’tis the Argentinian way

Feeling sad that I couldn’t drink the booze in Argentina we went to the supermarket and I bought a bottle of dulce de leche liqueur. Dulce de leche seemed to be all the rage here so why not try the booze form? I definitely wasn’t going to buy the bottle of huevo (egg) flavoured liqueur!

We asked Pablo if we could extend our stay for longer here and now we’re going to be here for a week. Bariloche sucks another set of travellers in.

Flan!

He also recommended a good restaurant to us: El Fondo Del Tio

We walked down to the restaurant where Kat ordered the Milanesa and I ordered the menu del dia, having no idea what “peceto” was but knowing that it came with puré (mashed potatoes).

It turns out that “peceto” is roasted eyeround beef. It came in a yummy sauce and we go a side order of fries to go with our meals. I ended up dipping my fries into the gravy and smothering it in mashed potato… I didn’t even care how much of a piggy I looked!

Pablo had also recommended the flan for dessert which we got to share. When we looked at that time it was 2:50pm (the kitchen closed at 3pm) and I had a food Tourette’s moment where I turned my head and said, “Flan!”

When we ordered I’m not sure if the waiter asked if we wanted dulce de leche OR cream on the side or whether he was telling us that it came with both… in any case we replied like two fat kids with, “Yes.”

The amount of cream and dulce de leche actually equalled the size of the flan. It was so delicious and after a “Beerfest” moment we decided to go back to the hostel and make a card for Jeff.

Siesta time

There is something so satisfyingly wrong about having a massive meal then having a two hour nap.

Our only saving grace was that on the walk to the restaurant we found a gym that does Body Combat. And classes are only $20!

Rapanui

We finally hit up the chocolate shop for just a few goodies. We settled on a white chocolate cherry piece for Kat, a nutty chocolate covered thing for me and a brownie con limón to share. 

We took our goodies to the lake and scarfed them down along with some mandarins because the chocolate was just a little too much. 

Earlier in the day I had said how I couldn’t appreciate beautiful scenery… but the landscape in front of us was amazing. The mountains looked like they were painted on. 

The Argentinian way

We wanted to go out but bars don’t get busy until after midnight. We got chatting to an Israeli guy at the hostel and went out for a few drinks. We were so tired that we were back in bed by 2. We’ll try again another day. 

27 November 2011