ARGENTINA
Argentina's classics.
The 9 food & cooking experiences worth your time in Argentina. The prices, the operators behind them, and what each day actually involves.
9-course Argentine asado tasting at Fogón Asado, Buenos Aires. Michelin chef’s counter, live grill cooking, and optional wine pairings.
A small-group Palermo food crawl with Sherpa Food Tours: empanadas, choripán, bodegón classics, parrilla steak, desserts, and Argentine wine in 3.5 hours.
Hands-on Buenos Aires cooking class in San Telmo: learn empanadas and alfajores with mate ritual, then eat what you make.
Join a small-group Buenos Aires asado with 7 courses, free-flowing Argentine wine, and live acoustic tango/folk at dessert. $74, 3 hours.
Cook 7 Argentinian recipes in a Mendoza home kitchen with a bilingual host, enjoy bottomless drinks and vermouth, plus take-home recipe guides.
“Chef David was an excellent host. I would highly recommend adding on the supermarket tour. Very informative instruction and delicious recipes. We had alot of fun. Would highly recommend for anyone visiting Mendoza.”
Make Palermo empanadas and dulce de leche alfajores with a small-group chef. Choose meat or vegan, sip mate, and get recipes.
“What a lovely venue and experience. Made beef empanadas, and for our vegetarian members, they had a lentils option. Anyone can look up a recipe, but to sit side by side with locals and learn their tricks on how to fold and shape the empanadas depending on their filling. Yes a beef empanada is shaped…”
Buenos Aires asado in a garden with live tango-folk music, multi-course barbecue, free-flowing Argentine wine, and small-group fun.
“We were pleasantly surprised with this event. It was in a lovely courtyard with a small and intimate group. Milton and Richard were very. welcoming and treated us like family. The food which was cooked by Milton and Richard was delicious. Wine, coke and water was unlimited.”
Argentine asado with local host Fede in Mendoza: make empanadas, help build the grill, taste Mendoza wines, then toast fernet on a rooftop.
“We had an amazing night! Fede is a gracious host, and took care of all the details while also teaching us about asado, asado culture, and Argentinian culture. We even learned how to build the asado fire and and how to make empanadas. It was a beautiful night with great company. We definitely recommend this!”
Palermo empanadas cooking class with a friendly chef, fresh ingredients, mate tea, and a fun cultural chat in 90 minutes for $46.
