3 Days in Buenos Aires Argentina! | Trying Netflix Street Food and Mate, Bike Tour, and Tango!

We spend 3 days traveling around Buenos Aires Argentina for the first time. We try the famous Netflix Street Food stop Las Chicas De La Tres, go on a bike tour of the city including visiting La Boca, visit the La Recoleta Cemetery, and learn tango in Buenos Aires. We had a fun 3 days of travel in Buenos Aires and even tried Yerba Mate for the first time.
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Liz & Alex
About us: We are Liz and Alex, a married couple that makes outdoor adventure and travel videos. We strongly believe that dreams are meant to be pursued, and we hope to motivate others to get outside their comfort zones and do the same. We are full-time nomads and divide up our time between traveling abroad and the other part of the time in our self converted van all the while fitting in loads of outdoor-based adventure along the way! Our goal is to show you amazing places and inspire you to get outside your comfort zone and pursue your dreams...whatever they may be.

[@gracielapiccardi9872]

Milonga = dance event, where people dance tango. Milanga = milanesa sandwich.

[@PursuingMountains]

Oh oops! My Spanish needs work🙈

[@Rezan01]

@@PursuingMountains Technically you are not wrong, the word "milanga" and "milonga" are part of the "lunfardo" dialect developed by Italian immigrants that was adopted by the "Rioplatense" way of speaking, which is the way in which Spanish is spoken in this sector of Argentina.

[@gaston833]

faina + pizza = perfect couple

[@PursuingMountains]

So true! 🙌🏼 we literally fantasize about the combo all the time 😋😋

[@Deviajesyotrosdemonios]

It was funny to see your faces trying the mate 🧉 😂. You shouldn’t move the straw… Great video ❤

[@angelestamaramartinez3535]

Todos sufriendo cuando movia la bombilla 😂 😂

[@Deviajesyotrosdemonios]

@@angelestamaramartinez3535 🤣

[@mdcparg]

You have to learn to prepare mate

[@Vrealita]

Hope you have a good trip! But, please, Salsa music in a Buenos Aires video is as if it were bluegrass music over San Francisco or hip hop over a New Orleans travelling guide. It is quite ennerving, and at least condescending.

[@PursuingMountains]

We knew that the song in the intro wasn't an Argentinian song. We spend a lot of time on the music and try hard to find relevant music, but the music website we use just doesn't have much Argentinian music, so we just picked a fun, upbeat song.

[@joojlee]

Hi nice video. But I don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep tonight after watching the mate part XD. You are not supposed to move the straw (bombilla) after putting it in, and you moved it A LOT like if it was a spoon. I've never seen anybody doing that with so much impunity. When we make foreigners try mate we tell them beforehand "Do not move the straw". Why? First: because. You just don't do it. You will never see anybody doing that. Second: because the person who makes the mate is like an architect of his mate, sometimes they build like a perfect mountain, with a half dry part and a lower wet half where he pours the water (if you google for images of mates you will understand what I mean), and if you move the straw even as an accident you destroy it and he won't be happy. Third: because it usually makes the straw get stuck with the yerba and it gets difficult to suck the water. About restaurants not having mate, I don't think there is a single restaurant in argentina that will have it. Unless it's a turist trap. People have their own mates and a lunch or dinner are not usually the time for a mate. We usually drink it in the breakfast, 5 o'clock (merienda), at the office and in the university to stay awake. Usually we share it with a group and the first mate is very bitter (I love it) but after some rounds it doesn't have any more flavour. So it has to be very flavoury in order to last longer. Also that's the reason why your mate was so big. There are small mates also that don't require so much yerba and it could have been better maybe for just you two. I hope I could give you some interesting info. Greetings and enjoy the rest of your trip.

[@PursuingMountains]

Thank you for explaining! We had no idea what we were doing 🙈😂 Will have to try it properly with hopefully a local next time

[@tamics9978]

Hola chicos! Intenten que alguien local les prepare el mate. No quiero ofender a nadie, pero generalmente los extranjeros lo preparan mal. No se mueve la bombilla para nada. Y no se llena de agua, solo se deja la mitad de la yerba a un costado. Pídale por favor a alguien que les muestre y le cebe el verdadero mate. Espero que hayan pasado una hermosa estadía.

[@PursuingMountains]

Cuando estábamos en Buenos Aires fuimos a muchos restaurantes, pero ningún tuve mate, entonces intentamos prepáralo, pero cómo vistes, no lo preparamos bien 🤣. La próxima vez que viajamos a Argentina vamos a probar mate otra vez, pero no vamos a prepáralo.

[@mharg6408]

@@PursuingMountains Es posible que algun cafe o bar cuente con la opcion de mate, pero no es lo mas comun. Es mas una tradicion que se da entre familiares, amigos, o con personas de confianza aunque eventualmente puede darse con algun desconocido tambien, dependiendo de la ocasion. Saludos !!

[@AlLopez-tt1qs]

@@PursuingMountains SI CHICOS MEJOR NO LO PREPAREN UDS!! SI ??????

[@aliciaperez1143]

Muy bien dicho Tami.😊

[@inesgoni3286]

Chicos, tambien pueden tomarlo con azucar. Muchas personas toman marte dulce @@PursuingMountains

[@fabianmaximo3928]

Bienvenidos!!

[@aliciaperez1143]

Chico ,al mate le pueden poner azúcar o estevia para endulzar. Eso es a gusto .🌹

[@manuvasari]

You went to pirillo! congratulations!! You got the propper san temo experience.

[@PursuingMountains]

Aww it was amazing 🤤Literally fantasize about that place almost daily since we went! 😅

[@Cabaron_2005]

Hola chicos! 👋 qué bueno el video , sobre todo lo de probar comida en el mercado central y lo de aprender a bailar tango. Buenos tiene infinidad de cosas para hacer y conocer. Me pareció fantástico que hayan visitado Argentina. Saludos cordiales de un 🇦🇷

[@back2the80sradio]

Next time try NOT moving the metal straw or else you'll get chunks of the herbs in it! Preparing a Mate is actually a bit complicated in its simplicity LOL! Also, add a bit of sugar. It changes the game! Happy to see you guys had a good time.

[@PursuingMountains]

Good to know, thanks!

[@carlosgimenez5670]

QUE GENIAS LAS CHICAS DE LA 3 DEL MERCADO CENTRAL, AUN NO PUDE IR A COMER LA TORTILLS PERO VOY A IR. MUY BUEN VIDEO CHICOS. ABRAZOS DESDE FLORENCIO VARELA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES.

[@PursuingMountains]

Muchas gracias! Tienes que probar las tortillas cuando tengas tiempo, son tan ricas!

[@aliciaperez1143]

Chicos les cuento que solo es buenos aires, aún faltan muchas provincias más. Vengan a conocer la Patagonia, iguazú, el glaciar Perito Moreno y muchísimos lugares más.

[@osvaldoduarte5373]

@@aliciaperez1143 ya se fueron.-

[@damianchelo1569]

13:19 hahahaha I know how you must feel about mate, don't worry... But let me say you that mate tastes different depending on the yerba (there are mixes with other plants), if you drink it with sugar, water temperature and also the recipient! Now that I saw you I would suggest turtists to try it but the argentinian have prepare it first haha. Good video!!!

[@PursuingMountains]

Thanks! We also wanted an Argentinian to prepare it got us. We even looked all over for a restaurant that serves mate couldn’t couldn’t find one. Maybe next time

[@marcosdiez7263]

Nice video... not so much the part of the mate. You were left alone with that beast and, naturally, you got defeated. Basically, the pot is filled with the herb, with the opening covered it's placed upside down and shaken, so the powder bringing the flavor remains at the top, next the pot is placed sideways to make a wall of herb leaving the other side empty to pour the water and place the straw in. When pouring the water, you wont cover the tower of herb to keep it as dry as possible. The first person drinks all the content without moving the straw and returns the pot to be filled again, leving the top of the tower dry. The outcome is that the pouder drains into the water slowly, you don't get it all entirely at the first serving, and this way the flavor is distributed among many servings. The only one that's allowed to move the straw is the one pouring the water. They do so to take care of the tower, and to break it slowly when the herbs underneath begins to wash out losing flavor. You mixed it all on the first serving, taking all the flavor intended for a dozen servings or more in the first one, and should you keep drinking, you'd get the herb washed out in a couple more servings.

[@PursuingMountains]

😂 thank you for explaining the process. We did it so wrong 🙈

[@osmarmartinez8222]

🙌

[@GabrielCaroprese]

There are many ways to prepare mate. In my case, I add ginger and chamomile, and sometimes even coconut flakes and mint close to the straw. However, it's important not to play with the straw, and the temperature should be between 70 and 80 degrees Celsius. Anything above 80 degrees is bad for your health, as it can burn the yerba mate and ruin its flavor.

[@PursuingMountains]

Good to know for next time

[@mharg6408]

Hi, nice experiences and wellcome to Argentina. I hope you have enjoyed the time you spend here and come to visit us again, you will be welcomed. Blessings !! !!

[@PursuingMountains]

Aww thank you so much! That’s very kind! We loved Argentina and can’t wait to go back someday 😊

[@rjlplaylist11]

Greetings from the Argentine south. In reference to 'making' mate, there are ways, so that it is not "strong". the most effective, although not so decorous, in comparison. is to drink and spit out the first infusions. but there are more ways.apart from adding sugar, to taste.and a herb to recommend "arroyo verde".

[@PursuingMountains]

Aww thank you for explaining! We probably should have done more research before diving in or asked a local to help us figure it out! Greetings from the USA :)

[@malvarezroson]

@@PursuingMountains you should deffinitly ask the locals. You made every mistake in the book when you made that first mate. Never touch the straw and do not stir it up. Thanks for being open and trying it out.

[@dannan8853]

Wonderful job 👏 god bless you everyone from america 🇺🇸 the best country

[@hallsmichaels]

You guys aré crazy to try mate without sugar... in Argentina 60% drink it with sugar! and the rest who drink without sugar also grew up drinking mate with sugar and then little by little they went to sugar-free, but if you are not used to it, it is an impossible mission to try to drink mate without sugar for the first time... then there are many types of yerba with different tastes or you can add a little coffee or replace the water with milk or hot or cold fruit juices etc. There are many types of mate depending on who drinks it... haha greetings from Argentina!🇦🇷🧉 C

[@juliopach8867]

Great video , just a tip for the Mate 🧉 , you could add in the bottom of the gurd before the Yerba mate, a little bit of Sugar or honey, also the first 3 zip you throw it , the water hot as 70 F , also very important once you put the ( Bombilla= Metal straw ) after you pour the water ,DO NOT Move the "Bombilla " cause it will plug this one , as ypu moving up and down , check more videos about it are plenty out there, I guess I should make one right? 😂, my name is Julio, I'm from Buenos Aires Argentina, living in Arizona right now , send me your reply 👍👍 enjoy Buenos Aires

[@PursuingMountains]

Thanks! We’ve received a lot of tips on how to prepare mate. Hopefully next time we’ll be prepared 🤣

[@juliopach8867]

@@PursuingMountains that's awesome! Are you guys still in Buenos Aires?

[@PursuingMountains]

@@juliopach8867 no, we really hope to come back some day though!

[@omarsantos7756]

Tango mate dulce de leche asado...mar cordillera...nieve Messi Maradona papa Francisco.. argentina tierra de talentos únicos los mejores del mundo

[@80_el_Aji]

Garbanzo= chickpeas. For drinking mate, you need to get used to it first. For foreign people, it's advisable that you start off by drinking first "mate cocido con leche", so just like tea in a cup and with milk. And sugar or honey if you would.

[@PursuingMountains]

Next time we’ll have to give that a try

[@adrianpatagonico9707]

Lo de las chicas de la tortilla que salieron en netflix me encanta xq el turista tambien puede visitar el resto del mercado central ion todas sus ofertas. Exitos en sus vidas desde rio negro patagonia

[@ademarb8871]

What are you doing with the bombilla??? It's not a spoon!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@alejandrapena4814]

Nooooooooo!!!!!, Desastre como hicieron el mate!!!!!, Revolviendo la bombilla!!!!😂😂😂

[@gsansc23]

La bombilla del mate no se toca ni se mueve así 😅 se debe quedar quieta ¡Saludos!

[@serg441]

Thank you for so much respect

[@PursuingMountains]

We loved our time in Buenos Aires! ☺️☺️

[@osvaldoduarte5373]

El cementerio de la recoleta es un museo a cielo abierto.-

[@2000astrac]

I'm devastated looking what you are doing with the straw. Nice video

[@PursuingMountains]

I think next time I’ll just post a one hour long video of me stirring a Mate. 😅😅😅😅

[@Carlos-qo6ll]

13:44 …. Please don’t try to use the bombilla as a oar!!! It’s a mate not a boat 😂

[@PursuingMountains]

😆

[@AugustoNicolai]

Bellísima Buenos Aires❤. Saludos desde Mendoza, Argentina.

[@tomboiv1653]

One of the basic rules every mate country child learns is to NOT move the straw.

[@arturocambiasso9447]

Se olvidaron de entrar al museo quinquela martin que les habría logrado entender la boca. Era su casa y estudio y era muy excéntrico. También se olvidaron de ver la estatua de la lola mora inspirada

[@PursuingMountains]

La próxima vez…

[@ramiropina83]

Every time you move the straw an argentinian die from a heart attack... Haha. You are not supposed to move it. Also the first mate is too strong and some people even spit it. You can also put sugar in the mate as I due (even if the most purist think it's sacrilegious).

[@jackierubinstein548]

the asado is our speciality. also pasta! saludos

[@jackierubinstein548]

by asado I mean meat bbq

[@Rezan01]

Milonga= Variation of Tango, Dance. Milanga= Argentine Food

[@PursuingMountains]

👍

[@BongoFerno]

Why the Cuban music. Cuba is close to USA. Is on the opposite hemisphere of the planet. When you make a mistake, it's at planetary scale. :P

[@jjdavis7471]

Do you guys have a list of restaurants that were actually open that you went to? I go to BA in 2 weeks and i have a few written down.

[@PursuingMountains]

Hi! We don’t have a list but the two places that stand out to me as must try are las chicas de la tres (its a little outside the city but worth it) and Pirilo ( a little pizza place in san Telmo) that i still fantasize about all the time! I hope you have a fabulous trip!

[@jorgealberto7621]

Bs As...👏👏👏

[@manuelzarate7894]

Deberían haber visto un video de youtube que le explique como tomar el mate. No se revuelve, y hay que hacerlo bien porque si no te va aflojar todo el intestino y se van a cagar cuando esten fuera. No hay forma de que ese mate este bien.

[@CARLOSOLIVERACHILECITO]

It is unforgivable in Argentina to mové the filter(bombilla) like this! You can try sweet mate next time. Nice video!

[@Matias-cl1js]

The music at the beginning is not from Argentina. Maybe Cuban?

[@sanchopanza3852]

haaaaaaaaahahaha the mate part was defenitely the worst I've ever seen, you did a lot of things wrong:):) but I am really glad you'd tried it, it means a lot for us :)

[@PursuingMountains]

🙈we didn’t know what we were doing 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@tenorly]

@@PursuingMountains It was fine. What matters is that you were open-minded enough to try it (bitterness and all) - and above all that you share your travels with the rest of us with such gusto! Bob voyage, and All the Best!

[@roberrr3332]

Tips concerning The mate, it drinking at argentina uruguay and south brasil. Is not a chilean costume. And if the label or type yerba its strong , some recommended spit the first or the 2nd & 3rd.... There are good argentinian winnes too if you prefer Please you are very welcome here Our soil its forged with migrants and most of the citizens feel good whit tourists;

[@PursuingMountains]

Interesting, we saw a lot of people drinking it in Southern Chile (Puerto Natales). We’ll have to try it again next time we’re down in that area.

[@maurochinobrochero9359]

Lo de escupir es por ofrenda a la madre tierra lo hacían los guaraníes , de ahí la costumbre , primero a la tierra a modo de ofrenda , lo q ud dice es una falacia

[@martinx1525]

Wrong music at the beginning.

[@twu2023]

Garbanzo are chickpeas

[@KKawackk]

They moved the "bombilla". The horror! Oh, THE HORROR! hahaha. Classic mistake.

[@PursuingMountains]

😈😆

[@fichinesonline]

3 days is not even close to enough

[@PursuingMountains]

True! We were there for 2 weeks, but only filmed 3 days. Could have spent even more!

[@arturocambiasso9447]

Ninca toques ma bombilla en el mate se coloca ina vez y nunca se mueve

[@jamesrosemary2932]

Salsa and bossanova are not Argentine music.

[@ElCardoAzul]

1* Mate you live => sugar!😂

[@小邦邦-u8x]

I am from Thailand , Do you like Thailand ? Welcome to Bangkok Thailand

[@PursuingMountains]

Aww thank you! We do love Thailand, but we have only been to Chang Mai so far! We would love to explore Bangkok someday 🙂

[@小邦邦-u8x]

@@PursuingMountains Bangkok is also a big city, full of skyscrapers and large shopping malls, just like NYC Hong Kong and Singapore

[@MrCevron]

Ese mate no le podría gustar a nadie....😂Al mate se le puede añadir azucar o endulzante, un poco de café, cascara de naranja u otras yerbas regionales de distintos sabores .

[@TitoPunk669]

Vou ouvrez votre video avec de la salsa en musique? Vous n'avez rien compris sur l'Argentine ... (émoticon prise de tête)

[@PursuingMountains]

Il n’y a pas beaucoup de musique argentine que nous pouvons utiliser sur KZbin. Alors, nous avons utilisé une chanson entraînante amusante

[@greenbelly2008]

I think you should have drunk the first matés with sugar😀

[@irishdrill6043]

Don´t touch the Bombilla (filter) of mate......pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@PursuingMountains]

So I’ve heard…

[@damitasarmiento6045]

Me encantó el video !! Son geniales los 2 🧡 Me hicieron reír mucho en el momento con el mate, porque mientras veía como lo preparaban, yo sabia que eso iba a estar intomable, iba a ser como una patada de burro !!! Jajaja... Eso por varias razones: 1. no se debe mojar toda la yerba, 2. no se debe dejar el agua asentándose, porque toma un sabor muuuy fuerte en los primeros mates, se sirve el agua y se toma en seguida, 3. no se debe sacar la bombilla y mezclar más, sino que hay que dejarla tranquilita y procurando que no se moje toda la yerba... así que sabía cuáles iban a ser los gestos en sus caras porque yo misma he pasado muchas veces por lo mismo hahaha. Descuiden, yo también muchas veces hago un mate fuerte y por supuesto, lo vuelvo a empezar! jajaja... Le pongo un poquito de café y miel y queda muuuy rico y energizante, pero hay que aprender el toque justo ! Saludos, nueva seguidora desde Arg ! 💙

[@damitasarmiento6045]

Ohh y en el invierno, para no resfriarme, en vez de café, a veces le pongo 1/2 cucharadita de jengibre y 1/2 cucharadita de cascara de limón (y opcional endulzo con miel)... riquísimo si no se moja toda la yerba !

[@PursuingMountains]

Muchas gracias! La próxima vez que estamos en Argentina, vamos a probar maté otra vez.

[@anaadobatto2045]

DON"T MOVE THE STRAW

[@patriciozabala]

Foreigners never like mate, u have to drink it since ur a kid in order to enjoy it

[@PursuingMountains]

I’m convinced I need to try it again next time we’re there. Maybe prepared by a local though 😆

[@nano2354]

No muevan la bombilla poor favorrrrrrr!!!!!!!

[@shawnsavage9341]

You're making and drinking mate totally wrong!

[@PursuingMountains]

So we've been told...by about 20 other people in the comments