ARGENTINA
Argentina's classics.
The 10 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.
“Delicious meals, great setting. highly recommend it”
A small-group Palermo food crawl with Sherpa Food Tours: empanadas, choripán, bodegón classics, parrilla steak, desserts, and Argentine wine in 3.5 hours.
“Paula provided a well rounded food experience of local Argentinian restaurants.”
Hands-on Buenos Aires cooking class in San Telmo: learn empanadas and alfajores with mate ritual, then eat what you make.
“We really enjoyed the class. The guide was fluent in English so we could get a lot of explanations. In order to get the recipe afterwards was not straightforward since we needed to follow the guide on Instagram first an proactively ask for them.”
Join a small-group Buenos Aires asado with 7 courses, free-flowing Argentine wine, and live acoustic tango/folk at dessert. $74, 3 hours.
“Roger & his brother were great hosts. Even though the venue was changed, this was done professionaly and effectively using WhatsApp. The whole experience from the food, drink and entertainment were brilliant. I would thoroughly recommend this event.”
Cook 7 Argentinian recipes in a Mendoza home kitchen with a bilingual host, enjoy bottomless drinks and vermouth, plus take-home recipe guides.
“An incredibly fun evening making eating and chatting all things Argentina. Chef David and his sister are great hosts and their apartment. Their friendliness and knowledge of Argentinian culture was the extra ingredients. Highly recommend!”
Make Palermo empanadas and dulce de leche alfajores with a small-group chef. Choose meat or vegan, sip mate, and get recipes.
“A fun event with our kids and the food was delicious. It was nice for the kids to try new flavors and try them.”
Buenos Aires asado in a garden with live tango-folk music, multi-course barbecue, free-flowing Argentine wine, and small-group fun.
“Lovely surroundings, with very welcoming hosts. The food was delicious and plenty of it which was finished off with a local musician playing various tango music, a very entertaining evening well worth the money.”
Argentine asado with local host Fede in Mendoza: make empanadas, help build the grill, taste Mendoza wines, then toast fernet on a rooftop.
“Amazing Argentine Asado … and more! Our host Fede did make us really feel at home. We were taught how to properly light an Asado, how to make and bake Empanadas and how to enjoy the quintessential Fernet Cola experience - all accompanied by amazing local wines and obviously the wide variety of meats from…”
Palermo empanadas cooking class with a friendly chef, fresh ingredients, mate tea, and a fun cultural chat in 90 minutes for $46.
“We had a very nice day”
Private tango lesson plus a hands-on Argentine cooking class in Buenos Aires, ending with a three-course meal and wine tasting.
“Saul is amazing. The food is the best and he makes you feel at home in his kitchen. I did this excursion in 2018 and enjoyed it so much that I did it again in 2024! The tango lesson was so much fun. It was an enjoyable evening of tango, cooking and good conversation. A…”
