Food in Argentina

Argentina is famous for its red meat. The national dish is the parrillada which can be roughly translated as a barbeque. Both beef and lamb are specialities. Croissants, known as ’media-lunas’ (half moons) are a breakfast standard and ham and cheese sandwiches are a typical snack. As Buenos Aires is the capital and a large cosmopolitan city, there is a variety of cuisine available from all over the world.

Drinks in Argentina

Wine in Argentina is excellent and extremely good value. Beer is also good quality and the most popular beverage for the Argentineans.

Food in Brazil

An image of a Churrascaria feast The ’churrascaria’ is the Brazilian equivalent of the Argentine parrillada. Churrascaria restaurants are popular in Brazil where a huge variety of meats is on offer and on an ’all you can eat’ or ’by the kilo’ basis. The novelty of these churrascarias is that often the meats are brought around to the tables by the waiters on huge skewers and if one doesn’t learn quickly to say ’no’, they will soon find their plate overflowing with meats of all descriptions. However food in Brazil is generally quite distinct to that from Argentina. The stables are rice and beans, and the national dish is the ’feijoada’, which is a delicious thick stew of beans and pieces of pork and sausage. In the North-East of Brazil is the influence of African spices and ingredients combining to form many original Brazilian dishes.

Drinks in Brazil

An Image of a Brazilian cocktail Being a very large country having both temperate and tropical zones, as well as the largest rainforest in the world, Brazil offers a huge variety of fruits. Juices are made from these fruits, and combinations of fruits, and sold in ’lanchonetes’ (snack bars). Many of these fruits have no equivalent in English and your tastebuds will be in a frenzy with flavours that you’ll have trouble finding a comparison for. The most celebrated Brazilian cocktail is the Caipirinha, which tastes even better with real Brazilian limes. Understandably, because of the hot weather, ice-cold beer is a very popular choice, especially around Carnival time.