Yesterday, I shared with you the major food groups in Argentina. But there’s one food tradition I left — for good reason. It’s the merienda, and it deserves its own post.
I’ve fallen in love with this evening snack ritual — usually a cafe con leche and 1-3 medialunas, or croissants — that was incorporated into the Argentine diet to hold you over until their definitively late dinner time.
Sometimes I plan my day around our merienda. Sometimes I map out where next week’s meriendas will be. Sometimes they involve coffee and dessert. Sometimes they involve just dessert. Sometimes I think I’d rather have three meriendas a day than three meals a day.
So come with me on a visual tour of some of my favorite meriendas. I promise, you’ll fall for them, too.
Ultimate bliss is alone time with a banana-chocolate cake, cappuccino and a fashion/gossip magazine you don’t actually understand because it’s in Spanish
Great blog! Its funny cuz we were playing around with the adventure journal theme a couple of weeks ago. Pleasure following your South American adventures. We’re heading down there in Jan!
Thanks for reading, guys! We’re having an amazing time in South America. Get ready for it!