Learn about the food and culture of Argentina on this 5-hour, small group tour in the beautiful Palermo Viejo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Visit butchers, bakers, wine shops and more before learning how to make chimichurri, asado and other delectable dishes. Relax and enjoy the delicious foods you have helped to prepare in an amazing large home that was initially a bakery in the turn of the century, car repair shop, art gallery and sculpting studio and workshop and now a large loft home with professional kitchen in an open floor plan with a lovely garden equipped with grill and wood-burning oven.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Guide during walking tour of the neighborhood
✔ All food and beverages
✔ A full meal including water, wine, beer, appetizers, first course, salad, main course, dessert and mate
Departure & Return
Departure:
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Please ring doorbell on the right-hand side of the white garage door. The house is located between Malabia and Armenia streets.
Return: End right where it started.
Itinerary
1
You will meet your guide in this luxurious private home in the trendy neighborhood of Palermo Viejo. Here, you will learn how to light the grill and make your chimichurri before heading out to the neighborhood butcher to purchase the main cut of steak for your lunch.
Duration: 45 minutes
2
Once out in the neighborhood, you will get a little bit of neighborhood history and discover how this once-sleepy residential neighborhood became one of the trendiest and liveliest neighborhoods in the city.
Duration: 10 minutes
3
Plaza Inmigrantes de Armenia
We stop at this picturesque and lively plaza to learn a little bit more neighborhood and Argentine history.
Duration: 10 minutes
4
The plaza was turned into an urban vegetable garden by the city. It is managed by the Don Julio restaurant. All of the food generated by the garden is donated to local neighborhood kitchens. All of the neighbors, as well as the restaurant, can take their organic waste to the gargen's compost center.
Duration: 10 minutes
5
We cross the street to the local butcher shop, where we pick out our main cut of steak.
Duration: 10 minutes
6
We walk down this narrow street called "pasaje" and learn the history of the origins of the neighborhood and why these streets exist. There is a lot of street art along these quaint narrow streets.
Duration: 15 minutes
7
Feria Honduras Plaza Serrano
On the weekends, the plaza hosts a weekend fair. This plaza was ground zero for the creation of the neighborhood.
8
We walk down another quaint narrow pasaje and admire some more street art.
Duration: 10 minutes
9
We stop at this charming little wine shop and pick out the bottles to accompany our meal.
Duration: 10 minutes
10
At this last stop, we pick up some freshly baked bread to go with our meal.
Duration: 5 minutes
Additional info
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Minimum drinking age is 18 years
• May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
