah it was a really good price the provo was ten US dollars at

currencyxchanger slee big pizza Pete I'd like one big coat garlic fingers not

garlic fingers to make garlic keep its red bits it was good yeah that's so

actually one of the cheaper cheaper meals we've had a long time and we're

going homeless food yes go skill has three restaurants here so yeah now walk

home yeah it's nighttime we need maybe we'll have

a cat waiting for us maybe first that would be awesome and we need a good

sleep because we have a busy tour tomorrow we

have a busy tour but we're being picked up by nine in the morning which is

pretty nice because last time we had to be up super early so yeah I'm so excited

for tomorrow's excursion so we'll say goodbye now

so there you have it our foodie recommendations for Esquel these are

three places where you can eat well the portions are large and the prices are

good of course there's only so many restaurants that we could hit up on our

visit so feel free to share your favorite restaurants in Esquel in the

comments below they can be pizza pasta parrilla or otherwise