Meal on the run
City’s inhabitants would love to enjoy lunchtime as Parisians do: sitting at a restaurant to devote a couple of hours to a meal, with enough time for the starter, the main course, dessert and a cup of coffee after lunch. However, in Buenos Aires, most people always are in hurry, without time to sit down, and most office workers eat standing up with theirs elbows on the bar of a restaurant.
The archetype of fast food is the hot dog. People can eat it by using just one hand and even walking. The sandwich of breaded escalope, a classic in the city, is found at a higher step of the ranking due to its gastronomic and nutritious complexity. The list also included pies, empanadas and slices of pizza. The office worker usually drinks water or soda at lunchtime. The bravest ones prefer beer or wine, so challenging the after eating torpor.
One of the typical eateries of this kind of food is located at the subway station Plaza de Mayo of the A Line. This shop, which has been opened for 35 years, sells a variety of fast food: the famous pebete with ham and cheese, but also the more unknown sandwich of cantimpalo and cheese; empanadas and fried pies filled with quince or sweet potato jelly; sandwiches of breaded escalopes; a cup or bottle of wine, beer and soda, among other delicatessen.
How much time do you take for lunch? What’s your favourite fast food?
Agosto 4, 2008 a las 12:03 Editar
Pizza slices at Guerrin in Av Corrientes can justify a trip to the city. THose blocks around Obelisco are Buenos Aires center in my view.
Agosto 5, 2008 a las 19:19 Editar
i love pebete bread. we have a very like one in Germany