Comments on: Buenos Aires Vegetarian and Vegan Food

By: xlolitahx

xlolitahx — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:11:21 +0000

hi!i’m also a porteño-native vegetarian and i want to mention another great cheap restaurant:
Bodhi: Chile 1763. It’s also vegan/vegetarian all you can eat. About half of the buffet is vegan – ask the staff which ones. Open Tue-Sun 12-3.30pm and 8-11.30pm, closed Monday.(:

By: Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:12:02 +0000

Not much to add to Dan’s comment really (thanks Dan) – it might be boring to stick to mainly salads and pastas for a month, but at least you know that these are almost always available in Argentina… and then you could try to pop to Buenos Aires city at the weekends to try out some of the suggestions above, for variety.

Or maybe we have a reader from Campana that could suggest something else for you?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:01:31 +0000

You can probably get them to feed you pasta and salads for the month – but you may want to let them know in advance – but at least those are things that Argentines would consider “normal” outside of the steak world…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:53:36 +0000

Thanks for the posting, Dan, as well as all of the other comments. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for me.

First off, I am vegan and will be traveling to Argentina for a month beginning July 29th for a training session for my work. To make things even more difficult, I will actually be staying in Campana, about an hour and a half outside of BA, at the Howard Johnson Inn, and will only have access to BA on the weekends. Apparently, there is no access to a kitchen at the hotel and only some rooms even have a personal refridgerator in them. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I’ll luck out with one, but I can’t count on it.

I am already very concerned how I am going to make it an entire month there with my diet. I’ve checked with some of my coworkers who have already done their month long training session and they’ve said that practically all that they were fed was steak.

If anyone has any advice at all, I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Ryan

By: Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:21:10 +0000

Hi Gerund,

This is exactly the type of comment I love to get on my blog – recommendations from people that have lived in Buenos Aires for a long time. Thanks!

I haven’t checked out any of the vegetarian / vegan restaurants that you mention personally, but I will add them to my list, as generally I only eat in cheaper restaurants unless it is a special occasion!

Thanks again for your helpful alternative (and more economic!) suggestions
Alan

By: gerund

gerund — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:38:55 +0000

Hi! I’m a porteño-native vegetarian (and I’m not the only one, though you might think that it’s almost impossible}.

I read this review and I noticed that most of the places were quite expensive (except for Guerrin and Banchero). But, mind you, you forgot to mention (probably you haven’t checked them put) three great vegetarian and vegan restaurants, that are less expensive (actually, one of them is really really cheap):

Lotos: Av. Córdoba 1577
Only open at midday, it also has a great veggie market downstairs. I think it’s closed on Sundays.

La esquina de las flores: Av. Córdoba 1587
In the same block as the one above, this place closes early (I think around 8pm) and laso has a great veggie market. This one may also be closed on Sundays.

Los Sabios: Av. Corrientes 3733
This one is great! It’s a veggie/vegan all you can eat, quite cheap. Open Mon-Sun at midday and at night.

By: Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:31:52 +0000

…exnat, meet cieguilla…

…ciuguilla, meet exnat…

please feel free to discuss this ‘old and ugly’ thing between yourselves here in the comments section.

By: Cieguilla

Cieguilla — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:21:59 +0000

My pleasure

“Your psychologist” – how porteño is that?!

By: exnat

exnat — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:18:17 +0000

i don’t know if i missed something but did Cieguilla call herself old and ugly at the age of 16? Obviously a joke but that’s something that deserves a post.

By: Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:15:28 +0000

Hey urbanvegan,

Thanks for making the way over here after I bothered you i your comments and glad you liked the post. It’s good to hear that chefs in Buenos Aires are happy to try to be flexible in this way.

If you come back to Buenos Aires, you could use my blog for info next time round

Thanks again for writing your excellent post on your food experiences in Buenos Aires.

Cheers,

Alan