Just done a month in Argentina. Defaulted to burgers after a week. Steaks are samey as hell. Tierra del fuego has spider crabs and black hake, unexcitingly prepared. Guanaco stew is the local delicacy but nothing about them says "eat me" to me.
Thing is there's no prevailing culture down there, it's not Spanish or Italian (as Argentinians apparently really are), just the Welsh and Scottish nutters in the Chatwin book. Diet is subsistence meat farmer stuff. Oddly like in-country non-tourist Greece where 0.5 kilo of goat is usually the dish of the day.
This is a very hot take. You do admit that Peru does some good stuff and yes to Mexico. I have been all over the country and regularly had my socks knocked off at the humblest of venues. As an old Asia salt I also concur about the largely dire state of Filipino food, though their take on ceviche (kiliwan?) is out of this world. Just stay away from the fermented sea worm, balut, and the ubiquituous chicken cordon bleu.
Just done a month in Argentina. Defaulted to burgers after a week. Steaks are samey as hell. Tierra del fuego has spider crabs and black hake, unexcitingly prepared. Guanaco stew is the local delicacy but nothing about them says "eat me" to me.
I quite liked the spider crab in Ushuaia, otherwise yes indeed
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Thing is there's no prevailing culture down there, it's not Spanish or Italian (as Argentinians apparently really are), just the Welsh and Scottish nutters in the Chatwin book. Diet is subsistence meat farmer stuff. Oddly like in-country non-tourist Greece where 0.5 kilo of goat is usually the dish of the day.
This is a very hot take. You do admit that Peru does some good stuff and yes to Mexico. I have been all over the country and regularly had my socks knocked off at the humblest of venues. As an old Asia salt I also concur about the largely dire state of Filipino food, though their take on ceviche (kiliwan?) is out of this world. Just stay away from the fermented sea worm, balut, and the ubiquituous chicken cordon bleu.
Mexico is great, Peru can be good, but the rest? Uruguay just a fortnight back was really disappointing - but saved by that brilliant steak!