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I am willing to trade you one handful of money for one 7-layer burrito. Please.

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AndrewNZ says:

By the look of it, that burrito would be relatively cheap, were the trade accepted.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

My food is either purely utilitarian or overly extravagant, and the $1.84 burrito at my university being the former. Rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole and red sauce, totalling ~500 calories.

And they did accept the trade.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

you´ll like this link I think. =D

you may say I am a burrito man,
but I am not the only one...
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

oh, and how do you pronounce 'burrito'?

with the rolling R and everything: boo-rrrrree-to?
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

AndrewNZ says:

Ha ha Gisela, that's funny! I think Oddwick got a good deal on his lunch. Sadly the availability and quality of Mexican food here in Wellington is atrocious. Only one Mexican restaurant (the Flying Burrito Brothers) and that's overpriced and not much cop.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

AndrewNZ says:

And I think I'm safe in saying, there's no Argentinian restaurant here either. Which is a bit of a surprise given that Wellington claims to have more restaurants and cafes per head of population than NY.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

oh! what a shame! >:(

So, no real asados with argentinian meat and wine, then, in Wellington?! Too bad. It shouldn´t be called Wellington... ;-)
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

AndrewNZ says:

No, well until those jingoistic forebears of mine turned up, it was the Mouth of the Head of the fish of Maui (Maui caught the North Island up out of the sea as he used the South Island as his waka (canoe)). But coming from the country to which Las Malvinas should belong, I'm sure that's no surprise...

There is plenty of beef and good red wine here though, although I don't think Malbec is grown here.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Huffman says:

Oh how sad! I dont know if I could live in Wellington!

PseudoMex burritos (pronounced rather boringly I am afraid, beu-ree-doe) are a staple of my diet. I grew up in SoCal, with a horrible cook for a mother (I love you mom), and wandered down to mexican dives after school every day to get calories.

GI, how different is Argentinian food from Brazilian? They are both rather large places, so I imagine a lot of variation. There are a lot of Brazilian places up here, but I have never been to an Argentinian spot. Though I don't really hunt them out, since I am vegetarian and both countries are known for thier beef. The Farmer's Market in LA has a Brazilian place with really great vege food, beets and okra and so on.
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AndrewNZ says:

More coincidences: same laptop and I'm vegetarian too. One of the best salads I've had in recent times was in an Argentinian restaurant in Mexico City. Another interesting thing was that whereas in some restaurants they'll show you the desert trolley, in this one they brought round a slab of wood on which all the different cuts of meat were laid out!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

To Andrew, first reply:

Oh I see... ;;;;-)

Malbec is good, but Cavernet rocks! Sure you have there. And well, yes, there is *good* meat in your area. (I forgot you were there). Actually, they say that Patagonia (the flatlands) and Oceania were part of the same tectonic plaque, did you know? We are distant soil relatives.

The Falklands were sold to the UK in 1850 (+/-). Our forebears sold them to yours. So I still don´t get why the people here believed it fair the current dictator´s declaration of war to get them back. Also, being this person an alcoholic. Argentina, my friend, is a bewildering. Even for me. 8-(
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

Brazilians and Argentinian have little in common, not even in cuisine tastes.

I am also vegetarian (eat meat but mostly white -not much- and very little times I have Asado -go visiting Dad worths it- ;-)

Our food is basically natural, not spicy, trying to preserve the bare tastes of the natural product. Also down here the seek for the slimest body is an obsession, so this helps keeping this tendence. You won´t find lots of sauces, greasy food or fried stuff. We are not fond of it. I am sure you -two- would love it here.

We have no fish culture ;-) as fish is expensive. In daily fast-fooding, our most common dish is the "Empanada" which comes to be some sort of beureedou (LOL!) smaller, tho, like half of you hand, filled with meat, or cheese and onion or vegetables or, or or... this same can be bigger and cut in pieces like a salty pie. All cooked in the oven, no frying pans. Also we are pizza people.

As far as I know, foreigners get very comfortable with food here. And find empanadas an excellent and, say, healthy solution for lunchs and rapid meals.

Brazilians are much into alcohol than us -we are not a drinking society-, and into greasy and fat enriched foods.
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

AndrewNZ says:

Of course, were we economics nuts, this thread by now would have spawned a reference to the Economist's 'Big Mac Index' on the relative cost of food around the world. Whoops. Sorry, I blame it being Friday afternoon here. Time for some Pinot Noir, if not a burrito...
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ says:

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.....

Pinot Noir... MMMMMM... 8-]

Never tasted it, but sounds terrific!!!! Do tell!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

AndrewNZ says:

Mmmm Pinot Noir indeed! Dark, peppery, rich, complex. I could go on but better not! The best one I've had comes from Gibbston Valley which maybe isn't surprising since they even managed to produce a Pinot which beat the French in a wine competition a few years back...
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

Victor1 says:

I'm joining this thread a bit late but can't help but think its gone way off course... that two dollars and 3 cents in hand is going to get a 2 layer burrito - rice and beans, and a cup of water... now what's all this talk about Pino Noir??!!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

AndrewNZ says:

Hehehe... just as you can get a burrito for a piece of paper and some metal discs, so we've transformed a photo/some pixels into a culinary travelogue. All very postmodern. Now I'll be on my way to some old-skool culture - Pride and Prejudice is starting shortly in my local cinema!
Posted 50 months ago. ( permalink )

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