No Hablo Espanol: A foodie post for my FOX

I have mentioned, in previous posts, that my ¨sister in law¨Foxy loves to photograph food and has even commented on this blog when I have mentioned a meal but failed to photograph it.

Sincere appologies Foxy.

To show how much I do adore you here is a post dedicated to the food I have recently enjoyed... or skipped for obvious reasons

Begining with my first sampling of Llama in Purmamarca. Wonderfully cooked and marinated in Malbec. Please note that those I travel with do not adore me when I pull out my camera and tell them to move all items not related to my ¨food shot¨ from the area around my plate. See what I am willing to do for you FOX?

Later I had Llama stew, which is a typical fare here in northern Argentina. Mine however also had quinoa and a zillion veggies which is a rare thing in these parts. I delighted in this for dinner, again paired with a Malbec and closed the meal sharing a chocolate brownie and ice cream (helado) with Martha. Admittedly I am not your typical backpacker anymore.

We only managed to take a photo after a few bites and I think you can understand why.

I mean come on.

Tell me you don´t wish, at this moment, that Bill Gates had found a way to make a photo come to life ¨literally¨ so you could have some of this tasty treat right now yourself?

I have seen you enjoy a desert, my quasai sister, and I know you would! :)

Salta is known for their empinadas so when we were back in town for a night we made sure to try the ¨carne¨= beef, Pollo = chicken and the local meat = ???. They were all terrific with a spicy salsa the restaurant provided. First spice I´ve encountered in my 6 weeks in Argentina. Dinner cost us just under $10 CND each and we had a bottle of Malbec, Empinada starters and 1/4 of a bonless grilled chicken with salad. The boneless chicken did not attend the photo shoot. Sorry

Once we were in Cafayate it seemed the thing to do was to eat GOAT so of course we did. Visited the local goat cheese producer for our app paried with a white Torrontes wine and then moved to roasted goat and risotto (home made risotto) for dinner. Yes Malbec made an appearance.

Typically breakfast is bread (sweetened) and jam. Marth and I took to enhancing the meal with soft boiled eggs and avocado and I thank dinasaur bones that I remembered to bring decaf Starbucks sleaves of coffee with me or else I´d never have coffee on this continent. I am now no longer with Martha but did meet two guys from Puerto Rico who are studying to be lawyers in Buenos Aires starting in a few weeks and we enjoyed some seafood pasta last night now that I am in San Pedro de Atacama.

Okay so now I´ll show you the less glam side of eating... When on long bus rides I tend to ride with Andesmar. To be clear I am referring to 12 hour PLUS rides. They serve a snack and lunch.... check it out.

Here´s a look see at the local market where Martha and I shopped to make our risotto. To the left is the fruit and veg. It took us more than one try to find the best one in town. These guys actually polish their fruit. Below is the butcher. I´m not going to show you what the blades looked like. Let´s just say we ordered the goat from a local restaurant. You can also buy ketchup in bags and Dulce de Leche would be your best friend Fox if you were here.