Comida Por Kilo en Buenos Aires: Food By The Weight in Buenos Aires

One of the best quality meals for what you pay for in Buenos Aires is Comida Por Kilo (Food by the weight) that you'll find all over the city. These buffet styled restaurants typically feature Asian cuisine, Argentine classics and a generous salad section. You just load up your tray and pay by the weight at the end. Typically, we ended up paying between 35-50 Pesos ($2.50-3.50 USD) or 60-75 Pesos ($3.50-4.50) per tray depending on how heavy the items are. If you're craving salad, in the hunt for a budget meal or just looking to eat somewhere that locals frequent we highly recommend checking one out. You'll have no problem finding one as they're everywhere in the city. GEAR WE USE Olympus OM-D E-M5 II: http://amzn.to/1OchS7t Canon G7X: http://amzn.to/1YdjsYX Olympus 14-150mm II Lens: http://amzn.to/1Y79zeM Rode Video Mic GO: http://amzn.to/1WDKtVM Joby Gorilla Pod: http://amzn.to/1PgoY5F SanDisk 16GB Extreme Pro: http://amzn.to/25KEErs SOCIAL MEDIA & TRAVEL BLOGS AUDREY: blog: http://thatbackpacker.com/ instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatbackpacker/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatbackpacker twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatBackpacker SAMUEL: blog: http://nomadicsamuel.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomadicsamuel twitter: https://twitter.com/NomadicSamuel instragram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadicsamuel/ Comida Por Kilo en Buenos Aires: Food By The Weight in Buenos Aires Travel Video Transcript: Can you see him filming? Look at this. Okay, so today we're doing something a little bit different. We've been filming a lot of food videos at restaurants here in Buenos Aires. But for today's lunch we're going to be trying food by the weight. Or comida por kilo. And these are kind of like establishments that are open only during the lunch hours. It is usually from eleven to three or eleven to four PM. And you go there, you grab a container, you fill it up with whatever you feel like eating and then they weigh it, you pay and you're all set. So it is pretty cool because there is a really great selection there. You get to eat what you want, maybe a little bit healthier and yeah these places are located in areas where you have a lot businesses, offices. So let's go, let's go eat some lunch. After you, sir. We've got our plates. Now we fill them up with whatever we feel like having. And this is the salad bar. Take your own. Got everything you need Sam? Loaded up big time. Yes, is that enough for lunch? I think you need a bit more. Maybe some greens. My greens plate is over there. I'll show you that one later. So we are back in the apartment. Yeah, it is chow time. I'm so hungry. I don't, I've often been skipping breakfast here. And so by the time we go there at eleven o'clock I'm absolutely ravenous. So if you take a look down here you'll see that I've got like this kind of eclectic mix of food. Caneloni, I've got ravioli. Caneloni. So cantaloni is kind of like a pancake that has been stuffed with something savory. It could be meat or spinach. Yeah, exactly. And over here I have a fish ball that includes salmon inside, I've got a huge wedge of avocado. There we go. Sweet potato, various kinds of mixed rice, Asian inspired rice. And then over here I have like grilled eggplant and fried cheese and egg-rolls. Noodles. That is a little bit messy. Okay, so why don't we try some ravioli to start off with. And there is so much variety at this place that we go to. You could eat any type of food. Italian. There is Italian. There is Italian, classic Argentine food, all kinds of Asian food. And they have an enormous salad buffet. That is actually what I'd normally be doing. I'm going to show you this here. And alright we can't forget the wine. I mean we didn't get this at the food by the weight place. No. But since we're in Argentina you've got to have Malbec. That is so nice. And for a place that is as cheap as this is like the quality is really quite high. Like very high. You're not getting you know disgusting fast food. This is good food. It is all fresh. They prepare it every morning before opening. So it is really nice. And also I should mention that these places, food by the weight, they're almost on every street corner. So it doesn't matter where you are. You'll be able to find one no problem. Yeah, and another really good tip for going to these food places is to arrive early. Not only do avoid the crowds but you get the freshest and the best of what they've just put out. Yeah, if you go there at twelve thirty or one most of the food will be gone. Like the really good stuff. So we always show up at eleven AM as soon as they open. Which means we're having an early lunch but we're getting to eat exactly what we want. This is part of our Travel in Argentina series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Argentine culture, Argentine cuisine, Argentine food, Argentinian food & Argentinian cuisine. Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network

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