Bizarre Foods: Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Follow Andrew as he heads to Buenos Aires and explores the meat culture of one of the world's great towns and tangos away the night with a stunning young starlet.

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Andrew eats grilled cowhide

Andrew dishes out his top 5 memorable moments in Buenos Aires.

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Learn how to cook rabbit

A tender rabbit braised in red wine and served with a ...

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Andrew eats pickled fish head

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El Solar

Andrew tries some of the most authentic achuras (cow innards) including cow udders and chinchulines (small intestines).

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La Brigada

Visit the San Telme neighborhood -- one of Buenos Aires' oldest neighborhoods, to eat bloody steak and grilled achuras.

Estados Unidos 465, 1101 Ciudad De Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Café Las Violetas

Andrew checks out some late-night snacks before going to a milonga, including eating a cookie stuffed with dulce de leche.

Almagro neighborhood, Avenida Rivadavia 3899, Buenos Aires

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Bamba Chica Ranch

Local gauchos show Andrew how real cowboys roast an entire cow, and eat asado con cuero, which includes braided cow intestines.

National Rout No. 8, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires

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Quechua Meal

An aboriginal family invites Andrew to a Pachamanca, a ceremonial meal cooked in an underground oven, to eat calapurca, corn stew and roast lamb fat.

Florencio Varela neighborhood, Buenos Aires

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Villas Miseria

Andrew gets a special invitation to visit Villa 31, one of Buenos Aires' largest slums, to taste tucuman empanadas, bondiola, yerba mate tea, lamb's head and pork bone marrow.

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Oro y Candido

Andrew visits the largest and most diverse neighborhoods of Buenos Aires where there are approximately 700 restaurants -- some serving river alligator.

5099 Guatemala St., Buenos Aires, 1425, Argentina

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