Experience authentic cuisine through guided food tours in Argentina.
Argentina captivates with dramatic landscapes from Patagonian glaciers to thundering Iguazú Falls, vibrant tango culture in Buenos Aires, world-class wines in Mendoza, and passionate football fervor. This vast South American nation offers gauchos on the pampas, stunning Andean peaks, and cosmopolitan cities blending European elegance with Latin American warmth.
The best guided culinary experiences.
Evening walking tour through San Telmo and Palermo visiting three parrillas and a wine bar for tastings of Argentina's finest cuts alongside Malbec and Torrontés. Expert guide explains the art of the asado, beef grades, and Argentine wine culture.
Morning tour through the historic San Telmo covered market and surrounding streets sampling empanadas, medialunas, artisan cheese, charcuterie, and dulce de leche with a guide explaining the colonial history of Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhood.
After-dark tour through the Abasto and Balvanera neighborhoods visiting late-night pizza spots, chori stands, heladerías, and traditional bodegones sampling the foods Porteños eat between midnight and 3 AM on a typical Buenos Aires night.
Guided tour visiting two Luján de Cuyo bodegas with cellar tours, blending workshops, and gourmet lunches pairing regional dishes like locro, asado, and empanadas with estate Malbec, Cabernet, and Torrontés wines.
Late morning tour through Buenos Aires' trendiest neighborhood sampling the café culture: medialunas, facturas, specialty coffee, and Argentine-style brunches at three of Palermo's beloved neighborhood spots.
Afternoon food tour through Salta exploring the distinctive cuisine of northwest Argentina with tastings of humitas, tamales, locro stew, empanadas salteñas, and chicha corn beer at traditional restaurants and markets in the colonial city center.
Choose based on your culinary interests.
Buenos Aires street food includes the classic choripán sausage sandwich at parrilla stands, empanadas from corner bakeries, medialunas from confiterías, and late-night pizza slices eaten standing at traditional counter restaurants
San Telmo Market (Mercado de San Telmo) and Mercado de las Pulgas are the prime food market experiences. Sunday Feria de Mataderos showcases regional Argentine foods from all provinces
Multi-restaurant tours visiting Buenos Aires parrillas, bodegones, and pasta restaurants showcase the Italian-Argentine fusion cuisine that defines the city's culinary identity
Mendoza wine tours, Salta regional cuisine experiences, and Patagonian lamb asado events offer specialized food cultures unique to their regions
Tour recommendations, DIY routes, and local recipes.
Learn to make local dishes yourself.
Learn the art of the Argentine asado (barbecue) from a professional parrillero in a Buenos Aires backyard setting. The class covers fire-building with quebracho wood, beef cut selection, cooking times for different cuts, and chimichurri preparation.
Home-based cooking class in a Buenos Aires apartment making empanadas from scratch with regional fillings, fresh pasta reflecting Argentine-Italian heritage, and dulce de leche desserts with a resident cook in Palermo or San Telmo.
Led by a Catena Zapata enologist, this intimate Mendoza workshop involves smelling and tasting wine components, blending your own Malbec blend from different terroir plots, and bottling a personalized bottle to take home.
Salta-based cooking class using traditional clay pots and cooking methods to prepare humitas, locro stew, and empanadas salteñas using the indigenous recipes and ingredients that define this distinctive culinary heritage.
Create your own culinary adventure.
Self-guided Buenos Aires food crawl through Palermo and San Telmo covering the essential Argentine food experiences in a single afternoon and evening
Stop 1: El Federal confitería (Carlos Calvo 599, San Telmo) for medialunas and café cortado - order at the bar like locals
Stop 2: Mercado de San Telmo (Carlos Calvo 455) for empanadas and artisan cheese tastings from market vendors
Stop 3: Freddo Helados (Palermo branch) for a scoop of dulce de leche or crema americana ice cream
Stop 4: El Preferido de Palermo (Jorge Luis Borges 2108) for a glass of Malbec and provoleta (grilled cheese appetizer)
Stop 5: La Cabrera (Cabrera 5127, Palermo) for a proper parrilla dinner with bife de chorizo and side dishes - arrive at 7:30 PM to get a table without waiting
Get the most from your culinary adventures.
Argentines eat dinner very late - restaurants in Buenos Aires don't fill up until 9-10 PM and kitchens stay open past midnight on weekends
The Argentine beef grading system ranks meat from Novillo (young steer, best quality) through different grades - ask waiters which cut is best that day
Malbec is the flagship red wine but try Torrontés (white) from Salta - a uniquely Argentine grape variety with aromatic floral qualities
Empanadas vary dramatically by region: Salta empanadas are spicy and small, Buenos Aires versions are larger and milder, Tucumán empanadas use boiled potato
The proper way to eat choripán (chorizo sandwich) is standing at a parrilla street stand, not sitting at a table - this is street food culture
Look for the word 'artesanal' on ice cream shops - Argentina's gelato tradition is world-class and far superior to commercial brands
Asado involves complex protocol - the host (asador) has total control of the fire and grill. Never offer to help unless specifically asked
Mate is shared communally from a single gourd passed in a circle - don't say thank you (gracias) until you want to stop drinking
Medialunas (Argentine croissants) come in two styles: mantecas (buttery) and de grasa (flakier). The Buenos Aires version is sweeter than French croissants
Food portions in Argentine restaurants are enormous by European standards - sharing between two people is completely acceptable and normal
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