to mercado del puerto (port market) this is  montevideo's meat market which features numerous  

restaurants all under one roof and all of them  specializing in grilled meat (also known as asado grill)  

yeah cheers to a greatest uruguayan asado grill  here in montevideo uruguay

for lunch we'll be trying chorizo blood sausage  flank steak prime rib and a salad to try and keep  

things healthy i'm gonna try the salad very very  colorful we'll also watch our food be cooked right  

in front of us because that's how things work here  so get ready for a lot of meat now let's head into  

the market they're big portions huh we're sharing  all the meat so we can sample the different cuts

well good afternoon guys and welcome to  mercado puerto market of the port here  

in montevideo uruguay we have come here  for lunch because this isn't your average  

marketplace it's not where you come to buy  your fruits and veggies under a covered market  

instead they have a whole bunch of restaurants  specializing in bbq asados basically meat on the grill  

there's one right next to the other one you  know you actually don't know which one to choose  

there are so many and they all have the uh  exposed uh grill and the meat and the flames  

and the wood and the i mean it's uh intimidating  you know yes so we chose this one it's called don  

garcia yeah that has a good reviews and uh yeah  we ordered our meat already we're gonna have a  

steak and we're gonna have another one that  is made out of flank steak i come with a  

french fries with a salad we're going to have a  chorizo morsinia blood sausage blood sausage wine  

we are set to start the race and another thing to  mention is that here they don't cook with charcoal  

they use wood like logs of wood while i was  filming he was tossing the logs into the fire  

yeah it was pretty impressive and then the amber's  fall is that what you call it yeah yeah so we got  

a great meal ahead of us also wanted to mention  we had a nice walk over here yes we're staying  

near by the main square independencia yeah  and then you go through this it's almost  

like a portal and then you're in a pedestrian  area exactly yeah yeah it's a very uh large  

pedestrian area it's huge right yeah and then you  also have uh the walk along the uh the river yeah

and those are kilometers you can walk along the  uh the water's edge yeah so if you like to walk  

this is a good place to do it yeah exactly  and that pedestrian street was just  

lined with businesses outdoor vendors  selling all kinds of different things  

lots of souvenirs if you want to buy stuff  palm trees it has a bit of a tropical vibe  

we are starting with our appetizer we got  a sausage and chorizo and a blood sausage  

and we'll see that so we cut those into pieces  to share a little bit until the mains get here  

and let me tell you the chorizo is very  very good very basic the skin is crispy  

it's so nice and then we got the different sauces  for when the other meats the grill comes we got a  

complete salad over here yeah and we got our jar  of wine and we can't forget the morsida yeah you  

can eat it with bread it's kind of like a blood  pudding right yeah so you can just spread it on  

bread you can get it sweet or salty we got  the salty kind my dad eats this i eat it too  

sam eats it too i'm the only one why don't you  eat it it's just blood it's a blood milkshake  

it's a blood pattern that's how you do it  yeah it is how you do it that is how you do it  

good start and the the the star of the  show is yet to arrive that'll be here soon  

yet to come all right so since you guys tried the  the sausages over here i'm going to try the salad  

it's like a great salad very very colorful  yeah it's the complete yeah so what ingredients  

do we have in there well we've got beetroot  we've got lettuce carrots onions egg tomatoes  

lettuce it's got a bit of everything here very  colorful it's like a rainbow salad it's like  

the mixta is a typical one and the complete has  the extra ingredients like the beetroot egg and  

some of those other things that make it really  tasty yeah the mixta is only three ingredients  

it's like tomato lettuce onion so we go for  the complete when you're eating this this much  

meat it's good to have some some veggies to go  along with it don't worry we also got fries guys  

two orders of fries do you order yes it happened  it just happened we're gonna walk out of here  

bowl belly's bulging excellent salad cool yeah  cheers to a greatest asado bbq here in montevideo  

indeed we will hell's wine is decent it's very  good yeah it's a housewife it's not a reserve but  

for this uh kind of uh meat little dinner

part of the experience at this market is that you  can watch your food be grilled as an asado right in front of  

you our next two cuts of meat or the vasillo or  flank steak and the beefy asado bbq which is known as  

prime rib or ribeye all right the star of the show  has arrived we've got the the main cuts of meat  

what do we have over here we're going to start  with the vasillo okay we're sharing all the  

meat so we can each sample the different cuts  they're big portions huh very nice very nice  

very moist very tender you know  now let's try the beef ancho

this one is so tender it's like butter like eating  cutting butter like it melts in your mouth wow  

very good very good huh yeah they're both highly  recommended and we have fries to go with them  

and we got our work caught out to eat  all this huh yeah so we better get to it

well guys we just finished a delicious lunch at  the market don garcia very good meat yeah very  

good we finished everything nothing left not a  crumb left on the plate we took care of it all  

we devoured that we devoured that and we wanted  to mention the price that was just a little over  

2 100 uruguayan pesos which came to 56 us dollars  perhaps a bit pricier than what you'd pay for  

steak in argentina but it was very good quality  and i mean we ate a lot three hungry adults two  

orders of fries wine yeah a big salad bread yeah  sausages double the amount that it will cost you  

in argentina what did you guys think of the market  itself it's nice it's well prepared because it has  

uh souvenirs uh shops it's got a lot a lot of  restaurants and everything is meat or uh seafood  

yeah so here no no no vegetarian no pastas you  know stuff like that they're not it's not their  

main thing in this area you know and i will say  that some of the restaurants seem more touristy  

than others and they may be a bit more aggressive  in terms of trying to yeah lure you over we chose  

one kind of like not in the center of the  market out of the way entrance where it was  

mostly locals eating yeah so and the food was  fantastic so it was great and no one was pushy  

like they came took our order and like yeah it  was just very good service yeah yeah so we'd  

recommend that place i'm sure don garcia garcia  so i guess we're gonna slowly make our way back  

yes and um we're gonna have a maybe a little  dessert after a siesta huh really it's really warm  

right now it's cooking man sun is really getting  and we've got the meat sweats on top of that yeah

thank you  

well guys a few hours have passed we are now  back in the apartment having two times two times

what are we having here i don't know i think  it's a matter a herbal tea what kind of tea  

is that only in canada oh my gosh we make  the same jokes every time we talk about tea  

in our house okay what it's an old commercial from  what the 80s yeah from red rose yeah yeah most  

people aren't even gonna get the joke yeah it's  an insider joke inside the joke only in canada  

because red [ __ ] was sold only in canada  and the royal family was sad because of that  

no because it's so good yeah they had the most  ridiculous commercials yeah it's so over-the-top  

look at look it up look it up on youtube they're  on youtube on youtube but they're they're so  

ridiculous that they're funny and they they stick  to you you know when the guy says only in canada

oh my gosh we found a local pastry shop like a  block and a half down the street so we thought we  

would try some desserts since we didn't get enough  calories today clearly we're having another 5 000.  

another 5 000 here check and first up we found  the national dessert or one of the most popular  

desserts here in uruguay this is called bostri  chaja it's a sponge cake with cream meringue and  

it can be stuffed with peaches and strawberries  or you can have dulce de leche this one has dulce  

de leche this one has still silicon yeah and  then we have a coconut yeah like a macaroon  

and then we have two that are a milfei  with a dulce de leche inside yeah and  

yeah they're very good the the coconut one it's  like shaved coconut pure coconut with the with  

the sugar you know it's very nice and the other  ones too they're very uh very fluffy you know  

so freshly made well i'm not going to have supper  so this is my supper today cake for dinner that's  

it afternoon tea and dinner this is dinner it  was another great day here in uruguay first day  

really exploring montevideo yeah we've got two  more we're going to be able to do quite a bit  

while we're here and tomorrow we want to go in  search of a dish called chivito but a sandwich  

form we tried chivito in colonia yeah now we want  to try a chilito sandwich chivito means kid goat  

but the dish has no goat in it it's a bit of a  misnomer yeah in these two countries argentina  

and uruguay it means the a different thing  because in argentina if you ask for chivito they  

will bring you a barbecue goat a small goat right  yeah but here in nearby they don't have that they  

call chivito this uh it could be a sandwich or it  could be on his own but it's a piece of uh steak  

you know like beef with a slice of uh ham melted  cheese it's got bacon i think it's got a fried  

egg on top yeah it comes with french fries with a  potato salad a russian salad it is uh it's called  

macedonia okay macedonian salad and a couple of  other things so if you visit both both countries  

beware because in one country it means one thing  and here in uruguay it means something totally  

different okay so don't get confused when you  order in the menu that was the day you know  

that was the day now we've got our work cut out  for us all this sugar we're gonna get electrified  

after we're gonna be climbing the walls with all  the sugar all night going to the clubs tonight

okay we'll eat it slowly yeah looks like we have  good weather and um we'll have a couple more  

episodes from montevideo uruguay so yes we will we  will see you soon that's it we'll see you tomorrow

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