The Original Asado Adventure Food and Street Art Tour
Your very own Argentine asado!
The asado is when families and friends get together to share and experience the great food they have created. This is the complete essence of an Argentine asado: a cultural dining tradition handed down from generation to generation.
The Argentine asado represents a national identity and a unique culture with its own customs and rituals.
The Buenos Aires AsadoAdventure is an open invitation to become part of the family and experience creating an Argentinian asado. Our food tour is organized into small intimate groups of up to 10 people, where you will be guided through the cooking and social traditions of the Argentine asado.
We invite you into our private residence that used to be a bakery, constructed in 1898. We will get to know each other a little and start making the chimichurri before heading out.
We’ll buy our ingredients just like a local would go about organizing their own Argentine asado. You will also be getting a walking tour of the very hip and trendy Palermo Viejo neighborhood and enjoying some street art along the way.
Welcome Home!
Welcome to my home! Here we'll introduce ourselves, and I'll explain what is in store for all of us for the rest of the day. First, we will start by lighting up the grill, and then, with the help of a couple of volunteers, we will make the chimichurri. After that, we are ready to start our walking tour of the neighborhood.
The Neighborhood
You will learn how Argentina's most dramatic financial crisis helped change this neighborhood from a sleepy residential off-the-beaten-path area to one of the most popular neighborhoods in the city.
Plaza Inmigrantes de Armenia
From here, I can show you just how this neighborhood changed from a seedy unattractive place to what it is today and we learn about the military dictatorship and what they were up to in this neighborhood and how they also had a hand in how this neighborhood evolved.
The Butcher Shop
We stop at one of the newest additions to the neighborhood to pick up a couple of more ingredients for our asado at a butchershop that is surrounded by a variety of street art and right across from an organic, city-run, vegetable garden.
The Wine Shop
Along the way towards the wine shop, we will have more street art stops, and the wine shop will pamper us with a small wine tasting paired with local cheese.
Ready to Eat!
We will have a "picada," and we will make a "Fernandito" to wash it down with while hearing about Italy's contribution to the local culture.
After the picada we can admire and talk about all of the cuts of steak and pork that are on the grill.
We can then sit down to eat what will most likely be the best meal of your entire trip!
We will finish with a surprise dessert and learn our last local cultural custom of how Argentines say goodbye to friends.
We will be walking a little bit so please dress according to the weather. You can bring comfy shoes for walking. Also, bring your appetite!
- WiFi - we have blazing fast WiFi (300Mbps), but hardly anyone uses it when visiting.
- All food and beverages consumed during the tour are included. This includes water, wine, beer (if chosen instead of wine), appetizers, first course, salad, main course, dessert, and mate (local bitter tea).
- Small wine tasting at the wine shop
- Tip or gratuity
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off are not included, but you can request this service for an additional fee. Depending on availability, we can provide bilingual drivers. If you would like, our drivers can also be available for airport transfers. Just let us know if you would be interested in additional transportation services.
Please note
- Public transportation nearby
- Confirmation will be received at the time of booking unless booked within four days of travel. In this case, confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability.
- Wheelchair accessible
- An adult must accompany children
- The minimum drinking age is 18 years
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- A vegetarian option is available; please advise at the time of booking if required.
- Operates in all weather conditions; please dress appropriately
- Stroller accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
- Hotel pickups, if purchased, commence approximately 15 - 30 minutes prior to this time; the exact pickup time will be advised on reconfirmation.
- We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is canceled 3 days or less before the event
- We will charge a cancellation fee of 50% if booking is canceled 6 days or less before the event
